Drew Dowdell
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Alternator may have been giving you warning signs for a while then.
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I feel like Regal advertising went away rather quickly and now everything is Lacrosse, Enclave, and Verano. Agreed that not putting any Encores out for people to sit in was a mistake. They are a tiny CUV, but people need to sit in it to find out that it actually is comfortable inside. RE BMW taxis - That'd be me and Balth. These shows tend to be dealership shows with marginal manufacturer support...
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... it's also called "magnetic ride control" dwight.
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That's exactly the reason to sell it here. If it looks too wagony... it might not sell.
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Your mom better call Audi and have them examine the car.... it is likely the only Audi over 100k miles.... or even over 60k miles that has no squeaks or rattles. You're driving an orphan that was an orphan when it was sold and it was sold by a company that, in the strictest of legal terms, no longer exists today. My mother beat the hell out of her Aurora of the same generation, it survived 2 accidents with the 3rd one being terminal.. yet it put in over 200k miles even with her poor care of the vehicle. She sold it to her employee who ran it a few more months before running it without oil and blowing the motor.
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+1 A friend of mine has an '83 S-class... it's no more luxurious than my Toronado and in some areas the build quality of my car is much better (no visible screw heads in the dashboard or on most exterior lighting. The 3.8 liter V8 is no match for even the wheezy 307 and the diesel engine in the Benz made the Olds 350 diesel look like a V-series Cadillac. Is the 1983 380SEL a nice car? Sure.... but GM was still doing better interiors at one of their lowest points in history than Benz was doing at the same time, so the value of spending all that extra money for a Benz over even a Buick or Oldsmobile isn't all that clear to me.
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The amount of noise the 3.6 makes seems to depend on the car it is installed in. In the Cadillac XTS and Buick Lacrosse, it is fairly hushed. The 2013 Impala you drove has been dumbed down a bit and might have sound insulation removed as it is fleet only. The 2014 is an entirely different car, but yes it will have the 3.6 optional and the 2.5 liter 4-cylinder standard.
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Focusing on your first core product is a good thing.
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Yes. Please bring back the wagon!
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The Toronado hasn't been run since mid-December when she was put away for running very poorly. Sometime this week I'm going to limp her over to a former Chevy/Oldsmobile dealer who's owner is a member of the local OIds club and his mechanics have experience with this vintage 307. After that is done, I'll need to assess the list for the spring. My biggest problem is time. I'm traveling 50% of the time until June.
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Keeping the balance in this car is key. If they can't keep the weight distribution the same, they'll ruin what they've got going so far.
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You could do blog on the long term ownership of this car. Users can now set up their own blogs here. The Beetle TDI is on my short list for potential vehicle purchase for myself this year. It really depends on how certain other things pan out if I decide I need a truck or not.
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Great buy! Only one problem.... will you actually keep it long enough for the engine to ever get broken in while you own it?
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I drove a JX35 as a rental for a week, sandwiched between a week with a Traverse and a week with an Enclave. Let me just say that anyone that buys the JX over either of the Lambdas has some serious irrational anti-GM feelings going on. The Traverse with Leather is more than the JX's equal and the Enclave simply blows it out of the water.
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Congrats! I've loved driving the Beetle and loved the TDI... never had them in the same vehicle
