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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    I'm going to be driving these this month.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    no, I built it as a crew... and remember, I said it was after rebates.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    If you don't like it, just wait another 24 hours....
  4. Drew Dowdell
    Hi from Pittsburgh.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    Reg, you're actually wrong about the regs. If anything, the best move for Chrysler would be to increase the LX platform wheelbase by 2 inches and track by 1 inch. That would actually lower the EPA requirement for fuel economy. Referencing my above trip in the 300... we followed up in San Francisco with a '15 Sonata 2.4. Same 4 guys, same trunk full of luggage, mostly highway driving with minimal changes in altitude and only once stuck in traffic while we waited to pay a toll, driving in "Eco" mode all the time. 27.5 mpg... all for a 100hp deficit I'm betting we actually would have done better in San Fran if we'd had the 300 instead. I almost grabbed a 200 Limited, but the trunk would have never held all of our luggage... both the 300 and Sonata were full.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    Some more spots from my recent trip to Boulder and San Francisco...
  7. Drew Dowdell
    but where do you put the batteries?
  8. Drew Dowdell
    OK, so I can get a Canyon Crew-Long box 4WD SLT for $38k or a Sierra Crew-Long box 4WD SLT for $38k after rebates.... = GM pricing
  9. Drew Dowdell
    Eh... needs to look more differenter than the Genesis.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    You'll pick it back up again after no more than 3 stalls. The only manuals I ever have difficulty with are Honda 4-cylinders... I'm just not used to the lack of torque. Also... the Jetta TDI was probably a good car to learn on because of the huge amounts of low end torque and therefor less propensity to stall... I also feel that the GM 6-speed manual paired with the 1.4T in the Sonic and Cruze are excellent units as well.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    I've seen 2 MKC in the wild. If Buick brings the Envision here, it will murder the MKC
  12. Drew Dowdell
    I thought Z71 was just a suspension and towing package. I never saw them as more aggressive than their non-Z71 counterparts.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    they need a new Lancer and a new galant. Maybe they should partner with VW on platforms
  14. Drew Dowdell
    Ram already has the best mpg in trucks and also offers a light duty diesel. Why spend all the money for aluminum for little real world benefit? The Chrysler 8-speed is their trump card.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    Given the choice, I'd take the K900 over the Genesis.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    Glad to see they're on a turn around.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    I didn't realize the Tribeca was out of production already.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    Hi from San Francisco.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    Chryslers do more than drop the LED, they drop the DRL also.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    Won't even be leaving the airport.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    I did like it a lot. Would be a great place to live and Albert agreed.... But.. Hi from Phoenix AZ!
  22. Drew Dowdell
    Hi from Boulder Colorado.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    Jeep still sells the snot out of the Patriot because it's the cheapest car with the Jeep logo on it right now.. and it actually is capable of some minor off-roading.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    Look at Subaru... they sold more vehicles than each of GMC, Ram, and Mazda.... and they are rapidly closing in on Kia. One wonders if and when Subaru is going to start to have capacity problems with such a high growth rate.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    Yes, the current 300 is a bit behind, but I'm hoping the coming refresh for it will have at least a similar level of improvement. I don't agree with the idea that this platform needs to go on any particular diet. The 300c with V6 and 8-speed will already easily out MPG anything of similar size from Ford or GM or the imports. One of the GMC PR people is my friend on Facebook and he was posting about how the Lacrosse V6 MPG is so great, he got 30mpg on a recent highway trip.... I didn't have the heart to reply to him that if I did that in a V6 Chrysler LX car, I'd be bringing it into the dealership to make sure there wasn't a stuck caliper. I've consistently gotten well over 30mpg highway in normal driving, and sometimes over 35mpg in the Pentastar LX cars. Just today I climbed from 4,000 ft to 11,000 feet above sea level and back in Rocky Mountain National Park with 4 people in the car and the DIC is registering 28mpg. Could the LX car be lighter? Maybe, but that isn't what needs improving the most.
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