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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    So when I am home I will take a closer look at joining for free, but am wondering how defined the segments are? I already tried to look for my 2008 Trailblazer SS and Escalade ESV Platinum and it does not seem to give those categories so how would it truly rate the quality, service, etc of that auto if you cannot enter in those select features?
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    Interesting, I have learned more about ZipCar than I have ever known before. I wonder how they grew when I really see no advertising for them at all. Including fuel is a nice feature, what else do they include in comparison to a rental company and how does a car get services/refueled? I assume you always bring it back empty or as low as possible.
  3. G. David Felt
    Yes, sort like the neighborhood Enterprise rental car or U-Haul...I rent cars from Enterprise when I do a weekend road trip or a truck from U-Haul when I've had to move furniture to my storage unit.. But then why spend the money on ZipCar, why not just add this feature to your options. I am sure Enterprise or any of the other rental companies could do this also. It is not like ZipCar has a deep bench of customers to exploit.
  4. G. David Felt
    Very Cool, I love Spec sheets like this to see what each model comes standard with.
  5. G. David Felt
    Thinking on this, maybe all rental companies should go to membership programs where people could use them as a 2nd or 3rd auto for special needs.
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    Inner City and Campuses tend to make sense for this model of business, but I have a hard time seeing rapid growth outside these markets. Not to say that I might or someone else might not come up with a way to influence suburban people to take this concept on as a 2nd or 3rd auto. I guess if you do not need a truck or 4x4/awd for mountain trips, then it might make sense for one to have an account where you could quickly get your hands on an auto for short term use. See and there is where it might still have growth is by marketing a new approach on how to sell ZipCars.
  7. G. David Felt
    Love Machine
  8. G. David Felt
    Could zip car be the future for college students and people who do not want to have the hassle of auto ownership? This does make me rethink if we could see the auto rental market become a auto share market for inner city people. Yet is America really 50% living in dense cities? Is seems that suburbs still requires car ownership.
  9. G. David Felt
    Interesting, I wonder how long before they start selling antivirus software for your Auto to keep you from getting hacked.
  10. G. David Felt
    I think for dense inner city's this will be a win for Zipcar users with more access to auto's and yet I do agree that they could go the way of Bland rental fleet. Yet outside of dense inner city use, zipcar and the other new start up that allows owners of cars to rent out to others will have limited traction.
  11. G. David Felt
    Thanks everyone for making this such a great web site and to all the efforts that Old and Mud do to keep it going. One of the best places to hang with people who have an outstanding passion for the auto industry. Happy new year to you all,
  12. G. David Felt
    ZipCar is a limited use limited growth potential. This is a bigger win for Zip than it is for Avis\Budget. I am surprised no other car rental company has decided to add a zipcar quick short term rental option before. The few times I have seen zipcars in the Seattle area or on Stevens pass they seen to be well used for how young the car is. People just do not car about cars that are not theirs.
  13. G. David Felt
    Very good info, thanks for posting it!
  14. G. David Felt
    I will take the red one in back please!
  15. G. David Felt
    Bad News, your dealer has creepy mechanics who break other parts to keep you coming back.
  16. G. David Felt
    Wonderfly
  17. G. David Felt
    Was it the Mako Shark II or the Manta Ray?
  18. G. David Felt
    I will have to say it comes down to marketing / advertising. I have yet to hear any radio ad's for the dart or even seen a television ad. I would say Dodges biggest failure to date is the lack of any advertising. If they wanted to have it start out slow, then they have succeeded. Otherwise, not really sure what the F@#k they are doing.
  19. G. David Felt
    Sweet looking ride, get us some internal and more external photo's and your over all impressions of the ride please
  20. G. David Felt
    Over all I do love the responsiveness of the site.
  21. G. David Felt
    Interesting to see that comfort, quality and golden ride or as stated in the 1961 marketing message as a magic ride is a common theme from 1900 to current. This seems to reinforce that they could easily come up with a Golden Quality Ride for the world message.
  22. G. David Felt
    Lets also hope they never do a Great things come out of Japan ad again from 1986. That was like the biggest black eye you could do to American workers.
  23. G. David Felt
    I do have to admit I love the Glee Club advertising.
  24. G. David Felt
    Interesting in searching I found that Life, Love and Living is a common theme on the international side. Wiki had the history but also added a recent list of marketing themes used around the world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet Found this one that actually covers marketing from the begining to the recent. Just click on the 10yr period in the year bar to see the messages. http://adage.com/article/special-report-chevy-100/100-years-chevrolet-advertising-a-timeline/230636/ Course this was published in Oct 19th 2011 on Marketing blunders and tips for businesses and of course GM has both in plenty. http://internetmarketingtactics.org/international-marketing-case-study-blunders-tips-prevent/ Over all, I think a good program could be done on an international theme that would reduce marketing costs but raise global awareness of the products.
  25. G. David Felt
    Interesting and exciting to see, but I will take a wait and see attitude as I have not seen turbo 4 bangers last like a good solid V8. Get a 100K miles on these engines and they have pretty much lost their ability to move an auto where a V8 still can get you moved.
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