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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    Someone previous mentioned that I should use a rental because it would mean having to replace the tires a month sooner because I was about to put 900 miles on them. The "hard stop" is that they have to be replaced by end of July regardless because they are already in a condition that they would fail inspection..... so might as well burn as many miles off of them as possible before I am forced to replace them anyway.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    Sinus infections suck
  3. Drew Dowdell
    The big difference between the Trax and Encore is the level of sound isolation. The 1.4T in the Trax is not a pleasant sound without the active noise cancellation the Encore has. Driving the Trax after spending so much time in my Encore it was immediately noticeable and completely turned me off to the car.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    Cheers for the model... but jeers for this particular car. Don't like the continental kit and where did the original wheel covers go on a car with such low mileage? They look like Cheapo PepBoys replacements.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    I ended up using the Buick. I have a hard stop in July on the tires as they won't pass inspection then (they wouldn't pass inspection today). So, instead of renting I decided to just save the money from renting the car for the new set of tires in July and burn as many miles off the old tires as possible till then. It was a little snug with 4 of us in the car, but it was fine.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    DOHC only really helps a V configuration engine if you are displacement restricted. If there is no restriction on displacement (government regulation, corporate edict) then the best way to get the most power is to fill the engine bay with as many cubic inches of displacement you can.... and the best way to do that is with pushrods.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    It's not like Buick couldn't change the catalog tomorrow.... At this point, they're selling as fast as they can build them.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    They've been selling at a rate of over 60k a year with the existing engine.... I don't blame Buick for not giving away the upgrade for free.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    The 138 hp 1.4T is standard across all trims. The upgraded 153hp 1.4T DI is available on all trims above the base level as an additional cost.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    It's situational. Anywhere you can fit a DOHC V8, I can fit a pushrod multiple liters larger, and probably add a supercharger on top. Pushrods are so much smaller in their eternal dimensions it lets them have much much larger internal dimensions. And really... the CTS-V engine is far superior to the M5 or E-AMG in power... and not just by a little bit... there are significant power advantages in the CTS-V.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    You certainly have a way with (not) words....
  12. Drew Dowdell
    I think its platform is going away as the Cruze/Volt moves on. They'd have a much bigger redesign challenge than you suggest.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    I actually really like it.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    You can find ELRs with under 5k miles on them for about 50% off sticker.... they'll even extend the warranty for you.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    My desktop at work is still saying the server is down (moving to a new server)but the site works from my phone. Just a heads up incase this isn't isolated. Refresh your DNS or reboot. All that is showing is that your DNS servers haven't received the updated location of the website yet.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    It's a shame. If I lived in a different climate, I'd drive one.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    looks quite communist... How have you been WMJ?
  18. Drew Dowdell
    That's more than most Scions lately.... so now you know why they had to die.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    The new server seems to load pages a lot faster... you guys should try to rough it up a bit.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    one last test and I think I've fixed the slow post issue
  21. Drew Dowdell
    all lux manufacturer will be moving this direction
  22. Drew Dowdell
    a traditional automatic will never ever be as crisp as a PDK.... the physics simply won't allow for it. That doesn't mean it can't shift faster.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    This. I'd probably pick a different color.... I love the greens they are running now. But yeah, just get what C&D got.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    And we're now on the other server.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    I've been here, just doing a lot of work in the background. Probably shifting servers here soon.
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