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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    I agree that the bump in HP and Torque are great for the fuel economy, but I think they could have had a bigger bang for their buck by standardizing the Hybrid power train across all trucks and SUV's. The hauling capacity and towing of the Hybrid is proven and this would have been great marketing Green creds for GM. The Hybrid powertrain being the default powertrain would have been far more impressive and truly would have set GM apart than this whole mess with the V6 engines. To me GM is just coping Ford since Ford did it first. GM could have been first to just make a 21/22mpg powertrain for all their trucks and SUV's. I suspect this number would have gone up for 2WD models since the 21/22mpg is for awd / 4x4 models. Still happy but could have been really exciting if they had broke with following the trends and really set a leadership roll.
  2. G. David Felt
    I can see your point as it does fit that mode well, but then the Vibe/Matrix at least seems to stick in my mind more. Not sure why this just seems blah.
  3. G. David Felt
    How much Debt can these companies really handle and the bank system? The current financial mess of Europe is going to still explode even bigger as we see the Euro Union about to fail. Cypress just proves that having your cake and eat it too is not a reality and the people are not going to absorb the losses nor will the rich or the Gov. Eventually this will blow up and could take down VW/Audi. Right now the unions and the promise of jobs is killing the ability for businesses to survive and make the real cuts in production capacity. One company off loads productions capacity and it becomes a mess for another and no real gain is made. I see no benefit to Audi to get production capacity for Alfa when they already have plenty in place.
  4. G. David Felt
    Over all this is pretty impressive in keeping prices contained but the v8 I am actually not impressed with. We had this fuel economy numbers back in the 90's so I really do not see any big deal here. No Auto Maker has really made any strides in improving the v8 fuel efficiency. Their 18/19 combined MPG being either 2wd/4wd is on par with what we were getting 15 years ago. If they really wanted to make a difference, take the Tahoe\Yukon\Escalade Hybrid system and make it the default standard on all their trucks/SUV's so they really get a 21/22 MPG average and then go from there.
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    Why does this smell of Musical Chairs of the ubber Rich working to hide assets and money all while saying they are doing their best to save jobs and raise capital? This also tends to tell me that if the Alfa does return to the US, it will have shortcuts that will hinder it from surviving long and bring back the horror stories of their last time here in the US. This deal just tends to raise red flags for me about the true nature of what is really going on here when you have such a financial mess going on in Europe.
  6. G. David Felt
    Does it really matter how one pronounces it as long as all love it?
  7. G. David Felt
    Time for Kermie to die, send it to the scrap yard in the sky and leave it to a note in the history books.
  8. G. David Felt
    interesting little bugger, but too rusty for me.
  9. G. David Felt
    wow first time I have ever seen this caprice station wagon. Never saw them here on the west coast. Some big time rust on that rear passenger quarter panel below and of course the dents in the rear door and front driver side front end. This car just needs to be a footnote in the history pages. Nothing special here to save.
  10. G. David Felt
    The Tucker is an awesome car, I would never have it on my ugly list.
  11. G. David Felt
    Happy B Day DodgeFan.
  12. G. David Felt
    One thing that seems to have disappeared from the roads are the 80's and 90's era Suburbans. I wonder if they got sold and shipped overseas to 3rd world countries that have cheap gas.
  13. G. David Felt
    WOW, this takes me back in time when I would hang out with my friends, cruise down to Lake Washington with everyone in the bed and enjoy the summer weather. Too bad people are not willing to take accountability for their actions so that stupid politicians have to make laws that say it is illegal to ride in the bed now. Talk about buzz killers today. Nice truck, I too see the rust that OcnBlu is talking about and would pass on this one.
  14. G. David Felt
    Saw a new 2013 Mustang convertible on the bus ride into work today and sure enough they had their top down at 5am in the morning even though the sun was not up yet. Crazy peeps.
  15. G. David Felt
    While there are certain attributes that I do like about this car, it seems they have really lost that butch in your face image they have built up and gone with a more feminine style in the body design.
  16. G. David Felt
    Is it me or does this look like a rehash of the Honda Civic style. Bland, boring and just forgettable? Also what is up with that 1990's center dash? Did they just pull this out of the bin of discarded starter images from the 90's? This is a let down if they are trying to just kill it off slowly. Reminds me of how GM, Ford and Chrysler have let their auto lines starve for new products. Nothing here to drive sales.
  17. G. David Felt
    For some reason this auto just underwhelms me. It just leaves me blah and forgettable just like the annoying Prius's that go 10 below the speed limit in the far left lane. This I can see selling to the tree huggers, but otherwise will be forgotten about.
  18. G. David Felt
    Overall I really do love this Durango, I agree with Ocnblu that I too am baffled by the chatter of discontinuing this lovely ride. They really did take the interior to the next leve, the dash and flow of the everything is really well executed and makes this a great drivers SUV. One thing that I see now more than ever in the Front End is the Cyclon look. I feel like I should be seeing a red glowing eye in the middle of the grill going back and forth from side to side. Over all I do really like the look front, rear, side and 3/4 profile. This is a great auto. One thing I wonder about, is that 3rd eye in the lower air damn an infra red sensor or is it part of the excessive nanny devices to cause your car to break early and sense the traffic when you are on cruise control. I so hate the excessive nanny devices.
  19. G. David Felt
    I will be honest in saying this is surprising but not totally as Korean brands have been more willing to take risk than Japanese brands but then the customer is driving more and more what type of auto experience they want.
  20. G. David Felt
    Very excited by this updated Durango. I love the new tweaks and yet so masculine for a SUV's. I think we will see this sell very well for Dodge.
  21. G. David Felt
    You mean option, and the ATS-V isn't even out yet. So there really isn't any American luxury brand alternative. My only real problem with it is for a RWD car that has a big and ungainly front overhang, and that navigation is literally a tacked on afterthought. I would have thought that MB would have at least used their own logo design for the circle vents. The whole dash is a mess of after thought. While the ATS-V is not out yet, I still think for 48K you can get better American cars without the name or the cost that goes with repairs and maintenance. $48K I would rather have a Camaro or Mustang over this car.
  22. G. David Felt
    Would make a great project car to swap in the 2.9L Duramax to replace the original diesel if it is there or junk the 4100. Either way this would rock as a ride with this baby Duramax.
  23. G. David Felt
    I have to say that I like both and in regards to CANADA, We just need to Anex them into the America, after all they are the little sister America never had just like Mexico is the little brother. One common currency, no borders, just one happy democracy!
  24. G. David Felt
    Seems they are wanting to go head to head with the Dodge Durango in terms of features and people hauling. I take the sexy Durango over this ugly slab.
  25. G. David Felt
    Nice looking car, statistics are impressive for a Turbo 4 banger, but still at 48K it is only a 4 banger. There are better options for this money from American makes. This will truly only sell to those hung up on the MB label.
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