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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    I agree Drew, that would be awesome to hear about everyone else rushing out with Recalls.
  2. G. David Felt
    This is NOT an S Class Competitor.
  3. G. David Felt
    Yet what makes more sense, short time closures to have a team work 24hrs to get the work done of drag it out for a year of night time only closures. Some times I think the Unions have done this to drag out how long they can have people work a job.
  4. G. David Felt
    I thought the whole Idea of JIT "Just in Time" delivery of parts was that this would allow all auto companies to make changes faster and get the parts into the plants and not be left with a ton of inventory when you needed to make a change.
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    G. David Felt Alternative Fuels & Propulsion writer www.CheersandGears.com It seems like yesterday or about 2 years ago when Toyota announced the RAV4 EV to the world. At this time they announced a 60 million contract with Tesla to produce powertrains for the RAV4 EV. Full story: http://editorial.autos.msn.com/listarticle.aspx?cp-documentid=1169602 Fast forward to Oct 2013 where Elon Musk in speaking his mind calling Hydrogen powered cars 'bullsh$t'. http://editorial.autos.msn.com/blogs/post--elon-musk-calls-hydrogen-powered-cars-bullsht?_blg=3 Earlier this year, Toyota made news when they stated they would discontinue the RAV4 EV. A joint project that had a Tesla powertrain in a Toyota CUV Body. Toyota stated that their contract with Tesla called for 2500 battery electric powertrains for the RAV4 EV and it was fulfilled. http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2014/05/toyota-will-cease-production-of-electric-models-of-rav4.html/ On April 30th 2014 Toyota became the first auto maker to sponsor the Milken Institute Global Conference with stating their commitment to Hybrid auto's powered by fuel cells. http://pressroom.toyota.com/releases/toyota+2014+milken+institute+global+conference.htm Today we now have stories that tend to wrap this all up in a nice package. Stories such as MSN's about Toyota betting on Fuel cells over batteries seem to point to a war of words. Was the contract terminated due to Elon's BS comment or more to do with Tesla bringing out their own CUV EV? http://editorial.autos.msn.com/blogs/post--toyota-betting-on-hydrogen-over-batteries-for-future-ev-models Either way, it would seem that the RAV4 EV is dead, Toyota is betting on Hybrid Fuel Cell Auto's and Tesla has their upcoming CUV EV to take the place left empty by the RAV4 EV demise. Sound off, do you think Toyota or Tesla have the best game plan moving forward? Both have deep pockets, both have commitment. Who will win?
  6. G. David Felt
    G. David Felt Alternative Fuels & Propulsion writer www.CheersandGears.com Chevy sent out tonight their Newsletter in which they showcased the Monte Carlo Masterpiece. This is a Modernized 1988 Monte Carlo SS with an LS376/525 V8 using a T-56 6 speed manual Transmission. This 525HP upgrade replaced the original 180HP with 4 speed automatic. The car will be shown at SEMA and be the test bed for a first-ever Chevy Performance Crate Powertrain system with manual transmission. Full story found here: http://www.chevrolet.com/performance/fuel-newsletter/2014/issue3.html?eVar36=MRM_eml_cp_fuel_ah02_0514_14143613328 This is my dream car done right and the only thing that could make it better is if it was the Aero version with CNG!
  7. G. David Felt
    Your Right in the last two photo's you can see the sweepspear. Very cool, but I wish they would bring some style like this loverly baby with the sweepspear!
  8. G. David Felt
    I can actually believe this as even in my line of work, I see mgr.'s who are always pushed with a ton of reviews and they look to the biggest issues and if no time left gloss over small things. As such, I can see a big list of changes and the ignition switch being a small item that would be signed off on without much though or review. Before anyone jumps on me, this does not justify the 13 deaths contributed to the faulty ignition switch. The people who should be grilled are the accountants and lawyers who justified that leaving it versus paying to replace them all was the best course of action.
  9. G. David Felt
    Hope the gremlin in the code stays away from you. Appreciate the update.
  10. G. David Felt
    Nice write up, I find the interior very boring and dull, exterior is conservative but easy on the eyes till you see the Billy Big Mouth Bass grill in front. WOW They need to change that. Engines are just not impressive, heavy decent horsepower with little torque. Just proof that Dual Over Head Cam Engines are very over rated.
  11. G. David Felt
    Awesome as always but I see the Baby Duramax Colorado or Canyon in your future.
  12. G. David Felt
    WRONG - Do not pass go, Do not collect $200. The Durango had problems as a full size for the second generation but the first and the 3rd or current Durango are a success and this was way before Fiat really got involved. After this generation then you can blame Fiat if the Durango go south. But right now the current Durango and if they built a Hybrid like the Volt on the Durango would be a success.
