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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    I dunno... we had been told repeatedly over the last few months that GM would not get access to the 10-speed for a while after its release.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    Because it's the only metric certain people understand even if it is just as dumb a metric as peak horsepower expressed without RPM.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    For the most part, I do not like most fish. However one of my favorite things to grill is Swordfish. I cover it in butter, lemon, and a bit of chive and grill it. Other than that, I like big sloppy cheeseburgers with various types of cheese and/or rub. I have a pizza stone and will sometimes grill pizza too with homemade dough.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    Guys, keep in mind development cadences. The CTS-V, the Cadillac with the greatest similarities to the powertrain in the ZL1 would have needed to finish validation testing over 2 years ago to go into the 2015 model year car. SMK, the FWD automatic will be a 9-speed I believe. Also.... so much for GM having to wait a while before it gets access to the 10-Speed like some people told us would be the case.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    3.0TT isn't the fastest CT6. 4.0TT is coming.Right and I all along said they need a Dohc V8, I'd like to see it in a CTS VSport or Escalade too. But there were several people on CT6 threads a few months back saying the TT V6 would outrun their German V8s because of lower weight, and I knew that wouldn't be the case and it isn't.The German three also all offer a 6 liter 12 cylinder. That might not be for the CT6 to worry about but they need to remember that on CT8. You just looooooove cherry picking. The RWD S550 with a twin turbo V8 is 0.1 seconds faster than an AWD CT6 3.0TT. A statistical tie.. Cadillac caught a RWD 4.7 liter Bi-Turbo Benz V8 using an AWD 3.0 liter twin-turbo V6 and did so with a 49hp and 116 lb-ft of torque deficit. yes, the weight matters. It's funny that you only see the 0.1 seconds while I see all of the extra grunt Mercedes has to use just to catch a Cadillac V6. Mercedes is throwing a lot more metal to get to 4.9 seconds than Cadillac is to get to 5.0. Astonishingly, that also means that the CT6 AWD 3.0TT is only 0.3 seconds slower to 60 than the S65 V12... The fastest S-Class is the S63 though, because it has AWD. It's best 0 - 60 is 4.6 seconds. That gives Cadillac lots of room to maneuver. If they cared about the 0.1 seconds that much, then the 3.6TT is just an email from JDN away. Then there is the 4.0TT also coming and that's not even the V-series model. S550 with or without awd has been clocked at 4.8 seconds, the coupe for some reason is 4.5 seconds, even though it doesn't weigh any less. The 9-speed cars are faster though, I think when the sedan switches transmissions it will be closer to 4.6 seconds. But if we want to cherry pick, an Audi A8L 4.0 (not an S8) can do 0-60 in 4.0 seconds and posts better fuel economy than a CT6. 29 mpg highway on the V8 Audi, 26 on the CT6, both are 18 city. But as I said, many thought the 3.0TT V6 would outrun the Germans, it doesn't. I'll listen to and agree with that the 3.0TT V6 is a nice mid-level engine choice on a Cadillac sedan or could be good on a large crossover. And I know the V8 is coming, I hope it comes soon. So when the CT6 4.0TT comes out, then we'll have to compare it to an A8L 4.0..... in the MEANTIME, the Audi A8 3.0 is clocked at 6.4 seconds while the CT6 3.0 is clocked at 5.0 seconds..... so yes, the 3.0TT CT6 very much outran that german. Edit: I've gotta take that back. Three glasses of wine in and I should have realized that the A8 3.0 at 6.4 seconds is a TDI which Audi can't even legally sell anymore. Edit 2: Don't post while drinking Drew... the GASSER Audi 3.0 has a 0-60 time of 5.5 seconds.... so my point stands.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    disappointing, but not surprising
  7. Drew Dowdell
    3.0TT isn't the fastest CT6. 4.0TT is coming.Right and I all along said they need a Dohc V8, I'd like to see it in a CTS VSport or Escalade too. But there were several people on CT6 threads a few months back saying the TT V6 would outrun their German V8s because of lower weight, and I knew that wouldn't be the case and it isn't.The German three also all offer a 6 liter 12 cylinder. That might not be for the CT6 to worry about but they need to remember that on CT8. You just looooooove cherry picking. The RWD S550 with a twin turbo V8 is 0.1 seconds faster than an AWD CT6 3.0TT. A statistical tie.. Cadillac caught a RWD 4.7 liter Bi-Turbo Benz V8 using an AWD 3.0 liter twin-turbo V6 and did so with a 49hp and 116 lb-ft of torque deficit. yes, the weight matters. It's funny that you only see the 0.1 seconds while I see all of the extra grunt Mercedes has to use just to catch a Cadillac V6. Mercedes is throwing a lot more metal to get to 4.9 seconds than Cadillac is to get to 5.0. Astonishingly, that also means that the CT6 AWD 3.0TT is only 0.3 seconds slower to 60 than the S65 V12... The fastest S-Class is the S63 though, because it has AWD. It's best 0 - 60 is 4.6 seconds. That gives Cadillac lots of room to maneuver. If they cared about the 0.1 seconds that much, then the 3.6TT is just an email from JDN away. Then there is the 4.0TT also coming and that's not even the V-series model.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    I would think that after 10+ years, we'd be able to joke with each other.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    I think Reg would find a school bus cramped somehow....
