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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    I doubt it's being put into the plan yet, but the battery's capabilities for holding charge could be measured when it is being recharged out of the car and then the battery "fillup" could be priced accordingly. Since it is a measurable item (in KwH capacity), the price of the battery would decrease slowly over time as the capacity of the battery decreases.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    Does it seem snappier since the power outage? The System logs show a far less burdened server....
  3. Drew Dowdell
    Fast charging is out there already, but it is really hard on the batteries.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    Valid point... but then raise the price of the Caravan and make justifiable improvements. There's gotta be some room in there for a mini-van with a base price around $25k. The Oddy seems to start around $28k
  5. Drew Dowdell
    It would take 88,000 miles of real world driving to make up the $10k price difference and I don't think this next vehicle will stick around that long.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    Tesla?
  7. Drew Dowdell
    If it's going to underpin a S-Series fighter for Cadillac it's just too big for an Opel... Anything significantly larger than today's Insignia is probably suicidal for Opel... Opel is going to need to move up to "Buick" level. It can no longer be the "Chevrolet of Europe" now that Chevrolet is there actively making a go at it. I'm not saying that Opel should build an S-Class sized car, but I would expect Omega (platform) to be equally as flexible as the Alpha platform, but with higher starting and ending points for size. If Omega starts at roughly 2014 CTS length, maybe... But then maybe it's best to build it on Alpha which I assume will a lower cost architecture?... Without knowing exactly what they are doing, one could guess that Omega is an Alpha variant that allows for greater wheelbase and track flexibility. With how solid Alpha is, I wouldn't be surprised if they simply beef up all the required parts for overall larger vehicles.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    Did they use a fire hose?!?
  9. Drew Dowdell
    My only concern with the 9-7x is how hard will it be to sell when it's time.... but at that price and those miles... it will be a long time before I'd need to, so I might not really lose all that much if I have to dump it cheap.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    The GMT360s are now on the list. I found a bunch of 9-7xes out there for cheap cheap cheap. One of them was $16,8 with only 33k.... V8, Navi, Leather, Heated Seats, Roof, AWD.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    That's not bad for a backyard job...
  12. Drew Dowdell
    Drove a low mileage Envoy over the weekend...
  13. Drew Dowdell
    Actually, he implies, without using the proper terminology, that the diesel engine was replaced with the DX block model which was at the tail end of the diesel builds and used (still today) in replacements of earlier diesel 350s. The DX block engine has all the bugs worked out of them and are dead reliable.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    A bit too much money for what it is and the condition... but not bad at about $1k cheaper.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    If it's going to underpin a S-Series fighter for Cadillac it's just too big for an Opel... Anything significantly larger than today's Insignia is probably suicidal for Opel... Opel is going to need to move up to "Buick" level. It can no longer be the "Chevrolet of Europe" now that Chevrolet is there actively making a go at it. I'm not saying that Opel should build an S-Class sized car, but I would expect Omega (platform) to be equally as flexible as the Alpha platform, but with higher starting and ending points for size.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    The minimalist design is a Swedish trademark. 325 lb-ft @ 2,100 rpm has gotta give this CUV a LOT of scoot!
  17. Drew Dowdell
    The Olds Omega is coming back? LOL! What are you getting at? This will be the last large RWD GM is doing and as in I am Alpha and Omega the Beginning and the End? The next RWD platform from GM is called Omega to sit over top of Alpha . It will first go to Cadillac, but as a large and likely expensive platform, I would expect it to end up at Buick and Opel as well.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    Well that didn't take too long... Microsoft will reverse course on their DRM policies for Xbox One, dropping their 24-hour Internet check-in requirement and all restrictions on used games.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    =/ I'd rather the Ram.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    I'm not that big a fan of that body style though..
  21. Drew Dowdell
    Happy Birthinday!
  22. Drew Dowdell
    They probably counted anyone who said "Hey, that's kinda cool!" as a potential sale.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    You're forgetting something.... and it's in the name. ;-)
  24. Drew Dowdell
    They never really had a chance
  25. Drew Dowdell
    Jeep caved.....
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