Drew Dowdell

Not Regal.... wrong Buick name with an R. I've been told by Buick people that there is only one name that registered more positively in focus groups than Regal....

The HR-V is their new tiny one, the CR-V has grown over the years..seems the current generation is bigger than my Jeep inside.. Sitting in the current model and then my 2004, I feel they have gotten smaller.... at least the usable space is smaller anyway. The seats don't fold away like they do on mine.

Bamboo trim has another advantage - It is ecologically friendly because it is a highly renewable resource. Probably a big reason it is on the hybrid car.... the green conscious drivers don't have to feel bad about chopping down old-growth trees just to have wood trim in their hybrid. I wish more auto makers would use bamboo.

The problem is they tried to mimic the past while using modern styling features. The tail lights and headlights are right off the i8. It just doesn't work.

Yup, that rings a bell. I go to Germany just about every year, but the visit to that castle was 3 or 4 years ago.

You should take that back... do you know how bad it can get? Yes, yes I do, yet today I still find myself going back there and continuing to argue with 'Stang. I clearly must hate myself. Don't worry about it too much. We have community modding and while I haven't needed to use it often, I'm not afraid of the warn button. Just the fact that there is a warn button is a huge upgrade. I think MT had an if you can't beat 'em join 'em button as far as modding went. Well if someone gets too out of line and I'm not here, the red down arrow on their post votes it down. Enough people do that and the post gets hidden... Conversely, if there is a post you really like, the green up-arrow votes a post up. Enough people do that and the post gets a gold star. This system keeps things pretty calm around here and I have to do very little moderation of things.

Not necessarily, I have seen plenty of test mules where they stretched out the fenders to support a drive train truly meant for some other product but they wanted to throw off the Photo Hounds. This could be just such a test mule. Something for the CTS but they wanted to hide it so left off inner wheel well covers to test a drive train and in this case it could be the LS7 system for a new CTS-V Coupe maybe. yes...exactly...a product model of some sorts..."not necessarily an ATS" is what I should have continued on to say. But yeah...it seems like the LS7 might live on... If it was an LS7

That's good to hear. You probably make more money on the trucks than the commercial vans anyway. 2-birds/1-stone - increase high profit truck sales, decrease excess commercial van inventory. We only bring in commercial vans for customer orders, not on the lot, so no worries there. I don't know we make on the GM mid-sizers because I have yet to sell one. I've gotten all the catch 22 buyers. They want to see it before they buy it, but it sells so quick they never get a chance to see it. I think most of the sales on those have been through our GM manager, and not through our regular salespeople. Ah, I have a few big lots near me that keep rows and rows of various Savannas and Expresses.

That's good to hear. You probably make more money on the trucks than the commercial vans anyway. 2-birds/1-stone - increase high profit truck sales, decrease excess commercial van inventory.

We're all nice to each other around these parts...

Glad you're settling in here!

The friends list will turn to a followers list (technically, they're different) once the new software upgrade is installed in a few months. It will change the way things work, but hopefully by that time you'll know who everyone is.

You should take that back... do you know how bad it can get? Yes, yes I do, yet today I still find myself going back there and continuing to argue with 'Stang. I clearly must hate myself. Don't worry about it too much. We have community modding and while I haven't needed to use it often, I'm not afraid of the warn button.

Like that castle! Me too. That castle inspired me to have the Acropolis of Athens as my signature. The castle, I forget the name, is one of the few castles in Europe to never be damaged in war. It is still privately owned and the family lives in one section while allowing tours in the other.

This sounds fishy to me. I wonder if GM built a test mule setup like this (certainly possible) to test some things out, and then someone else got the wrong idea.

Nice choice!

Welcome. We have active server management here (me), so if there are issues with the software or server, I get on it quickly because I'm almost always here. I'm not just the Cheersgears.com owner, I'm also a member. If you have any questions on how to use things here, feel free to PM me or ask in an open thread.

The 2.5 + 6-speed is roughly the same as the old 3.4 + 4-speed in terms of power, so I doubt anyone who had an old W-Body with the 3.4 will mind the new one with the 2.5.

Would you go with the turbo-4, V6, or stripper V8 model? Hmmm ... hadn't really thought of it since I'm not in the market for a new car ... & probably never will be again. HOWEVER, I'd probably either go with the V6 or a stripper V8 ... & of those 2, probably the V6. I'm thinking the 2.0 is gonna be a fun little muthaeffer too tho... Basing my experience with the ATS 2.0 I'm betting, based on the same experience, that the Camaro 2.0T will also be the most weight balanced selection you could make and thus the best handling assuming the suspensions are the same across the board. It makes me wish that Chevy could to a sub-version that is specifically focused on handling rather than raw speed.

The Challenger R/T comes standard with their 8spd for like 31,800.. then you can still add some gadgets! I love me that Hemi!

I don't understand why they couldn't have put this on the Z platform.... it's not like that is a huge car. Put a turbo-4 in it and it should be fine.

Chrome is very specific to the design of the car. Some cars look naked without it, some cars look tarted up with it.

You can grab all the latest posts by hitting the View New Content button in the upper right and work backwards from there. Better get crackin, there's at least a decade of posts for you to catch up on.

LOL! There's a bunch of Old Truck guys here.

Welcome Sean! Glad to have you!