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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    Impala drop was to be expected. Sonic, Spark, and Cruze are doing their jobs. Cruze and Equinox each are looking at over 200k for the year. Someone needs to be fired over the Malibu... I vote DA. GMC is rather alarming too. Their entire numbers are propped up on Yukon XL and Sierra with everything else being down... a lot. ATS cooking right along. CTS at the end of its model run... last ones of current generation have already been built or will be rolling off the line this week. Regal and Lacrosse both at the end of the current body-style... hopefully those will pick up, but GM needs to market them again. They market the hell out of the Verano and Encore.. and oh gee wiz! Sales! In other news. Congrats to the one new Chevrolet Aveo driver in May.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    It's not a matter of reliability today on a 2009 Merc. You said you would keep it 10 years.. that means in 5 years, in 2018, you'll be driving a 10 year old Merc... and that is when they get pricey to maintain.... if not before then. A friend of mine is the VP of something or other at Federated Investors... he's not a cheap person... but he's already sworn off Mercedes after just one of them. Just getting basic stuff done outside of maintenance contract/warranty is pricey. He's got the dough... so if he complains about it.. it must be pretty bad.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    I didn't realize the low resale values on the first generation CTS... I figured they'd all be up in the very high teens to low 20s still... for not much more, I could get the 300. At $13k for an '07 CTS with 35k miles...... I got time for that. If you think an out of warranty Aurora is expensive to maintain... just wait till you get into an out of warranty Benz.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    No no.. those two buy/lease new.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    While that may be true Poncho... it is still more interesting than a CR-V or RAV-4 and hits closer to home for them too.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    I guess everyone didn't like Infiniti's new model names...
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    Cubi got it - 1st or 2nd gen CTS. I've found large numbers of the former and a few of the latter, in the $13k - $17k range, with absurdly low mileage for the price/equipment. There is a familiarity factor here which makes it an easier sell at home. Mine was rock solid for the 48k miles I had it, so finding them out there with 32k - 36k on the clock is reassuring that the next few years with the car would be mostly trouble free. One piece of info I may have left out is that this is only intended to be a 2 - 3 year car for me. So if I trade it in 24 months, don't be surprised.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    ... those of you who know me well enough should see the hint I'm giving with the "I'm already familiar with..." line.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    Well remember, I'm not aiming for an S-class here. It's just gotta be solid car, big enough, and have some basic premium options. You're getting warmer.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    Is it a 2003 Buick Regal Joseph Abboud or early 2000s Park Avenue Ultra? Think younger, both in model year and perceived image.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    I'm actually enjoying the guesses. :-) but yes, you're disqualified Camino ;-)
  13. Drew Dowdell
    I assume they use a console parking brake lever because it's cheap...nothing 'fashionable' about it..and a console pull lever is what the standard control is world wide in cheap midsizers.., since this is a world car, they standardize such controls. Now they have one console for the whole world rather than a US-Spec and an Everyone-else-spec. One design is cheaper than two. Remember, they sell this with a manual transmission in other countries.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    You could spend $10k less than that and still get a DTS with just 35k on the clock and loaded to the gills. Buick Lucerne? Those have to sell for dirt cheap on the used market. But there is a reason for that. Looked at but no... couldn't do it. You're the warmest so far though.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    It's not one specific car exactly... it's a make/model that that I already like but appears to have rock-like depreciation. It won't be the most popular choice here..but it is one that wouldn't suprise any of you and I already know it is one that would suit me. That said, I'm really all over the place on this... I got back to thinking about small trucks again... but I couldn't do a Ranger or Colorado/Canyon (hate the interiors on all 3) or Tacoma (You guys would string me up after the frame broke) or any recent Dakota (ditto the other domestics) or Ridgeline (I'd have to sell C&G).... so that leaves me with... Nissan Frontier and Suzuki Equator
  16. Drew Dowdell
    So far... I'm not a fan of this new face... that's why I said that.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    Though... these "smart phone" holders are a sharp touch...
  18. Drew Dowdell
    ... you couldn't have just put the Impala face on the Malibu GM.... was that going to be too hard?
  19. Drew Dowdell
    The unexpected low price of another car, used with surprisingly low miles, that I am already very familiar with and would work well for my purposes. Like $10k - $12k cheaper than the target price that started this thread. Not a MPG monster by any means, but not terrible either. Good enough that it would be fine many times over at that $10k discount.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    Starting to look pretty good IMHO.... much better than the equivalent Benz and Audi.... but the Infiniti FX is tops in this class for looks in my book.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    Everyone who can refinance right now, should. Interest rates have no where to go but up. Makes sense for billion dollar companies too.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    Hmm.... recent discovery yields substantial change of course..
  23. Drew Dowdell
    The cars that are on the list are cars that I've driven extensively (except the Cruze Diesel, but that is a power train only difference) and already know that I would be comfortable with... and thus... all would be acceptable to me at the right price. Since all of them are close to the right price, I'm working out which would bring the most satisfaction or the best deal. I really enjoy the 300 C... to me it is a budget S-class in ride, drive, and handling. I've already said that if Chrysler sold a 300D, I'd just buy that and be done with it.... they don't... so I have to work backwards from there.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    The question was regarding road damage. As we've already established, the weight of the Leaf is not out of line with similarly sized cars. The Buick Lacrosse is actually lighter in eAssist form than in V6 form. The Tesla Model S weighs 4,600lbs and the BMW 550GT (similar power, also hatchback) weighs in at 4,800lbs, and the Acura ZDX (a lot less power, still a hatch) weighs in at 4,400lbs.... so even the current Model S seems in line with the competition.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    As we know it, it's done.
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