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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    Family crossovers are still highly profitable and that is a market segment they don't play in at all. They are literally leaving money on the table. Smart has no baggage. No one outside of enthusiasts know what they are, or care.
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    That's level 2. The self-driving Volvos in Pittsburgh are higher than that and development is by Uber, not Volvo.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    Price point. SMART can be the consumer brand for Benz just like VW is to Audi or Chevy is to Cadillac.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying make Smart Equinox competitor.... Same size and all. Benz should follow GM here.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    They need to stop holding SMART back as only a micro-car. Make it a full-line brand. Let it compete with Ford and Chevrolet and Nissan, etc.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    Their surveys are suspect, yes. I haven't been able to try the Tesla AutoPilot... but yes, the Cadillac SuperCruise is super easy to use and I tried it before the update. I'm not sure how much easier it can be made than what they've got now.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    It is false that most fast food workers are teens. 83% are 30 years old or older. Only 17% are 29 or younger. From the NYT
  9. Drew Dowdell
    For @smk4565 and I, self-driving seems a lot closer to reality than most of the rest of you. Here in Pittsburgh we see self-driving cars so often that they are no longer a novelty. It used to be a big deal to see the self-driving Volvos in downtown.... now we have vehicles from 2 different fleets testing here (Uber has suspended theirs after the fatality in another city). It's just not a big deal to us anymore to see a self-driving car.... oh... there goes another one.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    I found a simple but silly typo on the new GMC Sierra AT4 specs. Wonder if you can find it before they update it. I did alert them to it just now.
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    have it done. I don't have time to eff with it myself
  12. Drew Dowdell
    So much of this is just processing power and how much of it they can fit in the car. The ARGO cars have no trunk because it is stuffed with I.T. gear.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    I'm going to say that GM is filleting some Red Herring here. At those price premiums, the Camaro hybrid would probably not sell. But where or where in the GM lineup would there be an Alpha platform car that would use such engines and be able to command a price premium like that? Oh hi CT4/5/6...... Just because they say it's a 6.2 liter doesn't mean it's a 6.2 liter. The new 4.5 V8 from Cadillac comes in 500hp and 550hp flavors too. I like that the 2.7 might be potentially used in the Camaro. It would probably be a good CT4/5/6 engine too then.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    News may appear out of order for a bit.... or old articles may pop back to the top looking like they were published more recently. (Tesla autopilot article is my test article currently) This is not a bug. This is me testing software that will enable automatic publishing of our articles to Apple News to hopefully reach a larger audience.
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    Yes... aren't you like 5'5"? could probably lay you sideways.... but maybe that's the point? ?
  16. Drew Dowdell
    It requires a tremendous amount of processing power and sensory inputs from 360 degrees. ARGO, one of the self-driving developers located here in Pittsburgh uses Fusion Energi Hybrids specifically because of the big battery they come with to run the computer equipment.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    it is different?
  18. Drew Dowdell
    Exhaust manifold gasket.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    I have to do a drive to NY today, but because the Honda is broken down again I can't take the Buick... so my Toronado is being pressed back into roadtrip service again.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    I think it's probably too long to fit in the relatively narrow XT4.... don't expect to see the 2.7T in there. Expect either a hot 2.0T, something like an ecotech based 2.3-4ish turbo or a V6.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    Getting going is fine on the Goodyear Triple Treads plus the excellent AWD in the Encore.... stopping in snow hasn't always been as confident. The Dunlop WinterSports on the CR-V definitely do better.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    Could be. I wanted something that would be better than a normal All-Season in the snow to avoid going full snow tires on the Buick, but that hasn't seemed to work out.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    Camcross.... Crossmaro..... Camtiva....XMaro..... Murano.... no... wait....
  24. Drew Dowdell
    The problem is going to be the judgement of what is considered impairment.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    We have a lot of such jack-asses around me. AWD and bald tires. My Issue with the Blazer is that it doesn't feel very "off-roady". I'm fine with the idea of a sports SUV like the Edge ST or QX70, but the Blazer conjures an image of an off-road SUV like a Grand Cherokee or Bronco. I'm glad they didn't call it TrailBlazer.
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