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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    Why buy this one when I can build my own out of the J.C. Whitney catalog?
  2. Drew Dowdell
    From the looks of the SpyShots, this is an updated Captiva....
  3. Drew Dowdell
    Yes... its crazy. I can buy a Colorado extended cab 4x4 with 60k miles for $17k or... an Avalanche with leather, heated seats, 4x4, roof... for $17k.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    Well not Peugot, but I'd love to see Citroen survive and even return to the states. They'd sell the $h! out of their DS line, especially the DS4 and DS5, but the DS3 could do well here too. Add the C4 Aircross and you'd have a good starting lineup that American would just eat up. Reference pics: Citroen DS3 Citroen DS4: Citroen DS5: Citroen C4 Aircross
  5. Drew Dowdell
    The S-Class is a fleet car in the rest of the world outside of North America. It's main advantage is that it can be used a taxi or limousine simply by changing the paint. At least Ford bothered to put a different grill and tail lights on their limos.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    Always. There will always be people who want to flaunt their (apparent) wealth with a large luxury car. The Genesis sedan and the Equus are simply ballin' on a budget. Cadillac should aim for S-Class/7 series territory, if only to show the automotive world they are truly serious. Besides, have you been near or inside a 7 series or an S-Class? Both cars are flagships for a reason. Cadillac needs a true flagship. Caddy does NOT need to beat RR/Bently because they have not been anywhere near that since the 1930s. A 21st century Duesenberg could handle that role, not Cadillac. well.. 1950s... but otherwise I agree.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    Magnetic ride control and Hi-Per strut mitigate that.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    Rear drive cars ride and handle better than front wheel drive. CTS has a better chassis, Alpha vs Epsilon 2, CTS will have the same magnetic shocks. If Cadillac can't make the CTS have better ride and handling than a dressed up Impala, how are they going to go against Mercedes. Ride (firmness or softness) is not the same as handling (ability to maintain control at 9/10ths). Ride has nothing to do with which wheels drive the car. The old DTS "rides" way better than the new (any) CTS.. regardless of how well each one does in the corners. The XTS in AWD handles extremely well for the car that it is with far less body roll than an E or S class. It is also substantially firmer than either.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    Why not Z-Class? Oh, and saying it's been the best selling for 40 years is like suggesting that Crown Vic is the best selling full size car for 20 years. Technically correct, intellectually dishonest.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    I'm curious how you know the ride of the CTS is better... and more to the fact... how the ride has anything to do with which wheels drive the car?
  11. Drew Dowdell
    While I'd love one of those and that one is really nice, I'm heading more SUVish now (and Albert is pushing me back towards a truck)
  12. Drew Dowdell
    and then there is this.. the thing is, while I started at $25k, I'm finding cheaper and cheaper vehicles that would be acceptable. Since I'm only planning on keeping the next one for about 2 - 3 year, perhaps I'm heading in the right direction. As cheap as I can go without buying a project.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    Actually, if it is the platform mate to anything, the 9-5 goes with the Impala/XTS. However the body panels and interiors are totally different. On the 9-7x, it's pretty much a Bravada/Rainier shell with a Saab face and the interior is the same as the Rainier except for the shape of the dash. The 9-5 is platform engineering at its best and the 9-7x is badge engineering at nearly its worst.... however, I'm not going to let the fact that the 9-7x is a badge engineered Buick Rainier stop me from getting an amazing deal on a luxury SUV. Edit: The body panels are so interchangeable between the GMT360s, I saw someone who put a TB front clip on a Rainier and it came out looking ok.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    Balance different maybe?
  15. Drew Dowdell
    Check out the new Opel Corsa C3 208 at your local Opel-Citroen-Peugot dealer.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    The Hemi/8-Speed combo should be coming the Charger's way for next year's refresh. It isn't an issue with the Hemi. The Ram recieved the Hemi/8-speed duo for 2013. Yeah, but that's a newer redesign and could have been built for it from the start. I see the LX in the Ghibli, but aside from some buttons on the door, I see no similarity to the LX hardpoints in the Quattroporte..
  17. Drew Dowdell
    My guess is that it's an issue with the Hemi and that most Challengers are sold with one so there is no point in building the V6+8speed model. None of the Hemi powered LX cars have the 8-speed.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    "A refreshed Challenger will debut next year for the 2015 model year on a new platform, coded LA. The current platform cannot support the new 8-speed automatic transmissions and still makes use of the old Daimler-sourced electrial system." Huh? What's so different about the Challenger that it can't use the 8-speed while the 300 and Charger can? Or are you speaking strictly of the Hemi models?
  19. Drew Dowdell
    While I really like the 9-5, I don't know that I could go with such an orphan. The 9-7x is 95% Rainier/Bravada and has a decent chance of having parts out there. On a side note... man people seem to really love their Bravadas... they run them up well over 100k miles before they start listing them for sale.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    I've had a whole bunch this month. A Delorian, two Teslas, to final 9-5s (one black, one white) best looking Epsilon made, and a Corolla with "Buy American" stickers all over the back.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    The other day I watched as a woman was trying to back her Lexus SUV into a tight parking garage parking spot while I was backing out. She was clearly using her sensors and camera... as she pulled forward towards me I was thinking, "Lady, my rear parking sensor is chrome and weighs over 150 lbs, which of us is going to win here?"
  22. Drew Dowdell
    I've kinda zeroed in on this one. Love the color, both interior and exterior, right equipment, right mileage, decent price.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    So... do all the 9-7x's and Rainiers have air suspension or was it optional?
  24. Drew Dowdell
    well that's ok, I'm not a fan of the TB interior. But I can start narrowing down my search a bit. The 9-7x still seems to be the screaming deal of the bunch.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    Bravada had that too right?
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