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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    If you prefer... it's just an observation of a pattern.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    No need to fight over me boys.... there's more than enough of me to go around. I've had a really rough few years that have involved a lot of personal and professional struggle. The few times I've had some really positive news... something that could potentially dramatically change my life for the easier, I nearly immediately get equally bad news.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    LOL! No... it's just about 30 miles from my house.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    I don't understand why Mazda still struggles. They have some great cars... nearly everything they build is something I can recommend.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    It has the unfortunate benefit of being correct the vast majority of the time.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    It's gotten to the point where when something good happens, I just automatically assume something else terrible is going to happen.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    So what had happened was..... http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/01/05/watch-spool-of-wire-falls-off-truck-rolls-down-route-40/
  8. Drew Dowdell
    It's hard to compete with Golf volume when you don't have a car priced as low as the Golf.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    I must have the most impeccably balanced karma in the world. Every time something really good happens to me... something equally bad happens at the same time.... in this case, it was exactly on the same day, yesterday. This is not the first time stuff like this has happened.....
  10. Drew Dowdell
    I have a suspicion that this mid-engine car will be a Corvette branded car, but it will have an additional name while the existing car goes on as Stingray.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    And yet, they'll likely have to watch Chevrolet tail lights... so how does that help them?
  12. Drew Dowdell
    It was snowing here in Pittsburgh, but that didn't stop someone in a red Lexus SC from running around with the top down.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    Exactly
  14. Drew Dowdell
    The ATS-V does better than the EPA rating on the highway... There would need to be a significant difference in aero for that amount of fuel economy difference and I just don't see it. For reference, a 707hp Charger Hellcat, also with an 8speed auto, all of the aerodynamics of a brick, and a lot more weight gets just 2mpg less on the highway. My guess is that you're just into the boost more on the ATS.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    They could have been in front of this craze with this car, but it took them a while and now they are playing catch up. Juke - Qashqai - Rogue - Murano - Pathfinder - Armada That's a pretty complete lineup....
  16. Drew Dowdell
    I wonder what they think they are missing. They have 3 sedans, 3 crossovers, and 3 hatchbacks. Is it that they can't make enough of them to sell?
  17. Drew Dowdell
    Mine isn't as harsh as his.... but I really could just do without the holiday. I've got so much going on in life that I don't usually have the time to deal with all of the visiting, the preparations, etc. The only family I saw this holiday is the same family I see 2 - 4 times a month anyway... we didn't travel anywhere distant and no one traveled to us. As far as gifts, there is nothing I need. I usually just buy anything that I do need from Amazon prime and it's at my house 2 days later. I'm sitting here trying to think of what I got for Xmas besides cash... and it was a new set of sheets and duvet from my parents that I did need but held off buying so my mom could get something for us.... a couple of sweaters that I already have too many of.... and a bunch of other stuff that I don't recall because it wasn't something I was looking for. The only thing I asked for that I didn't get was a watch winder. So now that Xmas is over, I'll just go buy myself one. I got 95% of Albert's shopping done on Xmas eve, so there wasn't much thought that went into it. The one thing I did get for him that was meaningful was a collection of vintage photographs of the British Royal Family from the 1950 that I found at the Pittsburgh equivalent of an indoor flea market... grand total for all 25 photos was about $1.50. The only thing that I need and wish I had that no one can get me is time.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    I absolutely support the 6.2 DOHC.... the more options the better. I'm only hoping that it also goes into something in the Cadillac lineup too... maybe a 2-seater sports car or some variants of the CT6 line... or even just the Escalade would be nice.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    I'm not denying that the 2.0T is an improvement over the old old Vulcan 3.0.... but the old 3.0 is not an example of today's technology... even the 3.5 and 3.5 are not that current. A modern 2.0T v. a Modern V6 around 3.5-3.7 liters? I'll take the V6 thanks. I continuously get equal or better fuel economy out of the V6es than I do out of the 4-cylinder Turbos that are supposed to replace them... and I get better power delivery as well. I never said Olds was the first. Nor the Avalon (though I think it might have been). Nor the Cadillac. However, port and direct injection in the same engine is not some gigantic technological leap forward. It is using an older technology to enhance fuel economy and low speed engine operation. It's the tech equivalent of a direct drive water pump. Getting Turbo to work right along side of cylinder deactivation is challenging... and then there is the auto stop to consider.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    Please... Turbo? a 60 year old Oldsmobile has that.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    Please... Port and direct injection? A Toyota Avalon has that... next you'll tell me it has a water pump too....
  22. Drew Dowdell
    Really? Neither of the Fords have cylinder deactivation nor auto stop. GM has the only Turbo-6s with both of those technologies. Getting raw power is just dialing up the boost, using better metal, and using stronger bolts. Ouch is right. You must have missed the 95% of this thread where I was comparing the GM 2.0T to the Cadillac Northstar. In nearly every post, I've had to make the statement "in normal driving". I'm largely unconcerned about the 6.2 DOHC because it's not going into a "normal" vehicle unless it ends up in the Escalade or CT6 also... even then, those are a lot less normal than what I'm talking about here. The only reason I bring up the 6.2 DOHC is because it is certainly going to out-perform the 6.2 pushrod and the 6.2 pushrod equals the performance of the 3.6TT. Still... Edge 2.0t or Edge 3.5 V6. just off the lot... no mods.... Which one will provide greater driving satisfaction for you?
  23. Drew Dowdell
    And the reason I'm limiting it to these vehicles is because over the most recent year or three that I've been testing these vehicles, I've been finding the Turbo-4s to be largely underwhelming compared to a V6 counterpart. The driving satisfaction just isn't equal. V6es pull better and usually get about equal highway MPGs. So why are we being forced into these underwhelming products by manufacturers and being fed lies to do it?
  24. Drew Dowdell
    My argument is that there is no replacement for displacement in cars that are driven normally... and you cite the Raptor and GT as counter examples..... the reason you resort to those is that you can't refute my argument using normal vehicles...... logical fallacy indeed. I'm specifically limiting this to vehicles that can conceivably be considered average family vehicles... not specialty Hi-Po trucks and supercars limited to runs of under 1000 units. I'm looking for satisfaction in driving for a normal driver... we are repeatedly told that Turbo-4s offer better fuel economy and power to a V6.... that is largely proving to not be true in normal driving. It's a simple comparison.... Taurus 2.0T or 3.5 V6. Explorer 2.3T or 3.5 V6. ATS 2.0T or ATS V6. CTS 2.0T or CTS V6. I know which of each I would choose... and why.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    GM really doesn't have an answer to the Fords for the moment. I would have thought the Durango would have made a good police vehicle comparable to the Explorer, but Dodge never really ran with it..... and really... who knows what's going on with the braniacs in FCA upper management these days.....
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