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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Sounds like a multilevel marketing scam where the early in people make money and every one else gets the shaft! O'h wait, the world governments are already doing that to us!
  2. G. David Felt
    Yes Ford has this issue with their Ecoboost also collecting water in the intercooler plus deposit build up on the intake valves.
  3. G. David Felt
    Z, one way you can do this is by pulling spark plugs one by one and doing a compression test on each cylinder to compare the readings. You can also pull your fuel injectors and see how clean they are. One additional item I have seen done is that some people will put a magnet on the oil plug to pull any metal particles onto the plug so when they drain the oil they can see if any particles are floating. Also as you already mentioned the OBDII, read for codes. If you have the mgmt software on a laptop, you can connect the laptop to the interface port and leave the laptop recording for the day to see if it catches any random issues and see how the over all performance of the engine is running.
  4. G. David Felt
    2015 Canyon my Friend is calling you or a Colorado! Sorry to hear about this, surprised this did not show up in cold weather testing.
  5. G. David Felt
    True better than MB or BMW generic designs that say STALE!
  6. G. David Felt
    Nice Road Salt Work on that body!
  7. G. David Felt
    OMG, You can actually see it's nose!
  8. G. David Felt
    While working in the technology world, I guess I have totally missed this one. BITCOINS??????
  9. G. David Felt
    WOW, first impression is Bland and Boring but probably very safe since that is what they have built their name on. Conservative style with safety for the occupants. Not impressed and would not win me over with that current design language.
  10. G. David Felt
    Sure, Heading over for dinner tonight so will borrow it to copy it so I can post it here.
  11. G. David Felt
    Interesting to hear about the engine details. Still not a fan of the Predator Grill. The external body language is just weird to me and the rear tail lights remind me of the hideous front head lights on the butt ugly 4 Runner. Inside, the dash just scream patchwork ugh! Seat are intersting but do not look comfy but supportive. Maybe the pictures are just stretched weird for me on my monitor as it looks just out of porpotion weird.
  12. G. David Felt
    It's a joke about the Toyota Tacoma Frame Rot Issue. Toyota was buying back Tacoma trucks multiple times over their blue book value or doing full frame replacements. A tenant of mine had the frame replaced on his Tacoma, but he said it was never right after that and ended up trading it in on a real truck, a 2013 Sierra quad-cab. Maybe it's a secret recall.. So I looked at my dads letter and come to find out, select group of 2004 to 2006 Canyon and Colorado trucks have weak heads and so in this case they extended the warranty on these 4 and 5 cylinder engines to 100,000 miles. Also for my dads model year truck, a whole group of trucks had contaminated Dex-cool put into them causing internal corroding. As such, for these owners, they are to run the truck to 100,000 miles and then they can get a new engine installed at GM's expense to replace the old corroded engine. Seems GM is making good on taking care of the customers. I like this. Build faith in the new GM.
  13. G. David Felt
    Good point, having my son and daughter out of college and on their own, I forget about growing families that could see their needs change in 1-3 years.
  14. G. David Felt
    True, it will be interesting to see how the Chinese compete and who survives. I suspect we will see a rash of new car companies enter the US and then 5yrs from now only 1 or 2 will be left. It also makes me think of how we might see the future landscape of auto's and who will be gone in five years. GM Ford Chrysler/Fiat MB BMW VW & other owned brands Land Rover Jaguar Volvo Toyota Honda Nissan Subaru Hyundia Kia China Company #1 China Company #2 Dead or merged companies - non-independant Mitsubishi Mazda
  15. G. David Felt
    I love this device for how to block or at least firewall your blackbox. http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/04/autocyb-car-firewall/ Seems like a simple but proper idea to control who can plug into your auto for the black box data.
  16. G. David Felt
    Shi* Love this comic book series, they have it in the early stages for production as a movie. I wonder who they will get to play her?
  17. G. David Felt
    I had to laugh at the pad lock on the rear of the prius.
  18. G. David Felt
    Sounds like gremlins! Time for that new 2015 Canyon!
  19. G. David Felt
    This is a private device, so I suppose the police would need a court order to use the data... No? Unless people are stupid enough to post videos of them doing 200mph, and people aren't that supid....... Errrr..... I mean..... Maybe they are that stupid Considering the amount of street racing posted you tube videos, you bet they are that stupid.
  20. G. David Felt
    Nice Review and update comparison to the 2013 model. Only question is for the 2014, if you had to choose your top 3 things to improve, one of them being the selectable steering feel, what would the other two things you feel they need to address for the 2015 model?
  21. G. David Felt
    I agree, I wonder just how long this engine will really last before having to be replaced. Then most people will probably dump these before 100K sets in and the auto has all the usual buggy breaking down problems that MB's tend to have.
  22. G. David Felt
    Leasing for me is a business option, otherwise I see no reason to pay money and not have anything to show for it at the end. I understand that many who like to drive new autos every couple years love to lease and just move to the next great thing, but for me I am a buyer.
  23. G. David Felt
    Can we say YUGO all over again with China?
  24. G. David Felt
    Long term it would be nice as I plan to add to it in the near future, but have no problems with it being disabled for a bit. Appreciate the notice.
  25. G. David Felt
    They would be ok with loosing 80% plus in the first few years of value on a limited range auto? Amazing.
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