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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Close to 10,000 lbs with armor, a V12 is needed. A V8 in this car would be like a 2.0T in an Escalade ESV Platinum. WRONG! It is a little small 6 liter V12, The GM 6.2L V8 would do a better job than this engine with better gas mileage. Again you are hung up on the badge and not the real facts.
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    WOW, What an awesome man. I wish we had more with passion like his to push for mid level fun auto's at reasonable prices. He will be missed but not forgotten. Z was one of the early cars I liked growing up from Japan.
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    That works for an auto traditionalist like me. Think it'll fly with a company trying to target the "hip, young" crowd? Actually in the US, Yes I think it would fly with the Hip young crowd. Marketing by GM would have some hip young group using electric instruments with various amps projecting the music and show case the car. Ampera - Your 22nd Century Ride has arrived! Get it at your local Chevy! Make sure to allow interior customization packages so the young crowd can rock their ride.
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    Plus my reading tells me that China companies are trying to push their own connection standards for their own EV auto's so I am sure that is hurting with trying to have a single standard.
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    LOL, Well I had tunnel vision and so only saw Drinks and Monster. LOL $1.25 Cost of per can by the case at Costco.
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    SWEET I so love it without the air dam plastic piece below. This looks way rockin awesome!
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    Awesome, about time they offered some great packages for regular cabs. Sweet looking ride!
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    So If we go with the Chevy VOLT start we could then have the following auto's Chevy BOLT Chevy JOLT or we could go with Chevy Strike Chevy Shock Chevy Voltaic Chevy Juiced Chevy Stirring Chevy Stimulating So many ways to play the electric theme!
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    Energy
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    Pictures!

    G. David Felt replied to Enzora's topic in The Lounge

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    Awesome car, any performance motor head should love
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    I personally like both names. and would be happy with them both. At the same time, this might just be right to retire VOLT and build a Family of EV Names.
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    WOW, You need to wake up and smell the coffee. Your MB is not any better. Saw your precious C300 and the interior was no better than the ATS or CTS. Worse yet was the CLA AMG I saw today with the cheap looking floating nav and the Copy Cat FORD Style and quality feel of plastic circle vents. MB is not making them any better than the competition. Your now splitting hairs to justify. You used to always compare first off against MB, now you have to throw Audi at it saying it is not equal to them and surly not any where as good as gods MB line. Corvette according to their web site on the 2015 is 0 to 60 in 2.95 seconds so the heavier ATS-V is not beating the Corvette. This is the time verified by Road and Track and Motor Trend. According to each vendors web site. C300 0 to 60 says 6.2 seconds with turbo 4 241hp / 273 lb-ft ATS 0 to 60 says 5.4 seconds with turbo 4 272hp / 295 lb-ft CLA45 AMG - The closet thing I can tell as ATS-V equal is only a turbo 4 putting out 355HP and MB will not state the Torque but they do say only 4.4 seconds to 60 from 0. So how is the ATS-V with 450+ HP and 440+ lb-ft or Torque doing 0 to 60 in 3.8 seconds sad? Just because it has according to you a worse interior than Audi and MB C300 it cannot compete? Check the images above as I think that 2014 interior beats it just fine. If that is not good enough then here is the 2015 for you to compare the 2015 C300 too or at least that is what the MBUSA.com web site says it is.
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    Guess I just do not get the allure of MB. The style outside and inside does nothing for me. I do like the spec of the TT V12 engine. Guess when you are so insecure you need a V12 when a V8 or V6 will do just fine. Heck Corvettes V8 engine does better than this V12 without all the complexity, extra weight and over the top price. But then the Billionaires have to spend money on something.
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    This will either be very nice or a total bomb. I cannot see them building an SUV that is only mid level. just hope it does not look like the concepts.
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    This would be a NO BRAINER! Build a GMC Terrain Police Typhoon with TT-V6 or Chevy Equinox Police SS model with TT- V6
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    Agreed, this is the perfect place to use that Twin Turbo V6 in a new Syclone Pickup Truck. But then also take the Terrain and build a New Typhoon!
