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Old 09-10-2010, 09:27 AM   #27
WildBillyT
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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28 View Post
Price tag to fix the cat hump was almost as much as it would have cost GM to upgrade the rear axle somwhere in the $150 million area.

Cadillac is getting there but are way off. Germans have always been about their over engineering. Look at the Panzer and Tiger tanks from WW2. Overbuilt and over engineered.
German cars here is America are mostly luxury cars with the exception of VW but even they have a different way about them.
Id say the Aveo has better fit and finish then a 4th gen.
Overengineering isn't always a good thing. There's an EGR filter on my dad's 930 turbo that's under the entire top end of the engine, back behind the rear seat. You have to take off the intercooler, air box, and a lot of the top end stuff to get to it. On the side of the filter housing? Service bi-weekly.

LOL.
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