Drew Dowdell

They'll have it back soon.

Most Cadillac-Olds dealers have been around since Old's highpoints in the 70's and 80's

Isuzu, Chrysler, Mitsubishi <after Chrysler because they rely on them a lot>, Mercury, Suzuki, in that order a few years down the road, I could see SCION getting absorbed back into Toyota.

Not if they didn't have the spare cash laying around to take a loss on the project for the first 8 years.

truth. GM was late the the VVT market, however their VVT is an exercise in simplicity compared to the likes of Honda, Toyota, and BMW. Oh sure, the competition's VVT might be 10% better but they also cost 50% - 150% more. Same is true with the hybrids. The BAS hybrids cost what, one third that of Toyota's system? BAS Series II is supposed to cost the same as BAS Series I yet effectively doubles the performance of the hybrid parts. The 2 mode is better than Toyota's system but costs more. Volt threatens to blow Toyota's system out of the water in terms of effectiveness. So, while GM may be late... they certainly aren't behind. P.S. Where is Honda in all of this? They were first to market a hybrid here but it hasn't seen much, if any, improvement after it came to the Civic. It's not a bad system <but effectively identical to BAS>, it's just stagnating.

that doesn't sound like my problem :AH-HA_wink:

whatever you wanna call it man..... By process of elimination, it sounds like you use Baierl in Wexford. They have a lot more than just Cadillac, Buick and Subaru. They'd have to start over if they did a Cadillac - Buick lot. I'm not sure how they managed when Olds was still there. That place is tiny but they've given me great service.

You don't need to move the company to have a culture change. Fire all the accountants...... and Germans.

man, you're on the North East Corridor.... you can use Amtrak $40 or less round trip.. If you need a car while you're in Baltimore, use Zipcar.

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All put together. Taking her out to the frame shop to get checked tomorrow... then off to get inspected.

Red-Line, Green-line, White-line..... uhm.... Brougham? The grill just says Vue to me. As does the interior.

I'm getting a Saturn Vue vibe. Why do we think this is an Equinox and not a Vue varient?

All that said.... GM should locate a design studio in the heart of LA. Like it or not, LA is a major source of fashion trends and GM should be in the heart of it. Headquarters? no.

I didn't say you had generalized about the mid-west. I said you didn't complain when it happened. I like Pittsburgh. I'm moving to Germany simply for the experience of living in Europe. However, the climate difference between Pittsburgh and Köln is marginal at best. I'm a skier, so I don't mind cold or snow. The Michigan foreclosures are not due to rampant speculation or "Jefferson's Syndrome". In Michigan the economy has caused the foreclosures. In California... and Nevada... it's the consumerist, gotta one up the Jones's with my new McMansion, but get a negative amortization, interest only loan to pay for it attitude that is causing the pain there. California is, by far, the hardest hit in sheer dollar volume of foreclosures. And I work in real estate and study the mortgage market...... so I kinda know what I'm talking about here. I know that California is much much more than the stuff I spouted off earlier. This all started because I said I've been embarrassed by this country lately. Unfortunately, Hollywood is in California and that's where 50% of my embarrassment comes from. The rest comes from Crawford Texas... however that issue will be addressed shortly. :AH-HA_wink:

You have no idea how excited my BF is to have the Roadmaster complete. I still have the air matress that fit the bed of the Avalanche.... it fits in the back of the Roadmaster as well. He's already been pricing out the cost of tinting the rear windows. that reminds me... I have to call about getting the rear air shocks replaced..... brb

A CPO Phaeton was very high on the list to replace the CTS about a year ago. My direction has changed a bit since then.

She may have been born and raised there, but the Britney we know today was manufactured by California. And of course I know that my statements are grossly generalized....but these are the first things that come to mind when you mention California. First things that come to mind when someone mentions Pittsburgh? Steelmills, pollution, Steelers. We no longer have Steelmills and the city is quite clean. It was recently voted Most Livable. California does still have Hollywood and all the puss that comes with it. California is being hit hardest by the mortgage crises as so many are getting their 4,000 sq foot McMansion foreclosed on... because they just had to have that 4,000 sq feet at $350/sq.ft. for two people. The country's top plastic surgeons are in California. There is even a drama series centered around plastic surgery. I don't see you complaining about the overgeneralized statements about the mid-west or north east.

After the Roadmaster is done.....

I thought it was going to be updated to the 900

but you get my point..... once people knew it was a VW, their respect for the car diminished greatly.

Kinda.... but it does look substantially different enough and has enough additional hardware to justify the price. The problem with the RL is, cover up the badges and people might think it's a Honda. You can cover up the badge on the Escalade, but no one is going to mistake it for a Chevy. Pheaton had the opposite problem. Cover over the badge and people would think it's some high end German luxury brand. Take the cover off the badge and people were immediately disappointed with visions of Beetle bugs dancing in their heads.

Because UPS <based in Atlanta>, Walmart <based in Bentonville Arkansas>, Proctor and Gamble <based in Cincinnati>, General Electric <based in Fairfield Connecticut> aren't global companies? Not everything needs to be based in Detroit. GM can have design centers around the globe. That's where you want the real talent.

I actually agree with you, however it isn't my car. He also doesn't want to pay to have the entire car painted. We're only having the front clip and hood painted. Removing the paneling would require the whole car getting done.

fine Show me the ROI.