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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    Hmm... looking at the specs in the press release.. it doesn't actually say it is a DOHC mill. Could it be an LT-1 derivative with the Twin Turbo technology from the V6? Can anyone find an official statement saying it is in fact DOHC?
  2. Drew Dowdell
    If only there were a single, national agency.. perhaps one that was in charge of highway and transportation safety... that could combine all of these recall notices in a single place where people could access them via a series of tubes... .... oh wait..
  3. Drew Dowdell
    Might be room for a Delta based CUV for Cadillac or Buick then.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    Oh... a Camry... how... interesting....
  5. Drew Dowdell
    Because the 3900 doesn't have the power density that sells cars. Like it or not, there are still lots of people out there like SMK that say "Oh, you only put out 212 hp from a 3.9 liter? Your engine must suck!" while ignoring the fact that a 260hp 3.6 weighs more and gets lower real world MPG while doing nothing for drivability. Edit: And that in the same physical space of a 3.6 DOHC V6, GM can, and has, fit 5.3 liter V8s, 5.7 liter Supercharged V8, and 6.2 Liter Supercharged V8s.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    Wow a big swing and a miss. I even knew better than that. ... good thing we have you around here to Monday-morning quarterback.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    But... we got the 4.3 V6 still
  8. Drew Dowdell
    Omega platform. The 6-series and CL look like a 20 year old Taurus jellybean now.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    ... and I make the check out to....?
  10. Drew Dowdell
    ATS coupe concept. 9:30 est
  11. Drew Dowdell
    make me think of Jonny Walker
  12. Drew Dowdell
    what's air shift?
  13. Drew Dowdell
    I have to agree that the market for this type of vehicle is there.... but lets see if MB can grab the sales from it.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    as a whole car, yes. but some of the AWD bits made it into the Aztek/Rendezvous I believe.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    I think only limited bits.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    Happy B-day!
  17. Drew Dowdell
    All resources should have a standard national id card identifying them and their citizenship, IMO. Would be very useful. We actually already have such a thing. You can get a mini-passport that looks like a driver's license, but you have to get your full passport also.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    Tim
  19. Drew Dowdell
    theme song to a BBC series that keeps me motivated
  20. Drew Dowdell
    The Americans who don't have passports.... the canadians probably don't want 'em anyway
  21. Drew Dowdell
    There are some things that need to be national and some things that do not need to be. Emissions standards and crash standards for new vehicles should be national, Safety inspections should be state level. The biggest thing that should be national are gasoline blend standards. There is no way we need 500 different blends for this country. There is no reason MD, DE, PA, VA, NJ each need their own 10 different blends of fuel.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    Alternative to number 3. Find a cheap tow and drag it to the transmission shop for a rebuild or replacement with rebuild.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    well, to be fair to both Toyota and Subaru.... Subaru's AWD is much better than the FWD based AWD Toyota uses. I could see Toyota looking at Subaru's AWD for use in RWD based Lexus models, which might even be a selling point.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    To what end though? How many extra Legacy Wagons is Subaru going to sell to Mrs. Soccer-Mom in RWD only guise? The WRX-STI gets it's cred by being a 300hp AWD Snow Monster with participation in off road rally sports, how many more would Subaru sell by offering that in RWD? Grandma Bluehair and Mz.Flanelwear buy their Impreza hatchback and Forester specifically for the AWD... RWD is a detractor to them. Simply put, what does RWD get Subaru in terms of volume here... a 1% increase in sales to the bargain basement shopper? I wonder what percentage of Audi models are sold equipped as Front-Track....
  25. Drew Dowdell
    I very much disagree that AWD makes the car less entertaining to drive.... it really depends on what you call "entertaining". If the only thing that you find entertaining is hanging the rear end out on corners, then yeah, AWD won't be for you. But driving an AWD version of a FWD car is far more fun... and driving an AWD version of a RWD is more "sticky" if you're into cornering fast. Subaru doesn't seem to have major issues with fuel economy, on the highway they do very well with their CVT.
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