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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    That's pretty much my experience with the iPhone. I recommend it too Except the IPhone is great at passing on Viruses, removing everyone from Outlook calendar events, does not sync with security proticols and for those of us that are not graphically induced to follow a lemming company on what you can and cannot do confusing. Before the Flame mail starts, check out apples web site as they admit with the iPhone 5 they broke security and outlook exchange email. Isilon a company I work for has plenty of apple products and so many peole have gotten things screwed up due to all the bugs in the 5. I suggest holding off till after the new year if you want a iPhone 5 and give them time to fix all the bugs. I've been happy w/ my work iPhone 5...my company does everything w/ gmail and Google docs, no old-school MS stuff... You actually like Gmail and Google docs???? The gmail interface sucks, not user friendly IMO and Google Doc's has so many limitations that you cannot really use it for group work. Sorry, but I will stay with Sharepoint and Office Professional as the only real business tools and exchange.
  2. G. David Felt
    At this point you have the two camps of I like, I do not like. We just need to wait for the actual hands on reviews and get them on the lots for people to kick the tires and light the fires and then we will see how they really do!
  3. G. David Felt
    Interior size, can a 6'6" tall person sit in the car upright or would they have be slightly reclined? Can people really sit in the rear seats? Fit and Finish of inside and outside, are they keeping up the quality or are their gaps and misalignments? Do you feel it has improved since the Ford ownership days or gone down and this performance edition is just an exception. Do you think the gas pedal issue is an actual mechanical issue or a programing issue? Is is drive by wire or actually a real cable to the throttle body? Based on my last question, is this a DI engine or not? Idle, is it smooth or does it have a bit of performance roughness to it? What is the sound of the Exhaust at normal driving and under hard excelleration? Besides the rear blind spots, can you tell where the corners of the car are or does it slop off and leave you with a vague sense of being there but not really sure where the car corners are?
  4. G. David Felt
    Yes from my recollection it was. Quadrajet Rocked Course with gas being around 65 cents a gallon most people did not complain, but my dad being the spend thrift person he was always wanted maximum performance with maximum mileage. I remember when the 88 became mine later on in Highschool I put a hi performance Holley carb on it. It was so fun with long throw headers and a few other performance items. 70's rocked.
  5. G. David Felt
    Your not a geek and your not wrong. My dad always complained about the fact that our 88 had the 400 with a 2v carb and the 98 that we also owned had the same 400 but with the 4v carb. He eventually went out and bought an after market carb for the 88 as the 4v version had better gas mileage than the 2v version.
  6. G. David Felt
    In general a truck with new styling to reflect that it is a totally new truck vs a new truck that appears more to look like a refresh of the old one. With all the new features it deserved it's own look and not just a rehash of the old one. What if they had redone a totally new Impala and it just looked like the one we have had for years? Not a smart move. Only the 911 and Mini can get away with this kind of styling. Not seeing what you're referring to with "this kind" of styling. Yet, we'll see the sales numbers on these in time. I'm going to predict they'll do very well. AFA the theory that it needs to 'look completely different to suck buyers in'- truck shoppers are a LOT more savvy than Impala buyers, without question. And the impulse segment of trucks buyers is a lot smaller than that for cars, as past sales numbers show. It's not the same demo as car buyers and the same tricks aren't absolutely necessary. Think about how many manufacturers intro new engines in mid-cycle without changing styling. Yet the G500 has continued to sell well on the same old style for ever. Mercedes and BMW have kept close to the same style with just minor tweeks over the last 20 years. I understand that some wanted GM to do a Love it or Hate it look like the original Ram when it came out with the big truck look. Yet with that stated, these evolutionary trucks I predict will sell very well and be around for a long time.
  7. G. David Felt
    This dash reminds me of the Aliens Mouth. The Nav/Control system is just pushing out through the dash/ face. So I guess Lexus went Predator on their auto's with the fronts and GM is going Aliens with their Dash.
  8. G. David Felt
    Dreams never die, they just get bigger and more detailed.
  9. G. David Felt
    For my part, I was expecting a more distinctive design - one that parted ways with the 900s in an unmistakable way. I will say that a Mini Pickup truck with a 1000lb hauling load capacity would fullfill most home buyers needs rather than the massive large trucks that are currently being built. This truck with a 2.8L Turbo Duramax Diesel Engine would kick ass in the US. That's Corsa-based... a 2.8L Turbodiesel's torque would break it apart... Come on with a good boxed frame, think of how this baby would fly with all that Torque! Ultimate torque monster with awesome gas mileage. Then I could convert it to be CNG/Diesel mix 90/10 mixture and really drive it cheap.
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    For my part, I was expecting a more distinctive design - one that parted ways with the 900s in an unmistakable way. I will say that a Mini Pickup truck with a 1000lb hauling load capacity would fullfill most home buyers needs rather than the massive large trucks that are currently being built. This truck with a 2.8L Turbo Duramax Diesel Engine would kick ass in the US.
