Drew Dowdell

I guess they should have talked to Bosch

CAn you link me to where you're seeing that? I can't find it on the VIN site.

Fusion Energi? I drove a very nicely equipped Titanium Energi last year and really liked it. They can be a steal on the used market. Edit: Maybe it was a Platinum.... anyway, the interior was really nice.

Yea, so what's the holdup on the 90?

I'll be driving one in about 2 weeks.

On the Traverse, they're doing the 2.0T, but no AWD.... not sure what the logic is on that one. Still, they're only calling it an RS rather than RST. I have a Cruze RS Hatchback this week as a press car and it looks really good. They could offer sport RST packages of the Blazer and Equinox by giving them a mild turbo tune and magnride. I'm not sure what they'd do for Colorado. They already do the Trail Boss package there.

The RST performance package adds $5,400 to the price of a Premier trim Tahoe, bringing the base price of a Tahoe RST 4x4 to $70k Assuming similar package prices for the Suburban, that puts the base price for a Suburban RST 4x4 at minimum $73,595. And if we wander over to the GMC page and take a look at a Yukon XL Denali 4x4 which has essentially the same hardware...... So the RST is just Chevy's version of Denali with more of a sport flare than a luxury flare. I think it's a good move and helps differentiate the brands. I won't be surprised if RST expands similarly to every Chevy that has a Denali trim on the GMC version.

A great white whale emerged from her slumber, battery warmed up, took on a payload of fresh Tigerpaws, and trundled over to Costco to be re-shoed. First real trip out since November. It was a gorgeous day and she swims like a dream now. 75 mph and narey a vibration unlike the old shoes. She's running beautifully too. Can't wait to get her inspection done so I can drive her a lot more.

I'm with you there but upgrade to the Fusion Energi

The water pump is actually usually cheaper than the optispark by about half. If you pull it, just get a new one.

I don't doubt you at all. I just couldn't find the package on Chevy's UBuildIt site so I wasn't sure if it was still being offered today.

King Ranch, 1794 Edition, Lone Star, Chevy has used Texas Edition in the past. Oh... and Austin.... I'm sure the Brits were honoring the Texas capital. ?

The name wasn't Opticspark it was OptiSpark.It was exactly a distributor and once they got it right, they are fantastic. The original ones could get moisture into them that couldn't get out. The later ones and aftermarket ones get vents so the moisture can evaporate out. The optispark is situated behind the water pump and connected directly to the crankshaft. It has a disk with 360 slots in it (one for each degree of turn) and an optical sensor could detect the exact position of the crank with high accuracy. This allowed for very precise control of the spark in a time before true electronically timed ignition. Replacing a bad optispark is a pain in the butt... doubly so on cars with the towing packages. To get to it, the water pump must come off. On towing package optioned cars, this means the mechanical fan and the entire secondary belt system that drives it must also come off. For added fun and excitement, if you have a water pump go bad, not only can you count on it take the optispark with it, but you can also lose power steering as the spot where the water pump fails causes coolant to leak right onto the ribbed side of the serpentine belt making it too slippery to run the power steering pump under load. The whole system gets a bad rap even among guys who love the LT-1.... but when you have one running well, they run really really well.

What is it about them that you don't like?

EV buyers are no more stealing taxpayer dollars than you are getting Section 8 subsidies for driving on public roads. The gas tax you pay only covers 43% of the highway budget, so you best be paying up you thief!

The XTS gets into the 70s and sells there since I see those models hit the used market at 2 years old pretty frequently.

Car subscription services only work financially in an extreme minority of circumstances or if you have a set timeframe where you need a car and don't want to have to worry about offloading it when you're done. If the pricing was a little better, I could see subscribing a sports coupe over the summer and an AWD crossover I'm the winter. Or if I know I'll be moving, subscribe to a truck for a few months before switching to something else. The idea intrigues... But the costs aren't there yet.

So this is the Escalade power train in a sport package. I dig it. Not everyone needs the lux of Cadillac but would still like the performance. This may become a modern classic. With the next generation of big SUVs so close at hand, this is a 2 year model a best on this platform. The take rate will likely be low.

You can get them as low as $43k sticker... but even then your point stands.

I agree. This had to be in process while Piech was in power.

I said nothing about the shape... just that if they made a Buick with Bolt dirty bits, I'd want it to be an Electra. Frankly, if they just put it in the Lacrosse and increased the amount of battery capacity with all the extra room being a bigger car, that'd be fine. Or do it on an Omega based car and load the empty drive shaft tunnel with batteries.

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California is not losing population. https://sf.curbed.com/platform/amp/2018/5/2/17312954/california-population-2018-count

I would totally do a Bolt as a second vehicle if it weren't so non-luxury inside. I still want the goods. Make a Buick Electra and we'll talk.

I don't expect a rebadged and rebodied Pacifica to get the Trailhawk rating... but that type of vehicle is what SMK is suggesting.