  10. Drew Dowdell
    The HP is an improvement over the outgoing van, now 295 verse 283. Torque remains the same at 260 lb-ft. The pentastar has been available in 295hp and 305hp tunes before, but not with these changes integrated. It sounds like these were mostly efficiency related improvements that also happen to improve power a bit.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    I'm curious about that part. I haven't seen any info on what the revisions are. Edit: Found 'em - "For 2016, FCA released an updated version of the 3.6 L engine for the Jeep Grand Cherokee. This engine now featured two-stage variable valve lift (VVL), a cooled EGR, a new intake manifold, new fuel injectors, and new coil packs. It also features upgrades to the variable valve timing (VVT) system, an increased compression ratio (11.3:1), lower internal friction and lower weight. These improvements help to increase power as well as efficiency."
  12. Drew Dowdell
    Edit: Look how handsome and proud that tri-color Buick logo is on the front of the 2017 LaCrosse!
  13. Drew Dowdell
    It's still waterfall, just blacked out If you really don't see it blacked out is it really there? LOL! ..... yes The Encore pictures we've seen so far are really tiny. I expect the grille to be a virtual copy of the 2017 Lacrosse.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    The last time the Ventiports were functional was the 2008 - 2009 Buick LaCrosse Super.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    Oh look! A suppository with chrome!
  16. Drew Dowdell
    My condolences.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    If Jeep ever did a Grand Cherokee EXT, I'd be right there in line with you.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    Agree with you there.... I understand the point you both are making but for most, the baby boomer generation and the vent ports in this case being fake were just bling and I do not see the bulk of the public wanting that kind of fake bling. Plus if they are going to have vent ports, then since this is a 4 banger, have 2 on each side not the top of the hood and have them vent the real heat from underneath out and down the side of the auto. The number of ports had nothing to do with the number of cylinders..... pretty much ever. It was a denotation of the series of car. Buick Specials always had 3 ports on each side, but also always came with an 8 cylinder (edit: Till 1961)
  19. Drew Dowdell
    The dash is a last minute change to fix a serious visibility issue with the originally planned design. What you see today was supposed to appear as if it were floating behind a darker screen. You would have only seen the text and the needles with a bit of graphics to give it depth. From what I understand, it would have been a really neat effect. Last minute, this was changed because in certain outside light situations it was found that the dash would wash out completely and was pretty much invisible to the driver. The only change they could manage at the time was changing the cover glass from the tinted smokey look to a clear look. If you look very very closely at the gauges in person (not in pictures, you can't get the 3d effect), you'll be able to see what they were going for and how neat it might have looked. This info comes straight from a higher up at Cadillac.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    Oh, I wasn't even aware that they weren't rolling those yet. Yeah, no base engine will eat into sales.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    It's still waterfall, just blacked out
  22. Drew Dowdell
    The Hellcats are awesome to look at, awesome to listen to, but not so awesome to drive in anything but a straight line. Comparatively speaking, they are a real handful. Driven back to back, they have grip issues that other cars of similar power just don't have. You could take a CTS-V out on the track and it will perform to its own extremes without leaving you white knuckled.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    only 150 lbs increase for the convertible? That is fantastic! That's a platform built from scratch to be both coupe and convertible right there.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    Drew, did we not have a story about the Opel version of this and it had interior pictures? I was wanting to compare it with the current Encore to see how it looks. It's the first link William provided in the article.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    Keeping it in the class, a BMW Z4. This is one of the rare instances where I like the BMW interior over the Benz. Keeping it as a coupe - ATS 3.6 AWD Premium - black with red interior OR I can get a Stingray 2LT convertible for $64,800 - again black with red interior.
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