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    WOW, Nice Looking Station Wagon, Reminds me of a knock off of the Cadillac Station wagon. RIP. Clearly still a market for these kinds of auto's.
  20. G. David Felt
    This is a no Brainer, I would love to see a Hummer Package as an option for the GMC Canyon.
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    G. David Felt Alternative Fuels & Propulsion writer www.CheersandGears.com Loves Truck Stops, 99 cents per gallon CNG fueling! Loves truck stops posted to their web site the announcement of 5 new CNG fueling centers that now offer CNG Fast Fill at only 99 cents per gallon. San Antonio, Texas – I-35, Exit 144 Rockwall, Texas - I-30, Exit 70 Katy, Texas – I-10, Exit 737 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – I-40, Exit 166 Amarillo, Texas - I-40, Exit 74 Loves now offers CNG Fast Fill fueling at 11 truck stops. They started off with what they call the Texas Triangle with CNG fast fill available in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio. They now have pushed up into Amarillo Texas and Choctaw Oklahoma. They plan to cover the I-40 1300 mile stretch with CNG Fast fill fueling by the end of 2015. Love states their CNG fueling system allows them to fill a 100 gallon tank in 10 minutes or less. http://www.loves.com/AboutUs/MediaCenter/News/CNGavailablefor99centsat5newlocations.aspx
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    G. David Felt Alternative Fuels & Propulsion writer www.CheersandGears.com BMW i8 Cool or Poor Engineering Choices? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTNKiTrX0Vk BMW Technicians go over the BMW i8 on how to open the doors and the hood in the You Tube Video above. This made me just go WOW as questions flooded my mind on how in my own opinion this is poorly engineered. In reading the posted comments, it would seem many think like I do. From the comments on BMW is starting to be like Apple, you have to pay them to do anything even basic like fill washer fluid to the most common broken item is the manual door release if your fob release fails to work or you need to get out in an emergency to the certified BMW technician who calls the door switches and hood latches the most flimsy he has ever seen. It even takes two people to open the hood to get access to basic items to refill and you have no way to hold it up unless you use two Phillip screw drivers in hing holes to hold the hood up. Do not think about pushing just anywhere to close the hood as you can crack or break the hood and if you do not have even pressure on both sides by the two people you end up with flex which will crack the hood. Just getting to the Hood release requires releasing manual pull cables one on each side of the door jam. Over all, I did not see one positive comment on this car from the posting and it really shows how crazy BMW is to think people will pay the type of money for this auto that is so poorly engineered. Watch The Video! Sound Off, what do you think of these items?
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    Should be fun to see what customization ends up on these new rides.
  24. G. David Felt
    SWEET PICTURES Thanks for posting. Totally awesome ride.
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    WOW, I do agree, Seattle has reduced street parking by 15% to make bike lanes and increased tax's on parking garages to where now the average month parking pass is $225 and the average day cost to park is $22. This is just crazy and I have now changed over from a parking pass paid by my company to a bus pass as I spend less time going and getting from my house to work on the bus than in my own car. It does suck as I now have to plan more to work from home when I need to run errands or deal with personal business and I have to make sure I leave to catch the few buses going to and from my area of where I live. I do walk more but then working out was never an issue as I am in the gym most days for 2 hrs anyway. Cannot imagine not working out. Yes this does suck as I enjoy driving. I have come to also resent the over kill of the liberal idiots that think driving is a right not a privilege earned. Washington state now allows the tax payers to pay for translation in 85 languages. WTF, How do you expect these people to communicate with police or fire if they cannot even read the road signs? On top of this, they are such bad drivers as you find them in the far left or middle lane driving 40 on a 60 freeway. THIS IS NOT A RIGHT, But a Privilege earned. Either way they need to change as not everyone should be driving as some people could care less so this shows the need for taxis, uber, trains and planes. Still I agree with you drew, driving less sucks for me since I enjoy it so much.
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