Drew Dowdell

sounds good.... now add a 6-speed and it'll be perfect

Is that your deductible these days?

yet the RWD sedans are on hold

a dodge omni police package + motorola radio can out run anything. you can't outrun motorola

good thing you didn't pledge Sigma Tau Delta fraternity.... though I hear members of other fraternities do still get in.

happy birthday you crazy cats

Could we have a 'view new posts' link in the low-fi version of the site? I often surf C&G from my treo when i'm sitting in an airport or someplace similarly boring.

Can you say "President Pelosi?"

inside the car, the 3.6 in my CTS is quiet but audible at idle. it does have a bit of a limp in it's idle when the climate control is on. outside at idle I can hear a clicking noise that i've been told is the fuel injectors running. under heavy throttle the engine sings an assertive song. settled into highway cruise the engine is smooth like butta. the 5.3 in the avalanche is actually smoother than the CTS at idle. outside you hear the soft 'glug glug' of the engine. on the highway the engine is fairly smooth and quiet but not as much as the CTS. under full throttle, the 5.3 sounds like a race car crossed with a T.I.E. fighter. there is this strange high pitched hum that comes on in the higher rpm bands that gives me the TIE fighter sound. normally I don't mind 4-speed autos, but the avalanche is one where this deficiency is substantially more noticable. there are times in that 40-55 mph range where the transmission wants to upshift for efficiency yet the engine doesn't have enough juice to keep the truck moving. this will cause the annoying 'lug and hunt' and lots of drive line shudder.

awww I miss trenton porkroll. any of you traveling from the NJ area to or through the Pittsburgh area your mission is to bring me a log of porkroll. I'll gladly pay you for the trouble.

eh, I'm only interested in more power if it lets me do what I do now while using less fuel. I can already get myself into a heap of trouble with the CTS and it's only at 255hp. I'd rather have the DI focus on getting me 34+ mpg and keeping the HP the same rather than getting 300hp at the same mpg.

that HAD to have been written by 68!!!!! :lol:

saw my first Liberty CRD the other day

or... save yourself the $5k-$7k and get a CXL V8 with only 2,000 miles.

I don't think the TSX or S40 will be soft enough. He's coming from an A-body Century, putting him into a TSX will be shock to his system.

CPO Lucerne CXL V8.

Where do you get those?

If we don't end up in a recession in the next 12-18 months it'll be through a miracle of some sort. My bets are that the housing implosion is going to become a huge Presidential campaign issue. Energy prices are going to hit us hard too. I work in both the Real Estate industry and Energy Industry and there are some extremely major shakeups going on that will effect the economy. That little bru-ha-ha between Britan and Iran over the past 2 weeks caused oil to shoot up about $5.50 a barrel and once it was over it came down $2.50 a barrel. Someone sneezing the wrong direction over there can change the course of our economy over here. Nothing is certain.

Googled most of it....

Just saw this in that link I provided...

Construction is about to take a huge hit as the housing market continues to implode. The mortgage industry is already hurting with at least 50 mortgage lenders gone bust. So government jobs added 23,000 Hospitals and schools added 54,000 Holiday Inn, Walmart, and Starbucks added 57,000....... Where are all the good paying tech jobs? Where are the good factory jobs for the people who can't get a college education? Asia that's where..... Where are the textile industry jobs? Mexico and S. America...

What's the dial behind the shifter? nice car BTW

he was against it.... cause he was planning on trying this years ago but then Daimler came in and stole the show.

which life is your feline Aurora on now fly?

I lease for just under the length of the warranty.