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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    has anyone seen one in person yet in the wild?
  2. Drew Dowdell
    w00t! Sign me up for a Carvan Blacktop Edition!!
  3. Drew Dowdell
    so.. the numbers in AMG mean absolutely nothing now?
  4. Drew Dowdell
    I dunno, I see a big improvement in this one.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    Again, there is a reason and method behind those plastics. I got a very detailed explanation from Dodge about it. I'll try and hurry up and get the review out this week.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    Exactly! And the Econoline rides terribly too. The Savana/Safari aren't lookers either, but they at least have a Suburban-esque ride to them. I'll give a hint as to why the ProMaster (the big one) might sell better than you guys here expect. It is unusually nimble for its size.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    Because its much cheaper than sheet metal? The entire nose of the van is plastic, unpainted, black, cobbled up plastic. Seriously, what's the logic? All these white refrigerator boxes, all intently cheaply made/looking. You'll just have to wait for my chair arm gripping review!
  8. Drew Dowdell
    Cadillac is being very conservative with production and sales estimates.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    There is actual logical reasoning behind the Promaster nose and why it looks the way it does.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    I think the diesel option for the Verano is coming anyway, but that is clearly not a GS version.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    Good name! This reminds me to get my Promaster preview done.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    It still amazes me that I can get around town at all with a 0-60 nearly double that of the Corolla. But like most people, I don't do full throttle acceleration after every stop sign, stop light, or yield. I expect that most people buying a plug-in EV aren't either.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    The Verano Turbo does have suspension re-working. It wouldn't take much more to make it into a GS. We've already been told flat out that there will not be an AWD Verano due to the rear suspension setup.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    Acura's biggest problem is Benz.. not Buick.. not Lexus. Why would you buy an ILX when for just a little more money or pretty much the same lease payment you could get a CLA? I can pick up an RDX for $399 a month or a GLX for $399 a month.... and that's way before we get to RLX v. E-Class comparisons. Forget all of SMK's unimportant numbers/fetures that he likes to get stuck on and think of it from a badge snob's perspective. The CLA doesn't even have to be a good, much less great, car to beat Acura in this segment. It simply has to start reliably for the first 36 months of ownership till the lease is up. Acura is peddling mildly re-worked Civics and CR-Vs with broughmy leather. Even the Cadillacs that SMK likes to knock on (SRX and XTS) feel like Cadillacs when you sit in them and drive them. People don't sit in an XTS and say "this feels like an Impala" The ILX and RDX feel like Hondas. Acura simply cannot compete with Benz or Cadillac or Lexus in this area for that reason alone. Horsepower doesn't matter, quality barely matters, FWD/RWD/AWD doesn't matter....
  15. Drew Dowdell
    The GTR is already at $106k and the new track versions will probably be pushing the price up some.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    If one is spending $119k base on a car like this, they can afford 91 octane. But at the same time, I think Chevy could (and should) charge more if there is room for it.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    First step is admitting you have a problem.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    I like it.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    Happy Birthday Rivman!
  20. Drew Dowdell
    Great ideas Dwight, some probably a bit too expensive for Verano, but Regal or Lacrosse maybe. Still, a bump in power output that we already know the 2.0T is capable of wouldn't hurt either.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    It was actually a standard RWD transmission (A THM400 in fact) turned 180 degrees and chopped off just aft of the torque converter. The torque converter stays with the engine and drives the transmission via a nylon cog/steel chain setup that requires no idler pulley. The FWD version, called THM425, shared lots of internal components with its RWD brother.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    290 would be no problem
  23. Drew Dowdell
    the Verano Turbo is already pretty close to GS material. Some upmarket seats, suspension control, and maybe a bit more boost would be all it really needs.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    Spotted this in the neighborhood we were staying in for the holiday.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    On Craigslist no less? Didn't they try to sell this on Ebay a couple years ago?
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