Drew Dowdell

gotta be something wrong with the: a. car b. driver I have to *try* to get 15mpg in mine... with it in sport mode ALL the time and me driving it like I stole it.

betcha gas goes UP 50 cents a gallon..."to cover the cost of drilling"

Now it's February 2007? I thought they moved it to Jan.

oh yeah, and more of the "bs" who ever raps about a QX?

The "bs" is the QX being rated above the Escalade. No one here has said the Escalade doesn't have it's faults, the complaint is that the QX was rated above it. I recall one poster saying that it should have finished 3rd. IMHO, the Audi is kinda not in the right segment for this compairo. It is much too small comparitively. Similar to compairing the prev-gen 3-series to the current gen CTS. The BMW/Audi gets a pass on it's smaller size while the Caddy gets knocked for providing more space for the same money.

it's an outside developed transmission.... ZF or Aisin or something...

$2.38 for regular this weekend

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Since you've been in the industry, maybe you can explain to us lay people why it matter. I don't understand if I'm ordering a car, and it's coming down the production line, why seemingly completely unrelated options can't be individually selected. Get me an Aura shell with a sunroof opening... and when you're building it, take a set of seats off the cloth seat rack and throw them in. If I've ordered and put a deposit on the car, why should this matter? On the otherhand, I do understand drive train combos since those have to be certified.

It's for side impact protection.....

truth!

People who have taste in music didn't vote for either.

automatics are the one thing that GM has done better than anyone else with.....

and how much is he paying you?

a Charger humped a Caliber

She Took my Oldsmobile - The Romancers Cadillac Boogie - performed by many, my favorite is by The Mighty Blue Kings Pink Cadillac - Bruce Springstien.... though some argue that he's not singing about cars... Long White Cadillac - Dwight Yoakam This is your daddy's Oldsmobile - Ray Stevens 455 Rocket - Kathy Mattea U.S.S. Zydec Oldsmobile - Sonny Landreth My Buick LeSabre - Konnor Ervin Buick 59 - The Medallions Daddy had Buick - Robert Earl Keen 56 Buick Roadmaster from Outerspace - Arlen Roth Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody

There isn't that large of a statistical difference between Chevrolet and Honda to justify needing repair twice as often. This isn't Honda v. Kia we're talking here. Chevy is average, Honda is on the high side of average. The Cobalt and HHR have very good reliability ratings.

The resale card can be played both ways... but it is slightly less less insidious with the domestics. Yes, the domestics depreciate faster *from sticker* than their foreign counterparts, but generally one can get a domestic for cheaper than a foreign car of equal size and option So, yes, one takes a hit on depreciation on a domestic, BUT with a foreign make, you pay more upfront... and possibly pay interest on it. Which is worse? They both suck, but the imports get to charge you interest while you get screwed.

uhm, but you're not a new owner living with it everyday. You had a... what, 1 hour max with the car?

That's great, but you've overlooked my two main objections. It's ugly as sin from the front while managing to be bland everywhere else, and, the interior look is just "ho hum" . As an appliance, I'm sure it's great. As for passion, it has none.

*Only* because it has an upright H on the grill.

I've been with the same guy for 2 year spank you very much!

it doesn't look different enough to be a new design. old 3-series v. new 3-series old 5-series v. new 5-series current CTS v. NG CTS old IS v. New IS That's how you evolve a car.

Buickman and Josh.... because I'm a masochast

I say again, how much longer can the Cobalt be considered a "Launch vehicle"?