Drew Dowdell
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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.
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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.
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It's not like Buick couldn't change the catalog tomorrow.... At this point, they're selling as fast as they can build them.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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looks quite communist... How have you been WMJ?
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That's more than most Scions lately.... so now you know why they had to die.
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The new server seems to load pages a lot faster... you guys should try to rough it up a bit.
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one last test and I think I've fixed the slow post issue
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This. I'd probably pick a different color.... I love the greens they are running now. But yeah, just get what C&D got.
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And we're now on the other server.
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I've been here, just doing a lot of work in the background. Probably shifting servers here soon.
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