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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Wonder what the gas mileage will end up being on these new engines.
  2. G. David Felt
    Great review, nice write up. I have to say Jeers to the Body design as it screams mini mini van to me and then has that freak-in ugly big black mouth for a front end. The dash while looking functional just screams minimalistic and makes me wonder what else was a short cut in cheapening the car to hit a certian price point. This is a car company that I do not see in the future just like Mazda unless it merges with some one.
  3. G. David Felt
    Still Ugly and upon looking at the pics again, this thing just screams to me Mini Van! Fuggly to boot!
  4. G. David Felt
    That is freakin HOT GMC! Nice ride. that would be so awesome to have. Just have to LineX the bed and get a cover for the bed. Then it would be perfect for me. Love the color too.
  5. G. David Felt
    True, but still just 4 cyls...it will be interesting to see how the current turbo 4 trend plays out...turbo 4s were fairly widespread in the 80s, most of them turned out to be crap and a passing fad. and still just as irrelevant. The Turbo-4s that are out now don't need to rev to get power or torque out of them. You're not going to be happy with a naturally aspirated 4 no matter what... we all know that already. The Regal GS Turbo-4 puts out more torque and at a lower RPM than the FWD Northstar did. Very true olds that the current crop of Turbo 4 or even Turbo 3 engines put out more than v6 or v8 engines did in the 80's or 90's. Yet when driving one of them, there still seems to be something missing from the over all experience of putting your foot into a turbo 4 banger compared to a v8. I call it the seat of your pants experience, but I do not get a satisfying feel from driving a turbo 4 in comparison to a v8. Yes I am probably biased a bit from having big power V8's all my life, but when I push a small engine even turbo charged still seem to strain in my perception compared to a v8.
  6. G. David Felt
    I thought both the Element and Ridgeline were dead products as you cannot find them on the Honda lots here in the Seattle area. Course they never were that popular here.
  7. G. David Felt
    Interesting observation, but the hybrids must be pretty damn good as you do NOT see them on the lots as used. I did a search for 500 miles around me and found only 2 hybrids available for sale and yet found dozens of their sister versions for sale. This is what I find strange, why are they not Marketing the Hybrid and bragging about the 22 miles per gallon. This KILLS anything Toyota has in a full size SUV or Pickup Truck! Even BMW and MB cannot touch what a Hybrid Escalade gets and you still have all the luxury and power of that hot V8.
  8. G. David Felt
    I think you may have misunderstood. The car is no longer "under recall" after the repair work has been done. If they want to rent or sell the car, no problem, just have the recall work done first. Yup, after rereading the Detroit news story they can rent or sell the auto once it has been fixed, but only Hertz is actually doing it and pledged to do it world wide. Enterprise and Avis are willing to do it for major safety issues but want an exemption for all others as it is a burden on them. What threw me in rereading it is that they only mention this in one place and the rest of the story as well as the legislation just mentions over and over they cannot rent or sell recalled auto's. After rereading the newspaper story and looking at the legislation online, they truly have brought this on themselves.
  9. G. David Felt
    As much as I hate regulations like this, I agree with Olds, they brought this on themselves. There is way more than enough float on the lots that they should have ALL recalls done within 30 days. There is NO excuse for NOT getting a safety recall done. I feel this is a bit excessive in that they cannot rent or sell a recall vehicle as they should be able to do this once the recall issue is addressed. This law with this stipulation is going to create a grey market where the rental companies are going to either be demanding to return the car back to the OEM and then they will fix it and dump it or we will see shell companies pop up that will deal with unloading recalled auto's.
  10. G. David Felt
    Very cool, so is the 4 banger running the rear wheels and the v8 up front or the other way around. It is so hard to tell. Any more info on this crazy car?
  11. G. David Felt
    S & M
  12. G. David Felt
    Bummer, guess the hot link is no longer working.
  13. G. David Felt
    I would be surprised if this actually goes anywhere. GM exercised their right and this is the end result. Grow up spyker
  14. G. David Felt
    Quite true. Now if only he will do something about Opel and Vauxhall. Like toss them both into the bin. I agree that Opel and Vauxhall need major work. I do not agree that we need all the engineering and mgmt resources they have there. I think they need to scale back these groups and focus on getting euro versions of cars that the public wants sooner. I think GM needs to do some major revamping in house for the Euro division.
  15. G. David Felt
    Look up 'The Shocker' in the urban dictionary (It's a rather NSFW gesture). Was used on a '70s Datsun race car, BTW...2nd time I've seen a refererence to this symbol in the last couple days. OK, Now I know, too funny, found a photo of the Bush family with his daughters and one of them is doing this hand sign. LOL
  16. G. David Felt
    You cannot fault a person who is willing to make changes when a person has not fulfilled their goals. I agree that they need to kill off some dead or dying products and get new models to market sooner rather than later. At least change is happening now which is better than the good ol boy network that was killing GM.
  17. G. David Felt
    Yes a man who deserves some praise!!!
  18. G. David Felt
    Zombies
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    Blue Smoke

    G. David Felt replied to ocnblu's topic in Chevrolet

    SWEET!!! Glad I do not have to clean up afterwards and detail that lovely truck.
  20. G. David Felt
    America has truly woke up to building driving machines. This allows all modern cars to benefit and even better yet is for those that like projects or has the cash to pay to have it done, it allows us to take our favorite older auto and put a quality suspension and power train under them. Rock on GM powertrain
  21. G. David Felt
    Also, why would you want some big ass horns on a beautiful Rolls Royce. I never have understood that mentality either. Course, then it is a Texas thing. Course I do find it funny all those computer fans being used for auto cooling.
  22. G. David Felt
    Clearly that guy is a fan of Saints Row 3. I actually like that fascia design. Out of all the cars here, this one is actually done well and is not that bad. Would like to understand the very first picture. What does the hand symbol mean? Never seen it before. Also the caprice, is just crazy. WHY WHY WHY I will never understand what people find to appealing about a car done that way.
  23. G. David Felt
    This totally Rocks!!! I know there are people out there that still want these bad boys and being able to buy one minus the engine and tranny is awesome. This allows one to truly have their diesel.
  24. G. David Felt
    Gee, what a wonderful assessment/indictment of NASCAR racing. You don't have to like it, but you could at least be a little tolerant and not make nasty (and I do mean nasty and uncalled for) comments about it. Clyde LOL, Sarcasm is hard to write!
  25. G. David Felt
    Not cold fusion, just a 130 year old engine operating cycle. If you are wondering where the 20/32 mpg comes from, well it's an educated guess based on the following:- The Corvette (3250 lbs) already gets 16/26 mpg today with the 6.2 liter port injected LS3 engine. Direct Injection, Higher Compression and other improvements on the Gen V V8 should produce a 1 mpg improvement An expected 200 lbs reduction in vehicle weight, better aerodynamics and taller gearing is good for another 1 mpg increase We are already at a decent 18 / 28 mpg for a 6.2 liter Gen V V8 with the above changes Now, cylinder deactivation cuts the operating displacement in half, Atkinson cycle further reduces that by 30% and improve energy recovery from each fuel-air charge. The net result should be similar to using a (6.8 / 2 * 0.7) = 2.4 liter 4 cylinder engine on a Corvette, for which a 10~15% reduction in fuel consumption is a reasonable guess. 20/32 mpg is 11% and 14% better than 18/28 MPG respectively. No Cold Fusion required. If your right, you either have an inside line to info or the best damn crystal ball! Time to pull up the chair and wait and see.
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