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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    Palm Treo, Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile (again), HTC Hero, Samsung Galaxy II Simultaniously Blackberries of every generation going back to 2003. I've had to carry two cell phones since then.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    GoDaddy is a different kind of host. C&G is too big and bulky to run on that style of server. That said, we're going to have to move. We've had 4 major outages in 45 days, none of which were our fault.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    My Toronado can make it through fairly deep snow just fine thanks.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    Go from a Buick Verano Turbo to an Acura ILX Turbo and you'll reach for your ear plugs. Excessive road and engine noise is something that really jumps out at me when present in a car. The new Altima is another recent offender in this regard.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    Oh that steering wheel...
  6. Drew Dowdell
    I'm very happy with my Samsung Galaxy SII, and I look forward to having the Galaxy S3.... but not with Sprint. It is an awesome phone hampered by a sub-par network. As for tweeting, you'll want Tweetdeck anyway if you are going to be doing anything like power tweeting. If you are just going to post "My cat is cute, tee hee" on twitter, then yes, the iPhone app is fine. The camera in the Galaxy is quite good for a phone. Mine is 8mp and does camera duty for many of the pics you see in my reviews.
  7. Drew Dowdell

    Sandy

    Drew Dowdell replied to Camino LS6's topic in The Lounge

    Wind, yes, we'll escape that. Flooding, no. We have a lot of problems with flooding, and it rained for 3 days straight before Sandy got here.
  8. Drew Dowdell

    Sandy

    Drew Dowdell replied to Camino LS6's topic in The Lounge

    I drove home from Allentown PA yesterday (in the ZL1) and there were just rows and rows of bucket trucks, trailers with generators, RVs and Campers all headed east on I-78. Here in Pittsburgh, if it weren't for the TV blaring about the Frankenstorm, it'd be just a typical rainy fall day here.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    Vps.net we stick with them due to the huge flexibility they offer.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    i'm not too worried about the power. while it would be nice to have a bigger power option (Hello 1.6T with 200 ft/lbs @1500rpm!) the truth is the 1.4T is plenty for 95% of buyers of this car.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    My grandmother could run a more reliable web hosting company than this.... arg
  12. Drew Dowdell
    What technology?
  13. Drew Dowdell
    Looks like the seats are way nicer on the production model.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    Probably because the platforms aren't done yet. Though I wonder what GM has up their sleeve. I am curious if there is either A) another larger FWD platform hanging around out there we don't know about yet or B) much larger use of alpha than we currently expect or C) much larger use of Omega than we currently expect. I really can't see GM using a Euro sized mid-size platform shared with Citroen to move the Lacrosse up in status or replace Epsydos under the Impala.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    Sad news, but also sadly predicable.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    I use Albert as my "consumer focus group - subgroup: people dumb about cars".... in the nicest way possible of course. Anyone who drives a Honda or Toyota has been conditioned into thinking that when the "Service Required Soon" light starts flashing, then it is time to get an oil change. It could be 3,000 miles or 15,000 miles... they ignore the sticker as long as that light isn't on.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    Hmm. the picture above doesn't match the picture in the press release either.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    We'll get the full press release up in a bit.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    That is about as nice a compact as you'll be able to buy without going to a premium brand.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    Sounds about right. We should get one last refresh out of the current Lacrosse which I believe is the oldest EpsyDos car on the market at the moment. The 2014 EpsyDos is the Impala.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    This move probably just saved Opel/Vauxhall and possibly even Holden as a brand.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    Made a couple of changes that should reduce the number of spam posts you see. Admins will still see the posts, but it won't be visible to the general public.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    Dexos is just an oil rating. There are many many different Dexos rated oils. They are all basically the 5w-30 version of a brand's full synthetic product. It's actually better than recommending Mobile 1 because it is now not brand specific. Ask yourself this, why would GM want to be stamping Mobile1's brand on the engine cover of all of their products? But there is very little debate over whether synthetic oil is more healthy for an engine or not. It is... and it is within GM's rights to require its use for the car to be under warranty.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    but you've also never described your stature
  25. Drew Dowdell
    To be fair, nearly all of the consumer GMCs share that trait in your part of NJ & PA.
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