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G. David Felt

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  1. 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.
  2. Sure, Heading over for dinner tonight so will borrow it to copy it so I can post it here.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. 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.
  8. 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?
  9. I had to laugh at the pad lock on the rear of the prius.
  10. Sounds like gremlins! Time for that new 2015 Canyon!
  11. 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.
  12. 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?
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Can we say YUGO all over again with China?
  16. 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.
  17. They would be ok with loosing 80% plus in the first few years of value on a limited range auto? Amazing.
  18. Sarcasm or did they really do this for a specific group of them? I am being totally honest about the letter for engine replacement that GM sent my dad. Had never seen or heard of this before. If Toyota is doing this for a small group of Tacoma's was a reason put out as to why?
  19. Interesting, looks way too small for me, but allot of people will like a MB performance CUV in the compact class that is a step up from Buick. Should do well initially. I wonder how overpriced it will be? Any pricing range announced yet?
  20. Amazing what people will do to fix their auto themselves!
  21. Wow, amazing lack of driving skills or like you said just plain laziness. Interesting to see the ripped off fender flair of the Jeep in your second picture.
  22. My dad still has his garage kept 2005 fully loaded extended cab colorado 2wd with only 45K miles, gold mist color and the 5cyl engine. He keeps telling me it is a collectors and I just smile. He can think that all he wants at 72yrs old. Interesting point is he has an official GM letter that says he can have the engine replaced with a new one at 100K miles. Not really sure why as they do not explain it but he has kept that letter in his complete file on the truck. I wonder if they are wanting the engine back to see how it held up????
  23. THOR
  24. Not surprising that those green freaks that have been sitting on the bench would jump at the lower prices plus heavy fed subsidies. Even is gas prices stayed steady, I think we will see a fall off in EV sales as you take care of those that want a luxury golf cart and the rest will go for the Hybrid types like a Volt. The rest of the masses will continue to stay the course IMHO.
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