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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    Still RWD. I hated the first version, especially the interior.. even though I'm looking at Dodge Magnums now... I'd have keep a flask in the door and do a shot every time I went somewhere just to get over that interior. The new ones, I love the proportions, especially from the rear. The interior is much better than the first, but it is way behind where Cadillac or even Buick is today. The current one could be livable for me.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    eh... it's still a bit early in the technology
  3. Drew Dowdell
    A Chrysler 300C with a Cadillac XTS level of detail.... but I'd prefer to keep uConnect over CUE.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    well... but then you'd also burn out the torque converter eventually.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    I'm not certain they are that far off from one.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    It took a looong time for the old one to grow on me... looks like I'll have to go through the same process all over again.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    VW is running around 30% production in diesels. If GM makes the Cruze right, they'll find the love. Mazda too.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    The XTS is a far better handler than the MKS Ecoboost and a universe beyond the ES. With the Magnetic ride control and AWD that can and does bias to the rear, GM can make the platform do whatever they want. You really need to drive the car aggressively like I've had the chance to, back to back with an E-Class.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    this is someone's daily driver!?
  10. Drew Dowdell
    If I'm a 28 year old shopping for a sedan and money is tight... am I going to buy the Altima which is ok looking and finances cheap or the Optima which is ok looking, finances cheap, and has a long warranty?
  11. Drew Dowdell
    Have you driven one of these yet? They don't at all handle like a FWD car.. and in fact is noticeably more athletic feeling than an E-class.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    The AWD XTS is a good drive now.. with 369 lb-ft on tap, I'm sure it will be a real hoot!
  13. Drew Dowdell
    On noooess!!!
  14. Drew Dowdell
    No.. I have one that is going to get a lot of people butthurt.... including a lot of people on this site.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    well... in BK's defense, timing belts do suck... (Former owner of an Olds with the 3.4 DOHC)
  16. Drew Dowdell
    52 mpg is diesel hybrid... nothing that remarkable by 2025.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    Wow... you stirred up a hornet's nest here BK!
  18. Drew Dowdell
    A 30-something with $30k to spend has, by my count, at least 4 V8 power cars to choose from (Charger, Challenger, Camaro, Mustang) and many more V6es than I care to count.. but at least 1 from every mainstream brand that offers V6/I6 cars. At the $30k mark, the V6 is not a rare option at all. GM was panicked about the V8 because at the time, quite frankly, their V8s sucked. By the mid '70s, the Oldsmobile 350 was putting out 160 horsepower and using a gallon of gas every 18 miles to do it... if you were lucky. The country just had its first two oil shocks, and the President was on T.V. telling them to put on a sweater and showing them how to lower the thermostat. At the same time, Datsun was putting out a 1.4 liter with 85 horsepower and a 2.4 liter I-6 that made 125hp. It doesn't take a mathematician to figure out that if Datsun can produce 85 horsepower at 1.4 liters (and get 27mpg), then Oldsmobile is in trouble using 5.7 liters to make 160hp. GM's response was to build another V8, the HT-4100, with just 10hp more. So.. yes CAFE was there... but the panic was (justifiably) over the import models.... it's even reflected in the commercials and dealer training videos of the time that Ninety-Eight has so kindly posted.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    Really? REALLY!?!
  20. Drew Dowdell
    GM didn't build the X-cars because of CAFE, they built the X-cars because people started buying Civics, Corollas, and Datsun 210s. GM's panic was in response to people (The Market) moving towards these small foreign imports on their own. Fuel Economy was foremost on everyone's mind at the time... CAFE was a symptom, not a cause. Chrysler got into their bad spot because THE MARKET stopped buying their huge gas guzzling cars, they Chrysler didn't downsize their vehicles quick enough to meet the demands of the market... CAFE had nothing to do with it. Blaming CAFE for what cars are today is a distraction. Yes the government rules are cumbersome, but the market is a far stronger force on the automotive landscape. If you're a mid-30-something with $30k to spend on a car, chances are you're buying a 4-cylinder FWD sedan rather than a Camaro SS. It's not some conspiracy... it's just where the market is.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    The most important change there is the active noise cancellation system.... but it's gonna need to be pretty powerful. Shame the interior still screams "Civic Brougham" though..
  22. Drew Dowdell
    Welcome back!
  23. Drew Dowdell
    I think it may have been ordered already, but if not, I may take you up on it.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    Post pics!
  25. Drew Dowdell
    "The Skyactive-D hasn't been officially confirmed for the CX-5", the Mazda rep said to me with a wink and a nudge.
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