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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    This sounds like mostly a China mandate... but still, with the size of the car, I'm sure there is plenty of room for batteries if they go all-electric.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    Actually, the article points out that there are very few benefits to a flat plane crank. Slightly lower rotating mass is about it. The performance that Ford gained in the 5.2 mostly came from excellent engineering at the other side of the engine... .the valvetrain.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    Sounds good on paper. Cheers for the availability of a manual to go with the sport. I wish GM would bring their 1.6T over from Europe in more than just the Cascada, it gets rave reviews over there and has about the same spec as this Hyundai unit.... though 10 more lb-ft of torque in top tune.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    An interesting way to try and explain away the kit car feeling of build quality the originals had. Still, a beautiful car to look at and got a lot of attention on the road. I hope they make the Karma Atlantic some day.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    No place to put the batteries for that kind of range really.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    I can't argue with the 3 being in 1st place, but the Cruze should have taken 2nd over the Civic.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    Happiness is a fresh sawzall blade and a few charged up batteries.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    I don't hate Uber... and as I've explained above, I think it can work if you've got the right car and financial setup.. in the right city.... but the idea that you'll be making boatloads of cash being a jitney driver just doesn't make sense for me.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    I've had an Uber in a used Chevy Volt. Talked to the guy for a while about it. We made it from my house to the airport on Electric alone. He says he usually parks on one of the local college campuses and plugs in at one of the free chargers until he gets a ping. He's gotta have the lowest fuel costs of any uber driver out there.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    See, I don't think a lot of the drivers are thinking about the maintenance/value of their car. They just see a quick 20-60 bucks. The two drivers I talked to(granted..minute sample size) this was a second "job" on the side. They enjoyed it and it was just extra spending money. They both drove Kias so they probably didn't give a crap about their cars like us. My biggest worry would be people flopping around getting in or out. If they scratched or scuffed anything I'd be really pissed but I couldn't do anything about it either. It certainly wasn't worth it with my car, but if you pick up a low mileage, used Pruis, for cheap... maybe on a rebuilt title... that you don't care about and intend to run it till it heads to the crusher, then I could see it working out financially. I see people Ubering with expensive trucks and BMWs and Benzes and I shake my head. The absolute worst vehicle to Uber with is something new that depreciates rapidly.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    Yeah I have a gym membership, but lately my workouts are coming from swinging a sledge hammer. I have two apartments that I am gentrifying renovating from low-middle income housing into something nicer. There is a Google campus less than 5 minutes away from these places and rental prices for nicer apartments have skyrocketed.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    I use Uber a lot to get myself to and from the airport here in Pittsburgh. I much prefer it over taxis. I signed up to drive for Uber last year and I did it a a couple days a week for a few weeks with the Encore. After running the numbers, I'm not sure how anyone is making enough money from it in Pittsburgh unless they are pulling 12 hour days. It's simply not worth it unless there is surge pricing going on. It might be different in a bigger city. If the rates are too low, all you're really doing is trading your vehicle's equity for cash... you're not "making" anything.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    The only number to pay attention to is body fat percentage. You can be 5'10" 300lbs, but if your body fat percentage is <15% you're fine.
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  15. Drew Dowdell
    I did look at that too... I like them.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    erm... no
  17. Drew Dowdell
    It's called "Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday"... it's about as old a mantra as the automobile itself. Does that mean that I should visit my Ford dealership and buy myself the Mustang? A GT perhaps?...hell, the ecoboost version will do! After all, the ecoboost won the race! Sounds like a sound plan to me !!!! That's the association Ford is hoping you, and many others, will make.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    It's called "Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday"... it's about as old a mantra as the automobile itself.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    In other news: Mitsubishi has $480 million to set aside.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    Great video. It told me some things to think about that hadn't crossed my mind, like strapping the ramps to the truck. Loading the bike at my house will be super duper easy. I have a very steep driveway that I can back up to and with the tail gate down, practically walk the bike onto the truck without a ramp. When I had my 2003 Avalanche, I loaded heavy things into the bed this way many times, so I know that it lines up right. It's the Florida end that will be the problem.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    Ramps. But it's the only way I'll get it down to Florida.Front of front tire to middle of rear tire is 76.5" Yeah ramps still just suck getting a bike into the bed of a truck. We used ramps to get my Daytona into the bed of a Silverado when I picked it up and it just always seems sketchy. Why not drive it down to Florida?!?! Well it sounds like it will fit with a little maneuvering it around if you put the front wheel in one of the corners, but the tailgate will have to be down. Wouldn't I put it along the center line of the truck? Why not drive it down? I"m a new rider and don't want to be on the bike for 1,200 miles. I want to stay down there for 2 or 3 weeks at a time, and being only on a motorcycle wouldn't work.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    Ramps. But it's the only way I'll get it down to Florida.Front of front tire to middle of rear tire is 76.5"
  23. Drew Dowdell
    Bed length with tailgate up is 63" Bike overall length is 91" Bike wheelbase is 62"
  24. Drew Dowdell
    Hauling: Do you think I can haul this bike in the back of an Avalanche with the rear tire resting on the tail gate for a long distance? Think 1,200 miles. I'd use straps to hold the tail gate down.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    Options cost money. GM would have to pay to certify the car in that configuration with the EPA (which isn't cheap) and for what would likely be a relatively low take rate.
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