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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    would have been easier if they hadn't laid an egg with the Malibu...
  2. Drew Dowdell
    All the personality of a Honda Legend with all the reliability of an 80's British car..... no thanks.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    Sure.. blame crossovers and not Kia, Hyundai, Ford, and VW.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    always appeal a denial
  5. Drew Dowdell
    The limitation you're seeing is purely power train related and nothing to do with the frame or weight. Simply opt up to the 5.3 V8 in the W/T (which also puts you into the 6-speed rather than 4-speed auto) with a 3.08 rear end and you can have 7400lbs. trailering or 9100lbs. with 3.42 rear end.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    The 4.3 has balance shafts... it's probably about equal.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    SD card I thought
  8. Drew Dowdell
    how long before that crank weld goes?
  9. Drew Dowdell
    Would have helped if they weren't so ugly....
  10. Drew Dowdell
    Pipe on the end of the breaker bar to make a longer breaker bar or maybe... buy a bowflex..
  11. Drew Dowdell
    Interesting moves.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    Let the PB soaaaak a while. Re-apply if it even looks even a tiny bit dry.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    Shh... he doesn't start itching to trade until after the first oil change.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    So.. .about 7.9 cents per mile for fuel.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    I'm not sure you'd want to do a high end sports coupe like the GT on a platform built for a hulking brute of a sedan... but that's just me.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    "The 2.0 does not make better power than the 3.0 in the trim we will see but it does have lower end torque and the curve is flat as Bonneville." - To me... that is better power, especially in an SUV. Even in its lowest spec, the 2.0T makes 260 ft-lbs starting from 2000 rpm. The 3.0 makes a mere 217 ft-lb and doesn't reach peak torque till red-line.... what's the point of that? There is almost no point on the torque curves where the V6 is putting out more twist than the Turbo-4. "Better power" is not a measure of absolute horsepower and torque, but also how those are delivered.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    you can basically order an entire vehicle of these from catalog...
  18. Drew Dowdell
    I have to say, I sat in a pre-production SS and the interior is very impressive for a Chevy. Very lux sport.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    yes
  20. Drew Dowdell
    305 lb-ft at what RPM? If it's like the 3.0 and produces its peak torque at red line, it won't fly.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    I thought the Subie sold already... or was that another one?
  22. Drew Dowdell
    yoi! that dashboard!
  23. Drew Dowdell
    A 4-cylinder is in the Equinox/Terrain now and it makes up the majority of sales in those models. After shedding 500+ lbs and adding a Turbo-4, why wouldn't a 4-cylinder be enough? The 2.0t already makes better power than the 3.0V6 did.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    The top end Cadillac is on Alpha for 2014 and sigma for 2013.... get your facts straight.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    Physically smaller on the outside doesn't have to translate to physically smaller on the inside. Whether or not you like its looks, the Encore is a perfect example of this. It is way smaller on the outside than the Tiguan or Escape, but in terms of passenger space, it feels within spitting distance of those two. The next 'Nox will take this same tactic: shrink a lot on the outside while keeping interior room as close to the present vehicle as possible and shedding weight in the process. DO NOT expect the V6 to return, part of the weight saving and packaging saving process accounts for only have 4-cylinder engines. besides.. it is going to be on a variant of the Delta platform... no V6es in sight there.
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