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Get some Hershey for us!
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Very cool progress on this awesome ride.
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VW News: Paris Motor Show: Volkswagen XL Sport Concept
David replied to William Maley's topic in Volkswagen
One of the better futuristic auto's built by VW. I like it. -
G. David Felt Alternative Fuels & Propulsion writer www.CheersandGears.com Nissan let their engineers loose to build a 21st century electric pickup truck. Sparky or as some have stated, a modern day compact ElCamino. This is the Modern day version of what City Dwellers who rarely drive their trucks or cars far but need something to haul stuff around for the yard would want possibly. Plenty of pictures of this electric compact pickup truck can be found on the search engines. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Nissan+Sparky&FORM=HDRSC2 The creation of this is from blending a Nissan leaf with a Frontier so that the Engineers had an electric truck around the shop. Full story here from Nissan Global. http://reports.nissan-global.com/EN/?p=16121
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My Poor Paint Skills, but an ATS Ute!
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While it sounds cool and I have posted in other threads that the Volt needs to have a diesel and CNG option for the generator, I do find the pictures and info a bit lean. Excited still for them to do this.
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Very Cool, Are you going to go with the Calipers as is or paint them to look fancy?
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Happy Birthday, You Rock with all you do here!
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Actually a AllTerrain Terrain Edition with Lift Kit, Hummer style Crawl ratio and protection would rock for the Terrain CUV!
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Cadillac News: Cadillac's Upcoming Flagship Has A Name: CT6
David replied to William Maley's topic in Cadillac
I will agree with SMK that Cadillac needs to look at the last 15-20 years of successful names and base all models off solid names and dump the Alphabet soup. SUV/CUV's Escalade ESV = Escalade ESV Escalade = Escalade 7 passenger CUV = Ascende SRX = Arise Car's ATS sedan, Coupe and Convertible = Calais ATS V Editions = Calais V CTS Sedan, Coupe, Convertible and Station Wagon = DeVille / Coupe DeVille CTS V Editions = DeVille V CT6 Sedan = Elmiraj CT6 Coupe = Cien CT6 Convertible = Evoq CT6 V Editions = Elmiraj V, Cien V and Evoq V Hybrids ELR = Converj This I feel would have been World Worthy Names for Cadillac to grow and build their line on. -
Cadillac News: Cadillac's Upcoming Flagship Has A Name: CT6
David replied to William Maley's topic in Cadillac
I honestly do not see a need for Cadillac to waste R&D dollars on the compact or sub compact market. Leave it to Buick. Yet since they have the compact ATS, might as well focus on that and upwards. Make sure the ATS and CTS have 4 door sedans, 2 door coupes, convertibles and even station wagons. -
G. David Felt Alternative Fuels & Propulsion writer www.CheersandGears.com Yesterday Toyota announced a 690,000 truck recall for the Toyota Tacoma truck covering 2005 to 2011. Toyota notified NHTSA that they would be recalling Tacoma's with 3 or 4 rear leaf spring systems due to them fracturing due to stress or corrosion. If this happened and the truck was continued to be operated, it could move out of position and puncture the fuel tank causing leaks and potential fire. Toyota is not aware of any accidents, fires or other issues caused by this and is taking a proactive action. http://pressroom.toyota.com/releases/toyota+tacoma+recall+sept29.htm Owners will be notified by first class mail and repairs made at no cost to them. If the owners wants they can reach out to their local Toyota dealership to get this addressed immediately.
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Prices for entry level auto lines have gotten out of line. No Ford, Chevy, GMC or Ram is work that.
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Nice looks like it was cleanly restored or just kept up nicely. Wonder how many real miles are on the truck?
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Lower it, Monochromatic paint job and drop the TT-V6 into the truck and call it Syclone! That will sell! Paint it Black Diamond with Black Chrome Rims, Grill and door handles.
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Walmart to Shake Up the Trucking Industry
David replied to David's topic in Alternative Fuels & Propulsion
So in searching I see that GM did the Turbine Semi concept in 1964. You also have Luigi Colani who is pushing the design and efficiency of Semi's in Europe.
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Cadillac News: Cadillac Confirms Flagship, To Be Built In Detroit In 2015
David replied to William Maley's topic in Cadillac
Awesome, I love me some Suburban in any form, Chevy, GMC and Especially Cadillac! -
Lovely truck, cannot go wrong with this baby!
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NOT Impressed!, Corvette is so much better. This car first from the front looks like a Giant stepped on it. The back end looks like a Chef cut it off with a large blade and then stuck on some after thought rear tail lights. Interior Dash is just hideous and the over all layout makes me shake my head. The Steering wheel clearly came out of a Nintendo game. Guess for gamers of Nintendo, Xbox and PS4 they will love it. Pass on this over priced Garbage and what is with the Pathetic Engine? GM makes better V8's with at least the Torque almost equal to or surpasing the HP of the engine.
