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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    I thought GM with the 2015 models was moving to the Android based Navigation / Entertainment systems in Auto's dumping their own system.
  2. G. David Felt
    I find the engines interesting as posted by CNET "Rumors point to two available power trains when the Renegade reaches North America: the 1.4L turbocharged engine from the Dodge Dart mated to a six-speed manual transmission and good for 160 horsepower and 184 pound-feet of torque and the 2.4L MultiAir Tigershark engine and nine-speed automatic combo from the Jeep Cherokee, good for 184 horsepower and 171 pound-feet of torque. We won't have long to wait for clarification and confirmation. The 2015 Jeep Renegade will make its official debut tomorrow at the 2014 Geneva auto show alongside the new 2.0-liter turbodiesel version of the Jeep Cherokee." So answer me this, why bother with the 2.4 when you have superior Torque in the 1.4L Turbo? Yea it is turbo'd but everyone says these torque curves are flat so why would you go with the other engine that has less Torque but more Horsepower?
  3. G. David Felt
    Interesting, sent the pics off to some woman I know that love Jeeps and small CUV's to see what they think about it, will post their responses once I hear back.
  4. G. David Felt
    WOW That is one bad ass ride. The Tuner crowd would eat this up if they bring it here. This SHOULD BE Chevy Compact SS. Add an AWD option and you really have one sick ride. CHEVY CRUZE SS That is what this should be!
  5. G. David Felt
    So EV.com has a story by Ken Green Burridge posted on Feb 27th 2014 that Rinspeed has a self driving prototype of the Tesla they include pictures. Very interesting. I can see those that do not want to drive having something like this to take them to work and home every day. http://ev.com/self-driving-tesla-concept-car/ Also when I stopped at the mall last night in Bellevue, I snapped these pictures of the free Tesla Charging station.
  6. G. David Felt
    I agree SAmadei, today many drivers are paying more attention to their smart phone than to their driving. Loss of life is always sad and regretful, but I wonder how many of the 6 deaths involved the driver not really paying attention to their driving due to being distracted with other things and when the slip happened they just let it go. Each and every human behind the wheel has an obligation to their driving and the people around them.
  7. G. David Felt
    Reminds me strongly of the Range Rover Evoque. I wonder if it will be a VW knock off? Like the Torquey Diesel.
  8. G. David Felt
    So these are available in Gas, Diesel or Hybrid form. According to Honda, the 1.5-liter turbo provides 15 percent better fuel economy and 45 percent better torque and will be used to replace the 1.8-liter naturally aspirated engine. Currently this gas engine and hybrid is planned for the US. Japan also has a diesel for this CUV but no decision if it will cross the pond to the US. Currently the Vezel's and Fit's are in a major recall in Japan where the mgmt software for the 7 speed dual clutch transmission needs to be reflashed due to a glich that could cause the auto not pause during shifts or to just shut down and not move the auto. All Fit and Vezel's are going back to the garage to get new software.
  9. G. David Felt
    Time to drop in a nice Crate motor.
  10. G. David Felt
    You mean take care of the problem that they first became apparently aware of 10 years ago? Yes, I think mgmt will take care of this properly. I have to believe that the new mgmt realizes that they cannot run GM like the old GM and survive in todays 21st century market place.
  11. G. David Felt
    Nice JAB at the Olympic Reporting! Over all if this is what is replacing the butt fugly FIT, mucho better. Yes the nose needs some work as it look like someone punched it, but better than that Godzilla concept picture above. The Honda Crowd will eat it up and sell a ton.
  12. G. David Felt
    The squishy folks of today that have no muscles at all probably think it locks up when it slips out of run due to the increased resistance. Just think how bad it would be if it was truly manual steering of the 70's or older auto's! Men and Woman of those days had to have some arm muscles to drive a car.
  13. G. David Felt
    What engine does your new MB have?
  14. G. David Felt
    If they can build this, then GM needs to find a way to build the Nomad which is what I thought of at first when I saw this.
  15. G. David Felt
    Nice ride SMK, Glad you like it.
  16. G. David Felt
    Yea think it will still look fresh as Tesla updates their auto and others jump into the market? I think while it will look good, it will be dated compared to what the competition I would think is working on.
  17. G. David Felt
    The Kit Kat Android guy I read were given out at google to employees. Not sure if it is true or not, but I could eat it and break it!
  18. G. David Felt
    Good Riddence! Should make fun shooting practice for the good O'l Boys!
  19. G. David Felt
    Very Stylish 2 door Station wagon. Is that a battery bank in the back under the plexi glass? A little tired of the big center console between front seats. I think there is room to have a bench seat so your loved one can sit next to you.
  20. G. David Felt
    I like what I read, I think GM is serious about not doing what the Old GM did before. I think they will take care of this issue and make it right.
  21. G. David Felt
    GM will have to eat crow, do normal damage control and pay out money. Then hopefully they will not listen to a bunch of bean counters and lawyers who only have their own wealth in mind and actually listen to the engineers who design and create these auto's so that the next problem like this comes up and they actually fix the issue never allowing it to get to the field.
  22. G. David Felt
    Small and non descreat, guess we really are headed to small engines and small auto's. Over all has the jag look but is nothing special at this point since you cannot see any curves or lines that would say YES, this is a sexy animal.
  23. G. David Felt
    Nice has potential and will appeal to larger people. I agree with Dwight, need better names. Mini Cooper Medium Cooper Large Cooper LOL, I would think marketing would love to come up with a better name for a auto that is no longer MINI.
  24. G. David Felt
    That was way cool, Love the Flying Car Mode. Course if they got rid of all the nanny devices, they might not need Flying Car mode.
  25. G. David Felt
    Awesome write up, great info and loved it as I learned plenty from it. I know I read about GM and other auto companies who at SEMA signed on to use Google Android system for the NAV units. I suspect we will see a complete change over on these Infotainment systems in a year or so as they begin to role out a customized version of Android with Nav units in the new models. Found these stories about the new system; http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-06/google-teams-with-gm-honda-and-audi-to-bring-android-to-cars http://www.autoweek.com/article/20140107/CARNEWS/140109907 http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1089496_audi-gm-honda-and-hyundai-bring-android-to-the-car-at-ces http://www.technologytell.com/in-car-tech/7102/we-for-one-welcome-our-open-source-infotainment-overlords/
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