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I'm right where I should be at 5'10" small/medium frame - 150lbs.
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retirement Bear Market expected to destroy many Seniors Retirements
Drew Dowdell replied to G. David Felt's topic in The Lounge
You're over thinking it. We've been down this road before. Large numbers of retirement accounts got wiped out. -
retirement Bear Market expected to destroy many Seniors Retirements
Drew Dowdell replied to G. David Felt's topic in The Lounge
The point wasn't quite about that. It was that the savings will be wiped out. -
It's the face of a mid-size SUV tacked on to the body of a vehicle the size of my Encore
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If you continue to lie and troll, I'm going to start issuing warning points The first gen SRX had the 3.6 and 4.6 The second generation SRX had the 3.0 and 2.8TT and later the 3.0 and the 3.6 and later the upgraded 3.6 The XT5 has been out about 2 years and is selling like gangbusters, what additional sales do you think it would gain to justify the investment of putting the 3.6TT from the XTS in there. Show me the ROI, with numbers. I want to see your calculations. You also like to ignore history or make up your own. The ATS was indeed designed to go up against the old 3-series and C-Class... but then those cars got big and fat while the ATS retained its lightest in class segment. A C300 4matic weighs as much as a CT6 these days. So when the C/3 gained weight, the ATS was left in the entry lux slot. MB and BMW came around and put up FWD cars against the ATS. Again, objectively, the ATS is a far better vehicle than the CLA AMG and BMW 2-series. Neither of those can come with a twin turbo V6 and neither of them can run with a C-Class or 3-series in handling like the ATS does. The ATS, CLA, and 2-series all play in the same price class. The ATS has a bit more room, a lot more handling, better ride (than the CLA), and a substantially wider range of engine choices. Somehow you see that as a disadvantage for Cadillac. ----- The XC40 is probably the best in the segment at the moment, but it is tall and not very sporty driving. I'm thinking the XT4 will take the spot as the sporty driving crossover once it comes out. There is more engine information coming about XT4, I have that straight from a Cadillac rep's mouth.
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Eh... I might go with that if it was a decent looking vehicle, but the GLA is really bland and generic outside of its melon sized 3-point star on the front. That's why I pointed out the QX30. At least it has some nice looks to it.
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Sometimes.... sometimes not. There are certainly Honda humpers and Toyota Fanbois out there. I am personal friends with a Suzuki and Isuzu fanboy. Don't get between a Saab fanboi and his 9-3 Aero.... you'll get hurt. The C-Class is a fantastic car, certainly in the top 3 in its segment to where the choice can come down to aesthetic preference. There might be a bit of badge snobbery, but for the C-Class you're not passing by better cars to get to it. The CLA/GLA is the exact opposite. It has mediocre handling, terrible ride quality, interior quality well below its price class. It is expensive for what you get. The GLA is $4k more than the exact same car you can get over at Infiniti and the QX30 is arguably better looking. So to pick the GLA, you have to be willing to pay $4,000 more for the same car just to get a 3-pointed star. Now add into it that the X1/2 are out there, soon this XT4, the new RDX, the new Lexus UX (which isn't great, but still better than GLA) all at the same price point as the GLA and all are better cars. So the number of better vehicles for less money you have to pass up to go buy a GLA is pretty significant.... the only reason I can see to buy a GLA is that one is after the badge or they have a friend who is a MB salesman.
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Cadillac is not done with the engine options on the XT4. I highly doubt you've sat in or been near the XT4 yet. I have. The lease prices you are seeing are pre-order discount pricing for the base model. No one said the CLA would drain Mercedes.... we said it would devalue and cheapen the brand. It has. Cadillac has a much superior product in just about every measure in the ATS. No. One. Cares. how big the ATS is compared to the CLA. Any objective measuring between the two cars puts the ATS on top. People who buy the CLA do it for the badge. Even taking Cadillac out of the mix, there are better options from the other German brands.
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retirement Bear Market expected to destroy many Seniors Retirements
Drew Dowdell replied to G. David Felt's topic in The Lounge
Heading towards? I have news for you, we're already there.... -
Harley just announced they are moving more production over seas specifically because of the tariffs. Sales are falling here and increasing in other countries (China specifically), so they don't want to get stuck behind tariffs to sell to foreign countries. CEO said it was 100% because of the tariffs.
