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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    This car's layout works best with a gas range extender. Full EVs generally need to be purpose built to be efficient in packaging.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    Both of those are coupes.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    Let's see your top 5!
  4. Drew Dowdell
    Sorry, I just don't trust Serg at this point.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    These are such beautiful cars from the outside, but the interior leaves a lot to be desired, especially for that price. I have driven one of the original Fisker Karmas, and it was a neat thing to drive. What they really need to do is get the Atlantic going.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    So, because of the suggestions above, I started doing a major forum reorganization. It's going to take me at least a few days to get everything into the right place as it is a very manual process. Thanks for your patience.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    Sleep makes me productive the other two thirds
  8. Drew Dowdell
    When is the last time you bought a sedan? I can't think of one in the entire time you've been here.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    Getting very close to running it sounds
  10. Drew Dowdell
    try and get some sleep....
  11. Drew Dowdell
    A battle it regularly and do my best to avoid those pills.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    Are you drunk?
  13. Drew Dowdell
    Yeah, that's kinda what I thought.... plus they get out of date and I forget to correct them.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    Forum Descriptions: Yea or Nay? (some of them have to stay, but I was planning on wiping out the descriptions under each brand)
  15. Drew Dowdell
    Market value isn't made up, it's a very real thing.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    Paired with an engine that actually has torque, it's not bad at all after they reflashed it. Behind the 2.4, the 9speed hunts for torque it will never find.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    Yeah, that. And you misspelled "dumpster".
  18. Drew Dowdell
    It's the way of the future I guess, but even the nicest of OLED screens can't compete with an actual physical set of gauges that is well done. It just won't have the depth. 2d v. 3d
  19. Drew Dowdell
    Very nice ride!
  20. Drew Dowdell
    Specifics... screenshots.... what exactly is too much info? Edit: Keep in mind @Suaviloquent that as a moderator, you see more than the normal visitor
  21. Drew Dowdell
    Bureaucratic Negligence verses Malice and Hubris is the difference here.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    Nissan's issues are further forward than the transmission.... that awful 2.4 liter 4-cylinder they have is very low on refinement. Really... give me an old Ecotech 2.4 that never had an oil change and it would be about the same as a new Nissan 2.4. The CVT is fine in the VQ powered vehicles... I actually really like it. But paired with the 2.4, it brings out the worst of that engine. The primary redeeming quality of the hybrid is that it would lower the workload of the 4-cylinder, making it more tolerable to drive.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    The engine might be, but the rest of the car won't survive 500k miles of Pittsburgh winters....
  24. Drew Dowdell
    Other diesel manufacturers followed the rules. VW didn't. VW got busted and tarnished the image of diesel as being a very dirty technology when in fact it can be clean. Why did they do this? They did this to further their quest to be the largest auto maker on the planet and save themselves $350 per car. If TDI buyers are that loyal, they certainly could have stomached an extra $350 for the emissions control equipment. I know I wouldn't even have blinked at that amount and I doubt you would have either. This was greed and hubris on VW's part....... plain and simple.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    Trucks are a different matter and the Ram EcoDiesel is the only truck in the segment to carry a light duty diesel at the moment. Truck buyers are generally different than SUV drivers. Of course I'd like to see the diesel being offered in lower trims; I'd like to see the hemi being offered in lower trims too.... but that 'taint the way it is. Any Jeep you can get with an EcoDiesel you can get for $4500 less without the diesel.... and for an SUV buyer, it is likely as not to be less important when there is only a 5mpg difference highway between the Ecodiesel and the Pentastar. Unless you plan to be towing 7500lbs, there is no economic point to the Ecodiesel.
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