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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    Happy birthday everyone.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    It looks good, but it's really just a restyled Captiva with a Regal powertrain. The interior could carry over... I see the lower HVAC controls are lifted directly out of the Regal as well and the instrument panel is from the Lacrosse. I do think the exterior will get more tweaks for the US.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    see, I like that nose. The Holden logo on the nose of the Chevy Volt just looks awkward.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    That interior is looking pretty good. Albert gives it a thumbs up as an eventual car for him.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    yes, along with a name change to double cab
  6. Drew Dowdell
    Spotted this today: Which led to some interesting conversations with my friend who sells Buicks and GMCs.... and this...
  7. Drew Dowdell
    Yes... because it was an interesting front clip design that is not at all the homogenious trapazoid we get on every single car these days.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    The trouble for VW in the US is that they have solid platforms and then drop the ball on the interior and most of the powertrains. The current Passat feels like a tank akin to the big old MBs, but the interior is such a let-down and only gets worse the more you spend because only things like seats and steering wheels get upgrades while the door panels and dashboards remain cheap feeling plastic. The 2.5 was a terrible motor with V6 like fuel economy and 4-cylinder like performance... sure, they've replaced it with a new 1.8T, but the Passat and Jetta have been selling for 3 - 6 years with that motor, so that is a lot of impressions formed. The DSG is a fantastic transmission for those who know what it does... but if all you're doing is buying a VW to commute in traffic, the transmission's hesitation and uncertainty of the world around it in heavy traffic lead a non-knowledgeable driver to think there is something wrong with their car.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    Sad, it is the best looking variant this side of the ELR.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    those were exceptions to the rule. On the lower cars, MB is usually a year or 18 months behind initial release.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    Just got the first one on our Encore I guess. We stayed immune for a while there. I think they're just recalling anything and everything... get it all out of the way at once. Take the hit on the books in one year and move on. Their sales haven't stalled.... my friend who sold us the Encore last year is having a great month moving out Terrains, Encores and Sierras.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    Oh, I'm sure Buick will get a tweener, I'm just not sure it will be this exact design. China Buicks are somewhat different design sometimes.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    The CTS-V is coming next year. Even the Germans release their Hi-Po versions a year or 2 after the pedestrian model comes out.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    It looks like a properly restyled Vue/Captiva (which is 180.1" in overall length) with enough makeup on to hide that fact from the general public. As long as the interior is similarly restyled, I don't have a problem with this. Though I have my doubts as to this exact design model coming to the U.S., I suppose it is possible.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    AWD
  16. Drew Dowdell
    Well I suppose selling Chryslers and Jeeps would be one way to increase sales for the company...cause selling VWs ain't doing it.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    There is dealership experience and then there is not knowing the dealership exists because there is no sign.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    Some cars exceed their rating (like all of the Chrysler LX cars I've ever driven) and some don't do so well (most non-hybrid Hondas 4-cylinders)
  19. Drew Dowdell
    But not if the guy at the tour says "... and to buy one, find your local Opel dealer... have the receptionist show you into the back on the other side of the service department... and we'll let you play with the US Build-a-car site for a bit... just don't select any V6 engines on the ATS."
  20. Drew Dowdell
    What will come out in the news in a widespread way, if it hasn't already, is that a warning was issued to airlines and air traffic control about 4 hours prior to this flight taking off not to cross this part of Ukraine airspace. But apparently a ML Airbus A380 passed on this same flight-path just a few minutes before.... that would have about doubled the loss of life if they hit that one.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    Malaysian Airlines Plane Shot Down over Ukraine Two planes have been shot down this week in the conflict, what isn't this a no-fly zone for commercial airliners?? Such a sad loss of life.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    IcanhazOpelAdam?
  23. Drew Dowdell
    I've driven both back to back (old version of the Tahoe) and it would be a tough call for me to make if I were given the choice to pick one for free base on ride and drive. The Tahoe does drive more truck-like, but not by much. Handling and maneuverability is a bit of a wash on these types of vehicles too.... but I got called a "He's just a good ol' boy" by my co-worker in reference to Dukes of Hazard for my ability to wheel a Suburban from New Jersey through NYC rush hour traffic and into Queens and back. I never felt the Suburban was unwieldy, but neither is the Durango. I had the Expedition in this same time-frame and hated it... an absolute dinosaur of an SUV. My favorite SUV rentals are GCs, Durangos, Suburban/Tahoe, Enclave... or if none of those are available and a Flex is, I'll take that. I've had new Pathfinders, the Infiniti QX-Pathfinder, the Edge and they were decent movers, but not as good as the Lambdas.... and a far cry from the Durango/GC.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    It loses a lot of the off-road abilities in the translation from Nissan to Infiniti. Gone is the multi-setting 4x4 with rock, snow, and crawl mode, instead you get a run-of-the-mill AWD with Auto/4hi/4lo mode. Gone is hill descent control and electronic locking rear differential in favor of Adaptive Cruise Control and other on-road stuff.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    That pig is far less capable off-road than the Grand Cherokee or Range Rover.
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