Cascade Crew

[Demon]

303hp 5.3 V8 with Displacement on Demand... really WEIRD to drive a car with that, but it was pretty damned fun, for a FWD car ... torque steer isn't insanely bad, its there, but for the right reasons I suppose... it's a damn quick car and I must say, I'm pretty impressed with what they've done...

not sure if they have a manual option, highly doubt it but it'd be nice (not like the charger has a manual anyway either though ) ...

i liked it, but not enough to trade my little car in on one if I can't have atleast a manual

[Xophertony]

whats displacement on demand? does it run on 6 cylinders until you hit the gas or somthing?

[chevymad]

Actually it runs on 4, 6, or 8. The lifters collapse on the cylinders it doesnt want to use. This causes the cylinder to just become a big air spring.

[Xophertony]

so it compresses and uncompresses the air over and over? seems like it would be better to suck in air from the intake side and spit it out the exhaust side w/o adding fuel, or sparking. then your emmissions would be better since there would be clean air going out with it... or if thats not true, push the air back out the intake side.

EDIT. but then it would leach power, with the "air spring" action the compressed air forces the cylinder back up ohh.. wait, it still has to work to compress it. i'm stumped. magic. it works with magic.

[chevymad]

LOL you almost got it though. Yes it takes energy to compress the air, but that is given back minus frictional losses when it pushes the piston back down again.

[Demon]

it's actually a pretty cool technology, though its kind of weird to want to rev the engine and it won't go past 3500 in park I can understand its benefits, but I'm always curious as I'm sure others are, if it can be turned off

[mrpopo573]

In my dealer opinion,

I wouldn't go near that thing with a ten foot pole.
I love chevrolet, but not anything that i have come out with for nearly the last ten years. (corvettes aside)

Everyone remembers when Cadillac had the 468 deal on their car. What a nightmare. At the South Seattle Dealer Auction, talk of that motor and service systems is just off the charts.(the new SS fwd v

For my.02 cents, seriously reconsider getting something a little less new. These are the kind of cars that if you must have one, you let two or three production years go by and watch people blow them up.

[85 T/A WS6]

[Sellmanb]

The idea sounds nice, and where I work we havent had any customers coming back for warrantees commonly in those. But to be fair, they arent selling that well either so there arent many of those models out there.

I too would let something like that go by for another few years and see how they last "in the long haul" before going that route.

[Vaneat-91RS]

The reality of any new car is this: consumers have demanded more and more gadgets, gizmo's, and widgets (heated seats, cooled seats, turn signals in mirrors, navigation, drive by wire, steering wheel controls of radios, cruise and hvac, etc.). In addition, the technology bar has gone through the roof, and every manufacturer is trying to outdo the others (iDrive anyone?). This also includes engines and drivetrains. The result is there is a lot more crap that can take a crap on your car these days, and the repairs are VERY expensive. A common HVAC controller is in excess of $300.00 new in most cases. With ABS, the wheel speed sensors are usually part of the hub now--figure $250-$500 a hub depending on the car. Does anyone actually drive anymore (ourselves excluded of course ). Anyone seen the new G6 convertible? Power hardtop, we're already grousing about what a pain that ones going to be.

I get yelled at on an almost daily basis for what it costs to replace parts of newer cars (95 and up). But that tech stuff is just flat pricey. I always want to ask people if they can build it when they get worked up over the price of a part. Yes, I am mean some days.