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2998 messages, Last post on Aug 20, 2009 at 3:29 PM
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My Acadia is an 07' AWD SLT. 16K and mileage is 19 in the winter with mostly highway driving and 20 to 21 in the summer. The transmission is a lot easier to live with since the flash. Only a 1000 miles since the flash so maybe the warm weather this summer will see and increase in MPG...one can always hope.
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Replying to: donl1 (Jan 08, 2008 9:34 am)
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Replying to: dattales (Jan 09, 2008 6:20 pm) Update would not effect mpg except perhaps the wrong way. Makes the vehicle downshift more easily. MPG should improve over time though as everything breaks in. Again I will be thrilled if I get close to 20 mpg on my Enclave. The 2008 epa list it at 16/24 so "easily 28" is an impossibility. |
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Replying to: 62vetteefp (Jan 08, 2008 8:39 am)  Several attempts have been made to define markets for the GM brands, but none of them work, or stick, or both because they have dealers whine that they are being cheated! If I were a Saturn dealer today, I'd be suing somebody for taking away my cars! Although, the Aura and roadster are nice, the Vue is better, and the Outlook is a great looking Chevy, Saturn has been in pergatory for years... It's hard to understand how such ugly cars can actually be made. Anyway, YMMV, but IMO, the Enclave and the Outlook should be all they need. Give the Outlook to Chevy if necessary, it's not selling as a Saturn anyway. Somebody should blow all the planets up. Mercury, Saturn........
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Replying to: nvbanker (Jan 09, 2008 9:10 pm)  It was darn near impossible to dent them.
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| The one thing that always bothered me about GM is that all the same cars but with a different name was at each of their divisions. Today it doesn't make since considering the very crowded market. I feel that GM just should've done 3 versions from the start. Chevy, GMC, and Caddy should've been the choices. GM got it right with the GMC, but Saturn and Buick?? Both of those divisions doesn't hold the public interest to justify giving them these great crossovers. Saturn was supposed to be an economy/small car division for GM, and Buick should've been phased out. I do not know what GM was thinking for not making a Caddy version. They could've redesigned the SRX or Just made the Enclave the Caddy version. The Enclave is nice no doubt that Buick badge I think will hinder sales, but that's my opinion. The Enclave would be seeling much more if it was a Caddy. | |
The jury is still out on GM badging the Enclave as a Buick, think it should been a Caddy to get more interest. At any rate considering this is the heaviest of the 3 crossovers and to compete better and be a real class leader i think a V8 in the Buick at least should've been an option. I drove the Encalve and while I like(still having a hard time getting past the Buick name) it the V6 is just mediocre to me. The V6 gas miliage is below average to point where i would shell out the extra bucks for a V8 and get more power. I remember reading before the Enclave came out that a V8 was going to be an option. What happened? I would to buy this SUV, but the mediocre power and gas milage is my biggest stopping point. I can't wait 2 or 3 years down the line if the rumored V8 is supposed to come along. GM lost a sale, at least for 5 years from me. I'm looking to get a SUV now.
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Replying to: founder (Jan 11, 2008 1:49 am)
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Replying to: kcorey (Jan 11, 2008 9:30 am) 
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