  13. G. David Felt
    Totally agree with this, it is only a matter of time before the union controlled FIAT will die. They are terrible quality controlled products forced on the world to just accept and deal with it. One has to wonder what sane person wants a car the size of a golf cart with the crash worthy ness of a brown paper bag. No one that values quality of life of loved ones, friends and family would risk people in these subcompacts. For all the Green tree huggers that talk about saving the world, what is the price you put on the life of a loved one or what I would call quality of life in living if you have to be in a wheel chair or rely on others to do things for you.
  14. G. David Felt
    Totally agree with this, it is only a matter of time before the union controlled FIAT will die. They are terrible quality controlled products forced on the world to just accept and deal with it.
  15. G. David Felt
    Interesting, makes one wonder if they will call him to testify before congress on if he knew about it. I would think with all the paperwork requested that they should be able to say who knew about it and who did not. I can tell you that many middle executives are not aware of issues in a company that are outside their scope of control or responsibility. I truly do not think she knew about this issue just like most of America did not know till this came to light.
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    Funny for the repost of this, guess I should have posted my original on this in the Fiat news rather than the Italians. http://www.cheersandgears.com/topic/83314-sergio-marchionne-says-do-not-buy-500e-we-loose-money/#entry745715 My question still stands, if Electric is so much better, then why do we not see more and better options for pure electric and yet CNG is growing with a ton of choices? Second question is the debate over the green house gas production and the toxic waste from the battery creation. Is it better to produce these battery packs with their toxic waste from production and large initial green house gas output or burn some alternative fuel?
  17. G. David Felt
    WOW, I do not like or think very highly of the Ford New Trucks and yet this dinosaur makes the Fords look luxury level. What an old out of date beast. I agree for the asking price, this is way over priced.
  18. G. David Felt
    What kind of trees? They are heavy with fruit it looks like. Grapefruit...I have orange trees in the back, palm trees front and back. My whole neighborhood used to be an orange grove. Awesome, talk about keeping a high level of Vitamin C around to keep the colds away!
  19. G. David Felt
    What kind of trees? They are heavy with fruit it looks like.
  20. G. David Felt
    Yes, named after a wonderful fighter plan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F6F_Hellcat Was the workhorse of the WWII war with Japan.
  21. G. David Felt
    On a LinkedIn forum for fleet sales this same question was posted about the crazy increase in truck prices from all manufactures and the GM response was that due to the ever increasing Gov requirements for safety features it is pushing auto prices higher and higher. The interesting consistent response was that businesses and most consumers are not asking for these features. Select small groups of forcing increased cost on the consumers with features that have little affect on preventing accidents. So we must question if the gov is really doing the right job by forcing us to have to wear seat belts, have backup cameras, lane avoidance warnings, auto braking etc.. Whose responsibility is it to make sure our kids are not playing behind an auto that causes them to get run over, or someone who is more interested in texting rather than driving. Our school and Mass transit buses have NO SEAT BELTS and yet we are forced to wear seat belts or face a fine of $124 plus a hit to your insurance rates. Yes I know seat belts save lifes but is it the gov's job to make us wear them through intimidation and forced penalties? Where do we draw the line of what the gov should be saying we have in auto's and what are options for purchase. Do green groups or select mom groups should be mandating safety features?
  22. G. David Felt
    CNG will be the saving grace for Muscle / performance auto's. With 130 Octane and the ability to fuel from your home for $1 a gallon, that is where true performance / Muscle car owners will go. Buy it, convert to Pure CNG and enjoy the fun.
  23. G. David Felt
    Amazing and yet sad all at the same time.
  24. G. David Felt
    Very cool and much cheaper than a new car payment.
  25. G. David Felt
    G. David Felt Alternative Fuels & Propulsion writer www.CheersandGears.com It seems the dirty laundry of other car companies is coming to light as people dig into the history of the EV movement. GM joined the lawsuit with other automobile manufacturers and oil industry to successfully kill the early laws that California passed to promote electric vehicles. In turn, GM killed its EV1 project. All the bad publicity surrounded the death of the EV1 ignores so many other automobile manufacturers which also worked to kill off the EV movement of the nineties. As GM took the brunt of the heat for shredding all its EV1 autos, Honda also silently killed off its Honda EV Plus electric cars. Honda manufactured approximately 340 EV Plus vehicles between 1997 and 1999. Subsequently, all the manufactured EV Plus vehicles were shredded. Honda was the first auto manufacturer to use NiMH batteries compared to GM's use of Lead Acid batteries. The full story and write up is here on EV.com web site along with a very interesting video. You can move the video to 16:50 to see the EV Plus taken to be destroyed. http://ev.com/honda-ev-plus-shredded-like-gms-ev1/
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