Drew Dowdell

I imagine it'll be Buick green ones he's done with it.

You know what I feel about most reviews and reviewers.... Everything is compared to a freaking M3. The Nox and Terrain are no remarkable amount slower than a CR-V or 4-cylinder RAV-4. It's the V6 that usually gets called slow... but that's only in comparison to other V6 models. The non-SS Cruze was never going to be a 5 second car.... but that's OK because the Civic, Corolla, Elantra aren't either. As long as the Cruze scoots around the city and gets people up to 75 mph without getting run over by a tractor trailer, it'll sell decent. You seem to be concentrating waaaaay too much on an aspect of the Cruze that will be an afterthought to most people. You keep saying that GM doesn't have the ability to be mid-pack because of it's history.... well Hyundai didn't have a good history either and the 138hp Elantra did fine.

It's not just the 6-speed... it's the DI + 6-speed that really works. The 4-cylinders with DI have a fair amount of grunt in the low RPM band (for this, it doesn't matter where the peak is, just as long as 95%+ of peak is available at lower RPM) that 4-cylinders from a single engine generation ago couldn't dream of. You can rant about the horsepower peak of the Sonata all you want, but the fact remains that your engine will be living in the sub 3500rpm range most of it's life. And like it or not Reg, your engine is not going to be putting out 200hp at 3000rpm unless it's also putting out 350 ft/lbs of torque at the same time..... no production 4-cylinder is going to do that.... certainly not without some turbo charging help. Even the SHO engine, which can put out 350ft/lbs at 2000 RPM is only putting out a "measly" 133hp...... but I bet (I haven't driven one) that 350ft/lbs @ 2000rpm feels like it's going to rip the car out from under you. Are you beginning to see how irrelevant the HP figure is yet?

You haven't driven it, so you don't know.

Yeah, the one around the corner from me is a Delta. I got to check it out today. If I drive by in the Toronado sometime and see the owner, I'll ask if I can take some pics.

Easy way to tell... Many, if not all of the Replicas have supercharger pipes on both sides. The real ones only have them on the left side. Found out that one of these lives around the corner from me..... same color too:

Really? All of the ones I've seen had the USB connection in them, but I mainly look at CXSes

I"m guessing since even the lower level turbo isn't out yet, it probably didn't have enough power compared to the TL.

It weighs a lot.

Mine are blue

To guys that claim the converse, there is no replacement for displacement.... take that any way you like just where nitrile gloves everywhere.

Good one croc!

Well duh! You should have changed the plugs 37k miles ago according to your sig.

Some examples from that other blog: Cursive! I have three kids in elementary school wasting countless hours learning cursive. Why? I can't remember the last time I wrote anything longer than a grocery list by hand. With technological development, they'll do that even less frequently than I do. Sure, everyone needs a signature, but why not teach a signature alone? Kids in countries that are our largest competitors worldwide are learning advanced math while America's kids have to struggle to make a proper freaking Q. Moronic.

Stole this idea from a blog I read and thought it would be fun for us here. What widely accepted practice, custom or societal norm do you regard as irrational, absurd, offensive, silly, nonsensical, counterproductive, or morally wrong? Here's your chance to challenge the conventional wisdom. Anything that is already a matter of intense controversy, like abortion or the death penalty, doesn't count -- that aside, however, take liberties with the question.

Dwight, I think he meant he'd like to see the 3.6 offered in the Equinox

Already posted Government Motors No More

dirty injector or failing fuel pump?

I picked the 3.6 so it would be different from the Regal. Let the Regal have the turbo charged 4-cylinders.

I don't know about you, but I really would have liked to see a Malibu SS of the current generation. Give it the 3.6 in 305hp form, AWD, and 6-speed manual or auto. Revised front and rear facia, lower ride height...... make mine black please.

I doubt GM would resurrect GMPD just for the Aveo and Cruze. There's more up their sleeve I'm sure.

But in the meantime, till some RWD lustwagons are available, let GMPD get back into the game on these two.

Like the Colorado or Tahoe? The CTS-V is already done... no other RWD left.

Isn't part of the problem with rail subsides then just with lack of use... and that lack of use is caused by poor service due to poor funding? On lines where Amtrak was able to make the investment into high speed rail, they are bursting at the seams with ridership. They have over 50% market share in DC and NYC. People aren't unwilling to use rail, they're just unwilling to pay for crap service. Taking the Capitol Limited from Pittsburgh to DC is plenty cheap enough, but the only departure Denver has great air service because it has a great airport. Pittsburgh has mediocre air service despite having a great airport (regularly considered in the top 10) because no one wants the hassle of driving out that far. Right now, Amtrak has just enough subsidy to keep them alive and barely functioning but until early last year, nothing to make any substantial hardware upgrades with. Imagine if an infrastructure service, fairly vital to the country's needs (as all major modes of transportation are) were last overhauled in 1991. The whole system was operating on Windows 3.1 computers, which were state of the art at the time. But while other infrastructure services got eventual upgrades to Win 95, Win XP (new airports or substantially upgraded ones), this infrastructure services was told it'd have to learn to fend for itself and it would have to do it's own upgrades while it's competition got them for free. Listen, I can completely sympathize with your "no subsidies" position.... but don't pick on rail just because they're currently the underdog and they've been kicked and neglected since birth.

Have you just checked the fluid level at all? It could simply be low. If it's low, you probably need at least a gasket change... but if you're going to do that, do the filter too.