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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Still but ugly but better with the bad ass Monster 4x4 system. I will have to say while the car is ugly, I do like this commercial! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ve4221Knn0&feature=player_detailpage
  2. G. David Felt
    What really hurt the new car is the nose. It looks old and they had make it taller for the new crash standards in some countries. It almost looks like they has designed the car for another nose and then grafted this one on when they got the new rules. The old car flows well as I can feel it when you wash the car. The sweep of the roof line is graceful. But it has its faults too as the rear looks like they go to the tail and ran out of time and money to finish it. I never have liked the tail lights. I am hopeing they can redo the nose with the new face and better fit it with the car. This is not the only car with tall nose issues. Even the Fords look ok but they would look much better with a few inches lower in the hood area. The Tuarus looks almost SUV like coming at you. Then the rest of the car was made so tall to compensate for the tall nose. Your right it is that nose that is higher and gives the car a brick like stance. Some of the rules/regulations are killing design flow for an issue that affects less than 1/10th of 1% if even that. The gov's around the world are so trying to protect to the point of actually hurting the drive of humanity to take any risk at all. How will we ever get out into space to explore if we are so scared of hitting a person who runs out in front of an auto.
  3. G. David Felt
    Be intersting to see how many end up as road kill before they require some sort of artificial noise to tell auto's their electric toy is in their blind spot.
  4. G. David Felt
    I agree, people who shoped the CR-V against the Encore were shocked at how cheap the interior was in comparison to the Buick and that they would rather have the Buick over the Honda. Will be interesting to see how many conquest customers Buick can win with this hot little number.
  5. G. David Felt
    Interesting but looking at the two pictures, I like the silver car stance and just something about it flows right. The marron car just reminds me of a camry and carries the wrong stance.
  6. G. David Felt
    That is not to say that all Baby Boomers like the Float ride. There are some that preferre a driving machine. At 45 I have not even reached middle age yet and I want my driving machine, not a Lazy Boy ride! Personally I think 67 was a perfect Year!
  7. G. David Felt
    So your saying a Hopped up LT package that is just under being an SS package?
  8. G. David Felt
    Interesting, the out put numbers are great, I wonder how flat that torque line is across the RPM band.
  9. G. David Felt
    Hope no one is surprised by this as they really do not have much to fight for.
  10. G. David Felt
    I am sooooooo Confused!
  11. G. David Felt
    Hope your new computer gets up soon, Remember, your special day is still an amazing time no matter what happens.
  12. G. David Felt
    A late Happy B Day, Hope you had a great one!
  13. G. David Felt
    GMC Concept
  14. G. David Felt
    I agree that this car could have swagger if they do a sports package like Ford did the SHO on the Taurus. As far as reducing weight to help get the MPG up, make the front nose and rear trunk all alumin so it becomes one large crumple zone to protect the people inside. Yes more expensive to fix, but very safe and should easily reduce weight.
  15. G. David Felt
    WOW so they are actually used then. So far I have seen not one car plugged into the hundreds of charging stations I find around the seattle area. It is like the 1/10th of 1% crowd pushed through due to having the money to win over the scum in the capital and they had the tax payers put all these charging stations in without really looking at how many auto's there were to use them. At least here in washington they went over kill on installing these things.
  16. G. David Felt
    Really you like the interior? The zones, chopped up look. It has no flow it just has the start trek pop up window in the middle, a couple random sections that to me do not mesh, the round control knob seems like an after thought by the stick shift. It just seems dated on the inside with plenty of after thought.
  17. G. David Felt
    So very true!!! Though some times you do find a diamond in the rough.
  18. G. David Felt
    It would be nice to see what other charging stations people have around the country and post pictures or see if they are covered up with garbage bags like my park and ride lot does. FYI, I checked in with the city asking if there had been any use of them since the news covered the official ceremony and they were turned on. The lady said that since that initial day there has been no use of them. WOW, spend tax payer dollars on items that no body needs, cause the auto industry knows better than to produce a pure electric car that will not sell.
  19. G. David Felt
    Is that how old that interior is? I was wondering where the hell it came from considering the parts bin thrown together look of old and older.
  20. G. David Felt
    I tend to agree with you on the comment re the Regal's interior. Opel offers a beige interior in the Insignia, is that interior color availabe in the Regal? The Regal interior comes in beige too, but just overall, the Regal inside and out (being an Opel) has a Euro sport sedan look. It doesn't really fit with what Buick is trying to be, as the softer side of American Luxury and going after that baby boomer and older group that may otherwise buy a Toyota/Lexus or Chrysler or Lincoln. Who ever said Buick is trying to go after the baby boomer market. Sorry but mostly they are dead and set with their final auto's to take them to the grave. Auto makers better damn well focus on those generations that still have earning potential and years left before retirement. The 30-50 crowd wants nothing to do with the Cush Float coccon ride of the baby boomers.
  21. G. David Felt
    When you CEO says the car is OK but the refresh will be OK as it is a segment they need to compete in, this does not leave me with a rosy feeling that they are in it to win it. Some times I wonder if GM should not be broken up into 3 car companies Chevy, Buick/GMC and Cadillac. Ohh wait they are supposed to be that with the power to reduce costs as they bring out better product. Still waiting on this for some models.
  22. G. David Felt
    While the exterior body work is nice and a good evolution of the 3 series, the interior especially the dash is a mosh posh of mix and match and really does not flow or blend well and just comes across to me as an after thought. I do not think BMW will be that successful in selling people on this 4 series at a higher price compared to keeping them where they should have kept it as part of the 3 series family. Guess the German lemmings that are 5'8" tall on average will love it and still buy it even when they have to depart with an extra 5 or 10K.
  23. G. David Felt
    Nice write up, sounds like Buick has a true winner that will meet many peoples needs for a compact near luxury ride. This should compete and win sales from Acura, Lexus and Infinity. Nice to see Buick doing to the mid market segment what ATS is doing the top level luxury segment.
  24. G. David Felt
    Some of the other Motorcycle videos after that one is freakin awesome also.
  25. G. David Felt
    H'mmmmm No still does not sell me on electric transportation. Silly boys and stupid toys.
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