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No one cares. Cadillac is going to sell the crap out of these. It will probably become their highest volume vehicle just like the Encore did for Buick. This really is the next step up in luxury for Encore or GLA drivers who want only slightly larger than their current car. No one is going to bring a measuring tape with them. You are lying about this being related to Equinox, it is related to Regal. The GLA can't take a V6, but this XT4 can.
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1.5t - 2016, 2.0t - 2018, 3.6 was heavily revised in 2016
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Like @balthazar says, people don't shop with a tape measure. It's all going to be based on who can offer the most features for $3990 down, $399 a month for an ultra low mileage lease.
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You're stats are meaningless and you fail at moving the goal post. Audi has like body 87 variants. That is a huge cost to develop. I don't care how many A1 compact cars Audi sells globally...it's not relevant to Grand Cherokee sales in the US. In the US, the the Grand Cherokee crushes any Audi Q in volume and probably profits. I'm just going to label you fake news. Your facts are always lies. They can't even be mistakes anymore since you've been corrected so many times.
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No one cares. The Jeep Grand Cherokee prints money for FCA. Jeep sells more JGCs in a month than Audi sells Q anything in a year.
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This mirrors my experience. Suburbans are often my rental of choice when I'm in NJ and I can wheel them through Manhattan like they're a BR-Z
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I would put it differently. They may not be easier to drive than my Encore, but they are nowhere near as hard to drive as people make them out to be. Their ease of driving far exceeds common expectations.
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In both cases, there is a reduction in performance and fuel economy. Some engines are more sensitive to the change than others. My experience with the 3.5 Ecoboost has been that it is very sensitive to octane, not just in fuel economy, but even just engine noise.
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8-speed in JGC and it makes a big difference over a 6-speed. I never thought I'd say that, but the extra gears do seem to matter. 9-speed is the smaller Cherokee. If you're cheap, you won't like either of these engine.... premium is recommended.
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The problem in both cases is that the go-pedal becomes too addictive. The 2.7 will have the fuel economy advantage if you're very gentle on it, but you might as well get the 4-cylinder turbo instead if you're going to drive like that. The Hemi does surprisingly well on the highway since it can run in 4-cylinder model when keeping it flat and at a stead speed.... so in that situation, a 5.7 liter running in 4-cylinder mode is acting like a 2.85 liter where a 2.7T with no extra boost is a 2.7 liter 6-cylinder. And here is where my personal preference kicks in. The 5.7 liter can turn the other 4 cylinders back on faster than any turbo (even the electric ones SMK likes to talk about coming from Benz) can build boost. It takes no more than 1/2 of the rotation of the crankshaft for the full power to be back online. IT will be interesting to see what this new Turbo-4 in the XT4 can do running on just two cylinders.
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We've had to RHD Nissan Skylines show up here randomly recently. We're not exactly a town for gray market vehicles like that
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Honestly, I'm so done with compact crossovers. I'm most likely going to end up in a Grand Cherokee (Only because I can't stomach paying the same price for an Avalanche that is 5 years older) and the GC is the very smallest vehicle I'll consider. I'm looking also a Durangos and Tahoes. I haven't looked at Expedition yet because I didn't think there would be many used ones out of the new body. I would have considered the Armada also if the infotainment system wasn't utter trash. Albert and I talked about this XT4, but if we get the GC, he really just wants a nice lux sedan as the second car.
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Ram News: 2018 Ram 1500 To Continue Into 2019, Add Classic To Name
Drew Dowdell replied to William Maley's topic in Ram
I like Heritage..... Old Style or Classico Grande sound like jars of spaghetti sauce or a menu item at Olive Garden. -
My comics finally out, check it out and share!
Drew Dowdell replied to Zane Wylder's topic in The Lounge
Very Cool! I love that you have a Saturn Sky in there. -
Length and width possibly, but not height. It sits lower than them. It is definitely closer to the "car" side of crossovers than it is to the "SUV" It feels like a slightly lifted hatchback more than an SUV. It's bigger than the GLA which it will compete against... it's like Cadillac looked at the formula of the GLA and said "That'll be too small for American sized people... increase it 15%"