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G. David Felt Alternative Fuels & Propulsion writer www.CheersandGears.com In looking at my other love , BIG RIGS, I came across this video online and found more info from Walmart about their new WAVE Semi. http://blog.walmart.com/the-future-of-fleet-efficiency Walmart has teamed up with Peterbilt, Great Dane Trailers and Capstone Turbine to create a modern 21st century Semi. The new Carbon Fiber truck is 20% more aerodynamic than a standard semi and with 6000 trucks on the road daily, this alone reduces fuel use by a large factor. The great thing about the Turbine motor is that it can run on Diesel, LNG, CNG or Bio-Diesel. The all in one vehicle system combines the outside aerodynamics with the advanced control system, microturbine-hybrid powertrain and electrification. The benefits in testing of this truck is the ability to ship 40% more merchandise over a conventional trailer, reduce cost by 24% and emissions by 14% according to the details released by Walmart. Benefits of the WAVE Truck: Center sitting like an F1 race car driver Customizable LCD screens to monitor what the driver feels is important Large weight savings, 4000lbs lighter in just the trailer alone with the all carbon fiber trailer Turbine Green Fuel Hybrid powertrain Convex trailer nose adds merchandise storage space in trailer while reducing air drag Comfortable modern size sleeper Sliding drivers doors
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So cruzing through the media.gm.com web site, I saw this update on the Chevy AppShop story which shows that GM has now signed Apple and Google to make the connection so that GM auto's will have a touch screen and you can choose to have the Apple Interface with Apple App Store or an Andriod Interface with Google Play store for your in Auto Touch screen Navigation with constant updates and apps. I am very excited still and while sad that it has been delayed from this fall to next year, I think this will be a superior way for GM to go as the existing DVD nav system get outdated to fast. http://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2014/Jan/0105-gm-appshop.html There was also this follow up story released this week on Editorial MSN about this with a picture of the concept dash shown at the CES (consumer electronic show). http://editorial.autos.msn.com/blogs/post--apple-google-to-provide-gm-infotainment-apps?_blg=2 or http://www.wired.com/2013/01/ces-2013-ford-gm-app-developers/ Story on what Apples version looks like http://editorial.autos.msn.com/blogs/post--apple-to-unveil-carplay-infotainment-system-in-geneva Story on Google versions http://editorial.autos.msn.com/blogs/post--android-auto-enters-smartphone-dashboard-war I do love this picture from the working car version that Chevy showed at the show this year. Chevy Spark
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This baby just got sold here in Washington from Eastern Washington. If I had seen it sooner I would have loved to own it, asking price was $7500
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True in South jersey you can get anywhere in 2wd due to how flat everything is.
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This morning on MSN / MotorTrend they had the story "15 optional enginese worth buying"! http://editorial.autos.msn.com/15-optional-engines-worth-buying?icid=autos_5982 The end result was the following list: Audi A6 - Upgrade to the TDI V6 Buick Regal - Upgrade to the Turbo I4 {they state this is German Entry Lux alternative worth the money} Ford Fiesta - Upgrade to Ecoboost Turbo I3 Jaguar F-Type - Upgrade to Supercharged V8 from Supercharged V6 Kia Optima - Upgrade to Turbo I4 Subaru Impreza - Upgrade to WRX VW Golf - Upgrade to the GTI Jeep Grand Cherokee - Upgrade to 3L EcoDiesel V6 over regular V6 Mazda CX-5 - Upgrade to Skyactiv 2.5L I4 Lexus IS 250 - Upgrade to 350 Ford F-150 - Upgrade base to 2.7L EcoBoost V6 option Ram 1500 - Upgrade base engine to 3L EcoDiesel V6 Dodge Challenger SRT - Upgrade to Hellcat as cost is only $63 per pony. Cheap MB SL63 AMG - Upgrade to SL65 Chevy Camero SS - Upgrade to Z28 or LT1 So with this list of optional engine upgrades that they feel you should do, I felt it was a great conversation to have here as there are plenty of other auto's not mentioned here that have optional engines that should be done also. Sound off on what auto's you feel should be had with the optional engines!
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It could be a defect in the actual tire itself. I know at Discount Tire, they can actually tell you if the tire is really off or if the rim is damaged so they have a harder time balancing the wheel. At the same time, it might not be the Wheel or ball joints but a bad shock or a bad steering box if you are feeling it in the steering wheel. I have had to deal with those issues.
