Drew Dowdell

'cept when he's gained like 90 lbs.

more to the point, my bf proved to be quite distracting while I was cooking him his Valentine's Day dinner. I had to make him put away his plaything though lest something get singed....

not counting teh gays.... I can get it from my man any time I want..... and there are more than few others a simple speed dial away if I wanted....

No, he just heard there were some spicy hot chicks here....

how small is your penis exactly....?

The RX8 is about handling and balance. The S2000 is a $35k Miata. Both of these comparisons are about as pointless as Lucerne Super v. Cadillac CTS-V comparisons.

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Talk to SMK about that one....

my concern would be rotational mass....would this thing be slow to spin up or would 16 combustions per revolution overcome that?

I don't think anyone here thinks that it's a bad car.... but for somewhere between $46k and $53k there are a substantial number of equally good, yet substantially more exciting choices.

People who think there are no stupid question have never worked in I.T.

I don't play personally, but I am a groupie for, and help support financially the group in my sig.

I heard you play the skin flute JcGable

it's a paper loss....

Ah, you're right. Passat 2.0 turbo. I thought the Passat was using the same 5-cylinder the Jetta has now. However, I think even the old Malibu outsold the Passat even subtracting fleets.

When the Genesis can handle with the 5-series, 3-series, or CTS, then we'll talk. Why do you ignore the fact that while the 3er does accellerate faster than the heavier and larger CTS, the CTS matches it overall in handling? Is it not an accomplishment that Cadillac has built a car as large and as heavy as the 5-series that still handles with the 3er? Or did Cadillac pay off Newton this year to get pass...?

How about this SMK... Cadillac does not have an entry lux vehicle to sell.... will you stop comparing it to the 3-series then? Cadillac sells a CTS and a CTS-L <psst, everyone else, it's really an STS> That will stop your whining about not having a DOHC V8, bluetooth, surround sound <completely useless feature>, etc etc. and cover BMW up to the higher end of the 5-series at which point the CTS-L-V can take over.

you mean like the 4-cylinder, 4-speed auto Camry that Toyota makes? The 6-speed-4cylinder combo will be here in about 2 months, it will then be the first in the segment with this combination. While that cure your diaper rash?

but think of the children!

not everyone wants RWD? why is it so hard for enthusiasts to understand this? Should GM really give up competing against the Camry, ES, Accord, Avalon, and Maxima? The Japanese imports make porker SUVS that handle terrible compared to the GM ones. The GM 6.0 litre V8 gets good or better gas mileage than many smaller displacement imports. your problem is that you expect everything to handle as well or better than the 3-series/5-series, at the reliability level of Buick, with the interior from BMW <lord knows why..>, the technological sophistication of BMW/MB/Lexus combined, and the fuel efficiency of a Prius, for the price of a Cobalt. You have completely unrealistic expectations for GM that none of the auto makers meet all of individually, much less in the combined form you expect from GM. Here are some qualifiers for you? Why can't BMW just make a car where I can change my own oil? Why can't BMW just make a car that I don't have to spend $38k before I'm upgraded out of "leatherette"? Why can't Mercedes just build a car that isn't ranked with Kia for reliability? Why can't Lexus just build a car that has at least slightly more personality than mayo on white? Why can't Infiniti just make a car that doesn't make me feel like I've magically been transported into an uplevel Altima once I get behind the wheel? Why can't Audi just build a car that doesn't have so many electrical bugs that you could film Gremlins 3 in an A6? Just go buy the 3-series everyone on this board knows you want. You'll be happier that way, we won't have to listen to you pull engine specification wish lists out of your ass, and I won't have to waste my day pwning your every post.

it doesn't have to appeal to everyone....if it did, it would be a camry

Actually, the latest upper level W-bodies handle fairly well for large front drivers. It's just that everyone expects every car to out handle the 3-series and it's crap if it can't... or only comes close... or just beats it in some areas but not others <see: every SMK post about the '08 CTS>. A Lacrosse Super would be a very comfortable, very capable, very fast commuter car that won't take you to the bank every time you need service or a fill up. Having reliability at the same level of Lexus doesn't hurt either. More comfortable than a 3-series, more fuel efficient than an S600, same fuel efficiency as a 3-series but doesn't require premium fuel, doesn't require a BMW/MB dealer for something as simple as an oil change, more reliable than both.

There are no "run of the mill" rear drive cars anymore. They're all "sport tuned" or something high end Euro spec. The last "run of the mill" rear drive car from GM was the '96 B-bodies. The only "run of the mill" RWD car left are the Ford Panthers... and I'll bet that even the base LaCrosse handles better than those.

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