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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    This is a bit of a failure of Mercedes-Benz's manufacturing process. They don't have the flexible manufacturing that Honda, Toyota, and GM have where they can shift production around easily. Their plants seem to be much more model-specific. Honda can build the Civic, Accord, CR-V, and Passport from the same plant. Mercedes can build 3 sizes of the same SUV sausage at the same plant, but they can't seem to alternate between sedan and suv at the same plant.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    He's planning to put 25% tariffs on the EU.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    Albert is very catholic and follows it closely. I keep trying to warn him that an 88 year old man with double pneumonia, several acute attacks of respiratory failure, and a body that doesn't seem to be fighting the infection on its own (little to no fever) even with antibiotic assistance is not likely long for this world. @A Horse With No Name - we're dialing back on the politics here unless it is directly related to the auto industry. I need to wack a few of your recent posts.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    Depends on the model. The EQB is the same as the B-Class. The EQE sedan is a very different interior to the E-Class, the EQS sedan is very different from the S-Class. And write this in your calendars, I actually agree with @smk4565 for once. The EQS sedan interior isn't as high quality as the S-Class. The materials feel a lot cheaper.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    They hide their weight well in terms of handling when they are performance oriented because all the weight is down low on the center of gravity. It makes the weight less of an issue.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    I need this cold weather to stop!! v15044gf0000ctjjqenog65opvn8sc20.mp4
  7. Drew Dowdell
    At least the iX M60 has the same range as the Lyriq-V, though the Lyriq-V has higher speed charging. Lyriqs charge at 190kW, but the iX M60 charges at 150kW, so you'll be waiting longer. I have to say, after looking into the Lyriq to get these stats, it is growing on me quite a bit. At least the V is.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    I wonder if the same criticism will be lobbed at the BMW iX M60 of equal weight and 0-60 performance, but with less room and a $32,000 upcharge.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    I can tell that's a fake because they made a sedan a CX. CX is only for crossovers. They should have gotten a Mazda 6 badge and turned the 6 upside down. A large sedan with a Mazda 9 badge would be more believable.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    You don't even need to go in anymore. Those digital jukeboxes can now take selections from your phone. You can be on a plane over the Atlantic and do it.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    Happy Birthday @oldshurst442
  12. Drew Dowdell
    While I'm as angry over the current state of things as anyone, I'm going to gently steer the conversation away from politics given the no-politics rule we've had in place for years. If you've got something political to talk about, it must be related to the car industry somehow.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    Yeah, his wasn't rental spec, but whatever the top trim was. So, it had nice leather wrapped stuff and the seats were surprisingly good. The only reason he got rid of it was because it had 120k miles and some of the rubber bits in the HVAC system degraded and melted together so he only could use defrost mode and it was going to be $1,000 to fix. He still regrets not just fixing it. He's in a Wrangler now dealing with a rough idle and death wobble.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    The second gen was fine. A friend of mine had one until recently and it was a surprisingly nice vehicle for its age, and it rode very comfortably. The first gen was garbage, you're right about that.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    Food, any raw materials that primarily come from outside the country (lumber and paper will be the biggest of these) Basically, if we were short on it during covid, we'll probably be short on it again.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    That's what gonna happen, but unfortunately, @G. David Felt gets it wrong about the cause. The economy heading to the toilet is what's going to cause low gas prices. Yeah, we'll get low gas prices, but we'll probably also have shortages on other stuff more than we already do.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    Only the hatchbacks, and that production moved to the US a couple years ago.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    I'm sure it was Taveras's idea. His chair wasn't even cold yet when they brought it back.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    A reflection and prediction of her namesake. The site might be wonky for the next couple hours. I have to copy all 100+ gigs over to the development site to set up the test for the next version of the software. It is a MAJOR revision and not every feature will carry over. We're easily 4-6 months away from any transition. I'm just setting up the test environment now.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    HR-V and Prolgue are made in Mexico. Civic, CR-V, Accord, Passport, Pilot, Ridgeline, Odyssey, and all Acuras except the ADX are made in the US.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    US Civic are made in Greensburg, Indiana. US CR-Vs are made in Greensburg Indiana, East Liberty Ohio, and Marysville Ohio (Fuel cell model only). US RAV-4s are made in Georgetown, Kentucky. Those are very Mexican-sounding town names.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    That's exactly what they were doing. You'll notice on the big Wagoneers, there is no mention of the name Jeep. Up until recently, Wagoneer had its own website. These days, Wagoneer.com just redirects to Jeep.com.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    It's shorter height and narrower. I'm not sure it has any direct size correlation to an existing product. They could have called it a Liberty.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    I've driven the Wagoneers back to back with the Tahoe and now pre-refresh Escalade and there is no comparison in handling. Don't get me wrong, the Wagoneers ride great, but so do the GMs. But in terms of handling, the Wagoneers are an old Buick Roadmaster wagon with bad shocks and the GMs are a new Chevy SS sedan. The high-range Ford Expeditions and the Navigator probably are the best middle road for my taste, especially the Lincoln. They have the soft Roadmaster ride without being unstable like the Jeeps. They have the new Wagoneer S which we sat in and really liked, and the new Recon. I think those are the spiritual successors to the Cherokee until the new one arrives, though the Wagoneer S is $$$$
  25. Drew Dowdell
    Well, Brampton is also in Canada, which makes building it there problematic with tweeter dee and tweeter dumb in office.
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