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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    XT4, XT5 and XT6 will probably get some engine updates and a v-sport would make sense. I see no reason that Cadillac could not V series everything. At least there is cylinder on demand with the Cadillac, this thing has pathetic horsepower. Clearly someone is mainlining meth as this is not the company line of "Best or nothing at all!" Might as well be nothing at all with this! See how this works!
  2. G. David Felt
    I like this, nice! Good job VW!!!
  3. G. David Felt
    Lucky me, PNW does not have inspections so unless your doing something really stupid for the cop to pull you over, tinting is not an issue here. Though I think with the amount of State police cars with limo black tint, that the whole tint thing should just be dropped. I also have come to think that inspections are good as too many dangerous auto's on the road. Amazing how many people buy and auto and let it fall into disrepair.
  4. G. David Felt
    Right, I just do not get with all the skin cancer issues and how people love to have their auto's tinted to help deal with hot summer sun, why that is just not standard anymore on a luxury auto. I agree that once you limo black tint the windows on the side, that ugly weird C pillar issue is gone. The interior blows away anything I have seen on this class from the Germans.
  5. G. David Felt
    Could be a good Encore replacement for you based on needs you have stated here in the Forums.
  6. G. David Felt
    While I could get into the Encore and no one could sit behind me, I am interested to know how much space is gained in the GX model? ?
  7. G. David Felt
    While I have my nitpick issues, over all a very sweet ride and I really like the interior. Ya know the German koolaid lovers will also nitpick and move the field goal to justify why the german brands are still better. LOL
  8. G. David Felt
    Nope not at all, I think many would take a less tech car at a low price point to drive a new reliable ride. After all for an entry level auto, it does not need all the bells and whistles as it is a starter car. Hell if they did this at 12-15,000 with manual door locks and manual windows, it would still sell. This entitlement crap has to end by accepting that you have to work and earn it and it is not given to you. Welcome to the start of your life is my attitude. Heck I would be happy to drive this if I could fit in it as it would be a great commuter and run about car.
  9. G. David Felt
    That is really sharp looking and would look good on the whole family of CUVs.
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  11. G. David Felt
    Wrong, if you actually read the web site, the Ener-G-Force is the size and concept of a future G-Wagon. Not a Small compact knock off with some style cues from it. GLB is not the Ener-G-Force.
  12. G. David Felt
    392 badass even sitting still at 24hr fitness.
  13. G. David Felt
    @smk4565 https://www.mercedes-benz.com/en/mercedes-benz/design/vision-ener-g-force-off-road-for-the-future/ GLB is NOT the Ener-g force concept. To quote their own website!!! New off-road design idiom. “The Ener-G-Force is the vision of an off-roader that, while reflecting tomorrow’s adventures, also invokes the genes of the Mercedes-Benz off-road icon, the G model,” observes Gorden Wagener, Head of Design at Mercedes-Benz Cars. “Modern and cool, it could also be a clue about a new beginning for the off-road design idiom of Mercedes-Benz”.
  14. G. David Felt
    Very happy to hear they are not letting the engine from the Focus RS go to waste. I wonder how much of a premium this will be over the normal ecoboost engine? Interior looks like a lot of hard plastic and fake carbon fiber. @Drew Dowdell Are you going to go to the show to get first hand impressions and pictures?
  15. G. David Felt
    That might be true here in the US, but seems to be a very different thing in the Asian rim as well as Europe.
  16. G. David Felt
    Badge snobs will be badge snobs and pay even though they could get a superior auto for less from another OEM. With that said, you are right, I do believe many will look at the MB offer and then at others and go with others.
  17. G. David Felt
    Gear Cube
  18. G. David Felt
    Would totally make sense to use some old hardware, with new tech like Nissan and go after the youth market with a cheap cost car. That is the only way to get butts in the seats again. Love the look in their brown color. Damn sharp interior for this car.
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    cubed
  20. G. David Felt
    What is the point your trying to make when the TLX 30,000 beats the CLA 22,556 handsomely? Remember, throwing stones in glass houses is not a good thing.
  21. G. David Felt
    Love how you are mixing the numbers up again as I talk US and you go to World Wide sales to attempt to Justify the numbers. US Sales Numbers C-Class 2018 sold 60,410 down from the 77,446 in 2017. http://carsalesbase.com/us-car-sales-data/mercedes-benz/mercedes-benz-c-class/ CLA 2018 sold 22,556 up from 20,669 in 2017. http://carsalesbase.com/us-car-sales-data/mercedes-benz/mercedes-benz-cla/ GLA 2018 sold 24,136 up from 24,104 in 2017 but just barely, stagnate most would say. http://carsalesbase.com/us-car-sales-data/mercedes-benz/mercedes-benz-gla/ A-class 2018 sold ZERO in the US. Will be first year for this model in 2019. BUICK CUV's out sell the GLA each one beats it, seems plenty of other nice cars beat the C & A too. Toyota seems to have no problem doing this at those price points.
  22. G. David Felt
    Best looking Green CUV from MB I have seen yet to date. Interior is Meh! Not sure why but I just do not get the interior design MB puts in them. The steering wheel reminds me of something 1980's, the grab holds on the center section between the seats clearly will be in the way of large people's legs and worse yet make people drop drinks and other stuff as they grab for stuff in the center area. Give them credit for doing a decent vents on this compared to the cheap ass circle ones they have on the cars that reminds me of cheap circle vents on the fords. I do like the large flat screen section of the dash, easy to read, see, etc. Rest looks right for the market, be interesting to see how comfortable the seats are. Exterior I do like and while @smk4565 does not think it will sell in Green, at least here in the PNW Green sells. White does not except to Asians looking for purity. I agree with @balthazar this does NOT look any more luxurious than the Buick.
  23. G. David Felt
    Could not prove that by me, E and S are the bulk of what I see in the PNW and of course all the variations of their CUVs especially the bargain basement GLA CUVs that are everywhere and are driven bloody slow especially the AMG version. I have never seen an A in the wild and the C while popular maybe 10 years ago, I rarely see any now, if I see one, once a month that is surprising here.
  24. G. David Felt
    The shine is off the newest fruit of tech love and Tesla is about to get a wake up call as other OEMs start bringing their EVs to market that gives them an electric CUV rather than a car. The car days are over at this time, people want activity vehicles and that usually means a CUV, be it FWD, RWD or AWD. People want the perceived space and versatility that marketing has pushed out for years about a CUV over a car.
  25. G. David Felt
    Good thing GM and Ford are pretty much going away from this segment as adding in the tech, I just do not see how Ford or GM could justify to build a break even let alone profitable small car like this. They just do not seem to figure out how to built profitable feature rich small cars.
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