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Drew Dowdell

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  1. 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.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    An appropriate update.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    DOH! Stew is right!
  4. Drew Dowdell
    Sound like it
  5. Drew Dowdell
    That was what I thought as well. Once you break it down, starting right at 30k for the room and cargo space you get is great. An Explorer starts at 31k Traverse also 31k, Durango starts at 30.5k. Yes those are all larger and more powerful but as far as spacious and roomy go, there's still probably more in the Pacifica. The V6 in the Pacifica would be the same one in the Durango, and pretty much equal in output to the Ford and GM naturally aspirated V6es. Yes the Dodge and Ford have optional engines that are more powerful, but they're such a small percentage of sales that the optional engines don't really matter that much in the grand scheme of things. The primary difference is in the fashion the second row doors open and the greater spaciousness of the van.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    I have my own cars of course, and I'm also a heavy user of Uber too. My use of Uber has no bearing on my future car purchases.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    The Acadia was shown at the same show as the Pacifica, at Detroit in January, and will hit dealers by May. How much longer till the Giulia comes out? The truth is, they're all all-over the map on release timelines. The only company I can think of who is good at consistently releasing at a show to showing up at dealers 4 months later is Honda.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    Because Town and Country seemed too old sounding.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    My new cookie addiction: soooooo good!
  10. Drew Dowdell
    Ford had been using Mazda platforms since 1983.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    *Cough* the XTS V-Sport was not in this comparison *Cough* But in all seriousness... That is possibly the least attractive of all luxury branded, cars in my opinion(if extended to "vehicles" the X4/GLE would take the cake). I just am not a fan of the proportions more than anything else. Probably a fantastic cruiser and daily driver...just can't get on board with the looks compared to the rest of Cadillac's vehicles. I know it wasn't in the comparison. If I was limited to just these three, I'd still stick with the Cadillac. Size and comfort are just higher priorities to me than sports appearance or race deciding stats. I'd be perfectly fine with the XTS Vsport power train and suspension in a Lacrosse. Grace, pace, space.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    Oh, those days are gone now. Not entirely. I can see evidence of life after death, a haunting you might call it. I can see things on the server that you can't, including the IP addresses of visitors to the site and their respective source domain names....
  13. Drew Dowdell
    You guys are free to bring anything you like over from MT.... except the drama.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    Corporate culture is it exactly. Some corporations have terrible corporate culture and some have great corporate culture.. and what's on paper verse what's reality also matter. You may have the best corporate governance documents in all the land, but if they aren't implemented in the workplace, they mean squat. Does the corporation encourage the reporting of issues both on paper and in practice, or do they have a policy on paper and ignore it in practice? The latter is what got GM in hot water over the ignition switch scandal and what hurt Toyota with the driver's pedal sticking. At GM, Mary can issue all of the governance documents she wants, but unless all of the people in the ladder follow it (including middle management, the group of people who usually screw up the implementation), it doesn't matter. If Ford has won this award, they probably have both the good governance documents and the culture of following that governance, then they have a reason to be on this list.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    I'm going to go with another unpopular opinion here and say that I would go with the XTS V-Sport. I'm not the competitive type, I have no need to prove my manhood with stop-light drag races. I prefer the size and comfort of the XTS over any of these three, and living where I live, AWD is a requirement. I like the air suspension on the XTS also. Combined with magnetic ride control, it can make the ride soft or taut.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    Lancia is already toast. They're down to selling the Chrysler 300 as the Lancia Thema and only in Italy.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    Not really, I have little doubt that Ford, in general, runs ethically, honestly, and diverse. They wouldn't be the first manufacturer to come to mind if you asked me (I probably would think Subaru and Volvo first), but I have no reason to doubt their placement on the list.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    This is awesome!! Also, welcome. There are bunch of us fellow MTers who jumped over here. I wish this place were a little more active. Please tell your friends
  19. Drew Dowdell
    I really don't care how I get my torque, whether it comes from a V8, turbo-4, or spinney magnet thingy..... all it has to do is provide the twist instantly and as quietly as possible.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    Yup, had no clue this existed. Please tell your friends
  21. Drew Dowdell
    Excellent that Ford is among the honorees. I wouldn't read too much into the "Only Automotive Company" part though. Participation in the survey is voluntary and companies have to opt-in to participate in the first place, so if no other automotive companies opt-in to the survey, then it really isn't a ranking of the industry. It's a bit like saying "The Mustang came in first in this race!" when it was the only participant in the race. If you look at the history of the award, the last time someone other than Ford was an honoree was 2009. Before that, BMW, Toyota, Honda, and Volvo are on the list. I can see why Toyota may not make the list post gas pedal scandal, but I don't think Volvo, Honda, and BMW would have regressed so much to not be included for the last 7 years. They probably just stopped participating. While the recognition is good for Ford, I place very little value on these types of surveys as a measure of one company verses another. At my own job, we used to participate in a few of these surveys... one of them being a "Best Places To Work in Pittsburgh" survey. Employees were pressured, "encouraged", and borderline bribed to take the survey... and even after that we didn't quite make the cut. After a few years of trying and not making it (and a series of big layoffs), we simply stopped participating in the survey. Now, does that make the company not a great place to work? No, but we won't be showing up on that list any time soon simply for lack of participation.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    Ah okay. It allows them to improve body roll, rather than improving it directly. Body roll is nearly always a decision made at the suspension level, in this case, now they have something firmer to attach that suspension to.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    I wouldn't mind so much if we got a real Eclipse out of it.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    I'm confused... what does the platform have to do with body roll? Good that the center of gravity is lower, that should improve handling. Subaru is pretty much always the lowest center of gravity in their class already.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    The engine thing is the argument I've been making about the Cadillac 3.6 V6TT for a while... and the engine is capable of even higher numbers as indicated by the 464hp and 445 lb-ft of torque when in the ATS-V. That puts it just 3 horsepower shy of the 5.0 liter Lexus, however, the Cadillac makes its 464hp at 5750rpm while you have you spin the Lexus up to 7,100 rpm to get to its 467... so the Cadillac would feel much more powerful. Also, they screwed up this comparison... sorta. Base price on a V-Sport is not $71k. You can get all of the V-Sport performance at the $61k the V-Sport really bases at, and at that price you are still in a 333hp A6 rather than S6. The $71k Cadillac CTS V-Sport is pretty much loaded to the gills, and at that price you're in a base S6.
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