Drew Dowdell

Chas has driven some of those 6 wheel drive Army trucks.

but.... do you have any advice for us when in China?

I'm sure fly could have pulled it off. on a semi-related note, aren't B-52s supposed to be able to land at up to a 45 degree angle?

Probably fairly well. From what I understand, the A380 has rear turbulance issues that end up effecting fuel economy. As far as jumbo jets go, the '47 is fairly efficient on a fuel per person per mile measurement. The 380, not so much. So the Americans are probably thinking: "With the A380, I'll have 500 people on the plane, but I'll spend more per person on fuel, and have to upgrade my terminal facilities, maintanence trucks and only operate them out of limited airports. With the '47, I just swap it out for one of my old models with less capacity.... and I save on fuel.... and I don't have to make any terminal upgrades" Of course if you're Richard Bransonm you simply say to Airbus, "Is there anything you can do about my incredibly small penis?"

Aren't the only airports in the US that can even handle the 380 without major upgrades, LAX, JFK, DFW, and ORD? The only US carriers to buy A380s are UPS and FedEx at 10 each.

probably the Middle east spec car....

well, now we get to the crux of the problem...... Still, in a modern day situation, two very similar sized sedans, similar power, both with stability control, one FWD, one RWD. In the same hands, which would do better? If my mother was driving, probably the TL. If I were driving, it'd probably be a wash. That is the question most people ask in their heads when shopping for a car. There aren't too many Chevette/Corvette crossshoppers anymore.

I use the auto-manual shift feature in the CTS often.

Go GM Go! I just bought more this morning on my automatic purchase plan...

indeed. I'm curious though, which would end up fairing better in a snowy emergency, a CTS with Stabilitrack or a TL Type-S with stability control. Much closer, and more likely, comparison. Isn't the Chevette also RWD?

for Josh?

that people need to be extra careful in the snow because all cars have All-Wheel brakes?

The clover leaf in question...

only $250,000? that's gotta suck for the saps that already bought the $500,000 non-running model

I think stabillatrack definately would have helped.... it's saved my butt a few times in the CTS. There was one time coming out of a car wash and I had the system turned off.... did a Dukes of Hazzard type right hand turn onto the highway.

They are a symbol of defiance in the face of terrorism.

I think you'll find that a bunch of us called it overkill there too.

Love is the rhythm

it is not connected with the wikipedia the post regarding it's undertaking is here. And those facts<?> I typed in that entry came from "Cadillac: Standard of Excellence" Copyright 1980. But that's the beauty of it Balthy, go ahead and change them if I'm wrong.

many people still refer to it as Detroit tho

Well, the hope is that as knowlage of the autowiki grows, more people will contribute and fact check. It's not going to be just us doing the work. It's only 3 days old so far...

I'll be there also.....

The last time VW and Chrysler partnered up for a small car, we got this:

Don't get your hopes up... it's really just two GM 4-speeds connected at the input/output shafts....