Drew Dowdell
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Feels due for a refresh already. Accord, Fusion, Optima, Mazda6, Altima are all newer
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I can't believe they are selling that many Pathfinders when its competition is so much better
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I can't imagine someone walking in to buy a Dart and engine up in an Avenger instead.... the Dart isn't class leading, but it is still better than Avenger.
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wow! you're right! it is super fast now!
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no no... the new Sentra is now better than Corolla.
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23,000 Prii in a month! Scion down across the board. one wonders though... have they been increasing fleet sales this year? lots more Toyotas at the National lot when I travel
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All done. Report any (new) bugs here.
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I wonder if they'll every try a Tribeca again...
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heavy fleeting or not, Chrysler is still moving over 16.5k mini-vans each month. I'm surprised a Patriot and Compass being up that much, those aren't vehicles you see in fleets often, so I don't think they are ending up in the Enterprise lots. Dart is doing decent. Is the bloom already off the rose at Fiat?
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Good lord, the MKZ is brand new and it is already down over 7%?
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Encore doing very well. Most dealerships around here can't keep them on the lot. CTS, Regal and Lacrosse in "switchover" mode. Traverse's handsome new face and Enclave doing very nicely with Acadia bringing up the rear of those triplets for growth, but Acadia still selling very very well. WOW! Look at IMPALA!
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The server is being migrated today, August 1, 2013. This is the move I spoke of a few weeks ago.
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I don't think it would fit as is... it is a fairly bulky system
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Sonic is doing well, no need to rush it.
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They can be. Most transverse fwd transmissions are quite compact.
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Habby Birthday bud!
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It still does not answer WHY the set up has bad balance. Is it harmonic (NVH) or stability or mechanical? In the Audi specifically, even though the engine is set up longitudinally, more than 90% of the drive-train weight is forward of the wheel center line. In the case of an Audi V8, that means there is more engine ahead of the front wheel center line than any transverse setup might have. (i.e. an A8L has more engine in front of the wheels than a DTS). The whole reason SMK beats on American FWD cars is because of the nose heavy balance characteristics (while he conveniently ignores Audi). For balance reasons, you want to push the weight as close to the center of the car as possible. In the case of the Toronado's setup, you can push the engine as far back as you want. It's a more compact setup than what Audi is doing.
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this is just from my current shopping... I notice a lot of Avalanches have leather seats with cracks in them... so I priced out the cost of OEM replacement leather.
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Yes. It's a city car with limited range. It is a well appointed city car, but a city car none-the-less. Would you pay $42k base for a well appointed Nissan Leaf with cloth seats? Adding a range extender and options will easily push the car close to the $50k range. Checking every box on the Chevy site for the Volt gets you Leather, nav, all the safety nannies and still only nets out to $39,950 after incentives and that gets you a car with no range anxiety, yet gasoline usage would likely be about the same if you're just the typical city driver being targeted by BMW here. *all prices listed pre-tax-credit
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too much money for too little car. I like the concept of EVs, but this should have been done in a 1-Series or 3-series. edit: though I do wonder if it will be compatible with the Tesla Supercharger network (if Tesla allows non-Tesla vehicles to charge there)
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For the price you paid, I'd even consider an entire upholstery swap out..... but this is coming from a guy who would swap out the leather seat covers on an avalanche because they have a few cracks.
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Another view. The front axle line is ahead of the rear two cylinders, so in a V4, the engine/transmission would be primarily to the aft of the front wheels. The caveat is there is no real limitation to how far ahead of the engine you could put the front wheels.... Not that you'd want to, but you could build a rear engine-front wheel drive set up this way.
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