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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    your guess is as good as mine... but if Reuss wants it to be special, my guess is that it won't be on Epsilon II...
  2. Drew Dowdell
    well that's the dumb dealers fault... not the fault of the production line
  3. Drew Dowdell
    Truck buyers are much more brand loyal than car buyers. GM may not be able to get Chevy buyer that want a high-zoot truck to go to the GMC dealership.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    There was ever a fire sale of the GTO?
  5. Drew Dowdell
    They aren't using the Riviera name over and over on Concepts for no reason...
  6. Drew Dowdell
    I'm hoping the next SRX is on Alpha... not because I favor RWD over FWD (clearly I don't, and I don't feel it is a requirement for this segment), but because of lightness and advancement and flexibility in that platform.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    Lincoln Mark VIIIs.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    Do the savings in fuel costs add up to a net cost reduction in automotive expenses for you?
  9. Drew Dowdell
    These are still on my radar.... the previous model... but still.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    The real benefits of CNG (and indeed, even Ethanol) would be realized if there were engines built specifically for the fuel rather than modifying gasoline engines. What good is 130 Octane in an engine running 8.5:1 compression ratio when plain old 87 Octane will do just fine? Running super high compression ratios with these fuels would allow for much more complete use of the fuel even though there is less energy per unit of fuel. Instead of trying to run E85 through low compression 3.4 liter Impalas, they should have been running E85 as the preferred fuel through super high compression (12+:1 compression) 2.5 liter Impalas. It would have allowed for the same horsepower as the 3.4 liter but removed the perceived MPG penalty we associate with Ethanol today. This was the giant misstep of Ethanol... not taking advantage of it's inherent gifts. Any future alternative fuel that aims to run through standard engines built for gasoline is doomed to the same fate.... including CNG.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    I'm starting to see more of them out there... from the back, they are very eye catching.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    Yet. Looking at take rates for diesel vehicles where the option isn't a huge price jump and diesels are very well accepted.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    My experiences with the SRX have been initial disappointment followed by a quick warm up and appriciation for it.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    I still say the 3.6 in the LaX and Cadillacs and Lambdas is just fine thanks. I don't find it unrefined at all. It is a lot less of a growler than the VQ. I've recently had a pathfinder and JX (both rentals) and while I was on the highway I really wanted to shout "OH ENOUGH ALREADY!" at the constant growl of their engines.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    Well there are two new rides coming.... we'll see what they end up being I guess.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    We'll sell it privately. I will be buying a new (to me) car in June/July time frame. Then we'll sell the CR-V and use the cash from that plus an additional down payment on a replacement... probably an Encore. $978 installed for the throttle body... best price I can find on an aftermarket part is about $450.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    They have a 1.3 liter diesel with 94 horsepower and 150 lb-ft of torque at 1500rpm that apparently would get 60mpg US.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    Where is the diesel 500?
  19. Drew Dowdell
    Cruze Eco Jetta TDI
  20. Drew Dowdell
    I'll tell ya what *would* sell like hotcakes... this engine in the Encore.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    With Diesels most of us here including myself do not have a full grasp of what is all involved and why the work in Europe and not here. It is more than numbers or the lack of American love. The more I learn on how it is treated there the better I understand how it works there and not here. There is a hell of a lot more to it than I ever imagined. Why they work in the EU and not in Europe is because of the way the fuel taxes are structured. It really isn't that complicated. Equalize the fuel tax (or even reverse the discordance) and you'd see a wholesale flocking of the public to diesels.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    Because diesel engines don't react as well to start-stop over the long term.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    Yay for DOHCs right? Well not if it is a Honda I-4 or V6. What modern cars can you think of that need valve adjustments as part of scheduled maintenance under 100k miles? Ever wonder why all Hondas have valve tap as their mileage increases? It is the superior engineering of manually adjustable engine valves.... We also need a whole new throttle body to fix one tiny piece of broken plastic. When Albert txted me the price for all of this, I just told him to pick out which color Encore he wants. This superior piece of Japanese engineering is getting cleaned up, scratches fixed, and if I can find some poor schmuck to give me the $10k that KBB says it is worth, I'm taking the money and running.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    ... well... it's good to have a goal....
  25. Drew Dowdell
    Well, I'm not sure about the other sub-compacts, but I wouldn't consider the ride of the Sonic to be uncomfortable, nor would it be unsafe (they are incredibly safe cars)
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