  11. G. David Felt
    I expect GM to keep the full option list on the HD's after all bundling too much luxury junk will be a bad move for GM as too many companies need specific spec HD trucks for work.
  12. G. David Felt
    Just think how nice your Camino LS6 would run on CNG 130 Octane fuel. Better yet get the SS version with the LS9 running on CNG.
  13. G. David Felt
    Instead of coupe, they should call them Aero's. M3 Aero M4 Aero M5 Aero M6 Aero This would keep from confusing people with the stupid Coupe name when the freakin auto has 4 doors.
  14. G. David Felt
    Reliability is going to be an issue I think. I wonder just how long these engines can really last.
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    Very true, I have a company that is wanting to install time fill CNG appliances on site at their business to fuel their bus fleet over night and the Fire Marshell said they just need to fuel at the fast fill 5 miles down since it is safer, blah blah blah blah. I supplied all the CSA certifications and that everything meets the NFPA 52 rules and how much safer these fueling appliances are than even a business hot water tank or heater run on natural gas. He went into a full blown rage on green, the trees and environment to protect, blah blah blah blah. I finally went over his head to the Seattle Fire board with my documentation and the company now has approval to move forward with their time fill solution. Cost is just about $125,000 but since their bus fleet drives a bit over 25,000 miles a year, they are looking at a ROI of about 6-9 months at $1.25 per gallon versus $2.25 per gallon at the fast fill station. Fear mongering is one of the biggest problems in Advanced Fuel solutions such as CNG. The technology is solid and good, but we still need companies to play properly on drilling and processing of the gas. Will it ever be perfect? No I doubt it will. Yet America can kick the importation of Oil and reduce cost and clean up the air by moving to CNG as the advance fuel solution while the engineers work to get electric to the point that you can have a battery the size of a laptop that can run a car for 500 miles.
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    Rug Rats
  17. G. David Felt
    WOW a 6.2L v6, that is one freakin big V6.
  18. G. David Felt
    The best thing that could be done due to the power requirements of the intel duo core CPU's is to use the Armstrong CPU, it was developed originally by DIGITAL and through multiple purchases became Intels property and they then took it where it was always planned to be. Low power consumption, high performance and is currently used in many smartphone to tablet applications. GM would be wise to move to this CPU and pick up at least a 40 or 80gb flash drive to run their CUE system and allow updates via the USB slot or via a Paid current OnStar subscription. This way they could push out updates every 6 months or at least every 12months and keep the system cutting edge.
  19. G. David Felt
    You can truly see those stainless steel rims around the headlights.
  20. G. David Felt
    Doubt anything will be successful, the China Gov is all about ripping off the world and allowing their own companies to grow as long as they get their kickback.
  21. G. David Felt
    Sounds Exciting, I think the Encore is going to be a big seller for Buick and for those that need it in AWD form, it will rock just fine with the Turbo engine.
  22. G. David Felt
    ASgreed, the CD player should be at either the top or bottom of the nav system and use the already included ripping software from the Linux system to rip the music onto a 40 or 80GB flash drive to allow a person to have a large database of awesome music.
  23. G. David Felt
    Yea I saw a trailer for GasLand and boy is this movie now that I have seen it just full of false info and outright lies. I am surprised Robert Redford would lend his name to a movie that is so full of lies, but then I guess people hate to learn the truth, they would rather just spread false info in a vain attempt to be eco warriors. Truthland was made to counter all the lies in Gasland and according to the news article I guess the gasland idiots are going to make a follow up film. http://www.post-gaze...th-film-645348/ The issue isn't is fracking safe... the issue is are fracking companies doing the fracking safely? are they disposing of their waste safely? is the extraction being done safely? there is a sufficient amount of evidence to at least raise these questions.... and they are not unfair questions to ask. Those are valid questions, sadly GasLand the movie twists this all into lies with stating that fracking is destroying the ground water, killing off grazing lands for cattle and making your kitchen sinks running bombs. We should always and I do believe based on my own experience that most companies do follow the EPA guidelines for safe responsible fracking and recovery of Natural gas. So many people seem to think you can create energy out of nothing and fight the needs humanity has for fossil fuels.
  24. G. David Felt
    Toy Trucks
  25. G. David Felt
    You do realize the US imports most of its oil from Canada and Latin America right? I wish we had Natural Gas in this part of the state, hate home heating oil. So damn expensive, I'd wager electric heating is cheaper at this point. Yes I do realize that most of the oil comes in from Canada and Latin America but oil is still so much more expensive than natural gas. Where do you live as I would bet you could get Natural Gas piped to your house and while adding the natural gas line from the street to the house would be a small investment, how clean it is would surprise you as oil burning furnaces tend to create a bunch of soot that most people do not realize till they change over and clean up and then realize they are not dealing with the oil mess.
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