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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    Erm... yeah.. that... it was a long night/week/month
  2. Drew Dowdell
    I'd rather the 2.0T, but otherwise mimic your sentiments.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    Up next, Canyon High Country?
  4. Drew Dowdell
    They IPOed too soon. Now it's harder for Musk to plow more money into Tesla without setting off alarms.
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    I doubt we'll get that one. I still don't understand Hyundai Kia anymore. What is the point of the Kia brand? that's where I'd expect commercial vehicles to go and where I wouldn't expect a vehicle like the K900 to show up.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    Don't they already have premium models in North America? It is an interesting time for commercial vehicles. Purchasers of such vehicles are going to have some of the widest number of choices in decades.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    Just picked up a brand new one as my rental for the next two weeks. Will have it over about 1200 miles total.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    We have a blogs option here. It just isn't activated. Again, it depends on how you want to do things and your end goals. If you have an example website that you'd like the general format of u could show me...
  9. Drew Dowdell
    Dfelt, I'm not doing it because of parking. I'm doing it because I'm traveling so much
  10. Drew Dowdell
    I feel like I've been driven around a lot more than driving myself lately. Taxis, uber, trains, planes, but very little behind the wheel time myself. This feels weird and must change.
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    Need more specifics really
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    I didn't need to see it up close to say that. The interior could have been tweaked easily. Oooh, a new color! C'mon, throw in a little accent lighting, a new center stack and maybe a tiny bit more tech, and voila, a worthy two more years on an aging vehicle. The exterior I would have hoped would have gotten treated the same... a little more done to it would have been nice. I will say though that the new headlights/taillights give the car a slightly manlier/slightly more muscular look. I hadn't seen any of the press photography or story. The first I saw the new 'Nox was when they took the sheet off, so I had no idea what the interior looked like until I got up to it.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    They want to be an expensive Subaru.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    She's wanted an encore for a while, so not really a huge surprise. :-p
  15. Drew Dowdell
    Even the '85 Thunderbird has more technology than an S-class of the day.... though admittedly the finishes aren't there.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    Encore, Canyon, Terrain?
  17. Drew Dowdell
    That is hilarious. 2015 – 30 = 1985. Here's the interior of an '85 s-class : Giant black rubber steering wheel, mouse fur upholstery, horrible unpainted plastics, it just REEKS of cheapness. Mercedes interiors in the '80s were horrible, horrible, horrible; SL is in a dead heat for the barrel bottom here, too. It was only by benchmarking Cadillac in this era that MB was able to move ahead. You're a full decade optimistic on this claim. Oooh boy! 4-Speed dial fan control! Completely unmarked vent control (I bet it's cable operated too!) Giant toggle switches from JC Whitney and a Honda Accord gauge cluster. For reference, here was what Lincoln was doing in 1985: Technically this is an '83, but the only difference is the steering column and wheel. So here's a second view Fully Automatic, push button climate control. Set it and forget it... no twiddling with dials to adjust fan speed. This was standard, not optional like on the Benz and controled fan speed and temperature rather than just temperature like on the Benz. Cruise control on the steering wheel (something Benz STILL hasn't done) It's a full digital dash plus a rather extensive trip computer with real time fuel economy, distance to empty, Estimated time of arrival, gallons of fuel used, gallons of fuel left (yes, it actually gave you a number rather than E - F) Automatic headlamps AND high beams. .... and a much cleaner overall look. This Continental had roughly the same horsepower and torque in base form as the optional upgrade 5.0 in the Benz..... in a fantastic bit of irony, the Continental was pushrod while the Benz was SOHC. Then there is the Mark VII Bit of a sportier flare, again it is actually computerized. Both Lincolns had an early form of traction control and skid control. Then there's the Eldorado and Seville. These were less than a year from being redesigned into a new body, but here they are with digital dashboard, trip computers, automatic headlamps/high beams and fully automatic push button climate control.
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    oookay... so the Phaeton is a fairly huge car as sedans go these days. The rear seat is ginormous.... You're simply going to have to start building your own car or have your legs amputated if you can't get into the back of a Phaeton....
  19. Drew Dowdell
    The problem for the current Phaeton is that it has not been updated significantly since it was first on sale here in 2004. One would find it difficult to tell the difference between a 2004 interior and a 2015 interior. I'd imagine that with the next Phaeton, VW is planning some major cost cutting and parts sharing that will push the car closer to if not inside the black. Might even see a bit of a price drop too. Dropping the price to match the Koreans just might get some more people to buy.... yes it is a "People's" brand, but it is slightly more trusted than Kia/Hyundai.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    S-class has been the best car in the world for the past 30 years. I don't think the best in the world can be overrated. Few cars have had that long a run at the top of their class, 3-series is probably the only other one. The Phaeton can't even compete with the A8, there is no point in VW making it. They should put those resources into the Jetta and Passat and get them more competitive. Considering how MB whores out the S class to the Taxi Fleets of Europe and has to so heavily discount them to sell here, I would like to see metrics that show this is truly the worlds best selling luxury auto besides just pointing to sales numbers. If it is such the best car you speak of, then why do you not see S class auto's past 5 to 10 years on the roads? Is it possibly due to them not being able to last? Give more than just pointing at Sales numbers please. It is a major financial liability to own and operate an S-Class outside of its warranty. That's why they have such terrible depreciation. People who make the mistake of buying an S-Class rather than taking one of the MB Subsidized leases can look forward to losing an entire E-Class in depreciation in just 36 months. Sounds like a great car to me.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    S-class has been the best car in the world for the past 30 years. I don't think the best in the world can be overrated. Few cars have had that long a run at the top of their class, 3-series is probably the only other one. The Phaeton can't even compete with the A8, there is no point in VW making it. They should put those resources into the Jetta and Passat and get them more competitive. You know who's had a car at the top of their class longer... much much longer? Chevrolet. The Phaeton is a Genesis/K900/Lexus LS competitor. A loaded long wheel base Phaeton is about $100k, so that gets just above base price on the S-Class.
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