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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Glad that Whiskey ? is working my friend or was it a boiler maker? ? ?
  2. G. David Felt
    I honestly hope this is not the case, I would rather they go on the bigger size than scale down.
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    I think the one thing we are missing here is the safety requirements. Newer auto's like the CT6 have far more nanny devices / safety features on how an auto is to crumple and fold around the cage holding the humans. As such, I suspect one thing we are all forgetting is that the safety requirements of the auto's are going to eat into the interior room of the auto. I do not know for a fact, but that is one thing we have not touched on is the increased safety crash testing requirements. This could explain the reduced size of trunks.
  4. G. David Felt
    Cool stuff found while eating lunch. Colorado ZR2 Bison details at GM Tech Link web site:https://gm-techlink.com/?p=11181 Toyota upping investments in US to $13 Billion.
  5. G. David Felt
    I would say they were building a scaled down Escala and then the Bean Counters showed up at the point of the B Pillar and said you have X amount of cash left, finished the car with X dollars and we ended up with that back end mess.
  6. G. David Felt
    Hopefully their investment in Rivian gets them access to the platform so they can get it to market fast.
  7. G. David Felt
    Totally agree, if and when the next gen Charger comes out, either Turbo 4 or V6 as the base engine has to have a minimum of 300HP.
  8. G. David Felt
    Love a clean engine bay, Lincoln did a good job. I understand this is a white one compared to yours, but I get it, clean for what it is. AGREE totally on the dark brown contrast. My Escalade is the full cream / tan interior with brown dash and while they did not have it available when I bought it, I would love to have the Mocha interior they now have on the Escalades. Platinum Trim gets this interior as the only option to black: Where as Luxury and below levels get the Mocha Honestly for the money one spends, especially at the Platinum level, one should be able to choose any interior they have.
  9. G. David Felt
    This is very exciting, I wonder if one could get a longer bed then to replace the standard 4.5' bed. That would allow them to build a single truck with bed length options. The future of trucks / SUV's based on a skateboard concept is what will bring true customization to peoples orders as they can mix n match what they want in their auto. EXCITING TIMES!
  10. G. David Felt
    True and valid points, thank you my friend. Yet I still find that while we learn from our failures, those CEO's that are better grounded tend to bounce back better. In regards to Fisker, I have now wondered what the auto failure rate was for auto companies in the 1910 to 1930 range? ? I was looking at the hundreds of Chinese auto start up companies, the few here in the US and wonder how long before we see a crash and a flow to the history books for a bunch of these companies. Fiskar while he is a show man, I question his ability to actually deliver his auto's. I hope he does not turn out like Faraday, exciting concept auto, but yet to deliver anything but spending others money.
  11. G. David Felt
    That is awesome to hear, best part of CPO's is when you can get more than you were expecting. Agree with you that the Sync3 would be a must for me too. I love the Brown, just a nice warm feeling when you get into the auto unlike all the blah black out there. So what does it look like under the hood?
  12. G. David Felt
    Disagree with you and @balthazar as it has been proven that marriage in a committed long term relationship, helping to raise the kids does give a strong sense of grounding. Musk is a smart but social idiot that has no problem marring people, having a kid and then moving onto the next piece of hot ass and leaving the mother to raise the kid alone. There is nothing grounded in his sense of commitment except to himself and his own fame. CEO's that have long term marriages with kids have grown and excelled at making companies very successful. This is true be it male or female. Much research and write ups have been done on this topic. No it does not mean you have to be married to be successful, but CEO's that are with kids seem to get more right than wrong compared to the single CEO. Just look at Musk's twitter and interviews. Being Married makes you a better Entrepreneur, Here's why! https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/309988 4 reasons being happily married could make you a better CEO https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevecooper/2013/07/31/4-reasons-being-happily-married-could-make-you-a-better-ceo/#63c186af5b29 I truly believe that a happy home life with a spouse / kids makes one more grounded in looking at the big picture of how we treat others to how we run a company. Has worked for me.
  13. G. David Felt
    @ccap41 Congratulations, awesome auto. I am very excited and happy for you. Look forward to your 1 month review on it! That rocks!
  14. G. David Felt
    I know many computer engineers who use the MB and BMW subscription service here in Seattle as they do not want to bother with ownership of an auto, just use one when they need one. I see a subscription service for a solid off road activity vehicle that mostly will get used to go camping or up to the pass to ski / snowboard as a solid service for auto companies down the road. After all, you live in the city, parking is tight, space tight, why bother with auto ownership if a subscription service gives you an auto to use when you need one for nights or weekends.
  15. G. David Felt
    Seams Rivian is very focused on bringing their auto to market and offering something others have tried. The ability to be part of a subscription service where the auto is dropped off at your home when you need it. https://www.outdoorjournal.com/featured/athletes-and-explorers/imagine-cleaner-world-rivian-end-alex-honnolds-vanlife/ Outdoor life in talking to Rivian and how they plan to change the industry stated that many people only need an auto for select times, vacations, projects, etc. as such many people want a nice auto but do not or can not afford one 24/7. As such Rivian is looking to the subscription service for those that want to take their family on a ski trip or take friends to the beach for the day or weekend. To read more go to the link above to find out what Alex Honnold is doing.
  16. G. David Felt
    Rivian filed a patent for reconfigurable EVs. Specifically they filed it on having the bed be interchangeable for numerous different uses. Patent filing can be read here: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=rivian&OS=rivian&RS=rivian A forum web site not OWNED by Rivian but dedicated to all things Rivian can be found here where they have plenty of pictures based on the descriptions in the Patent Filing. https://www.rivianforums.com/threads/rivian-may-introduce-swappable-module-system-check-our-previews-inside.64/ There is lots more cool info that they discuss and have various drawn pictures but I love who ever built this gif image showing the various Swappable Modules. From the Rivian Forum group site:
  17. G. David Felt
    Tesla sent out an email inviting people to reserve the Model Y. For delivery starting in late 2021, you have to put down $2,500
  18. G. David Felt
    Makes one wonder how many of the auto's are still on all those unguarded lots across America and how much of the money actually went back to VW versus into executives pockets? VW has a long road still ahead of themselves with this nightmare.
  19. G. David Felt
    ? Me think CT5 WTF = CT5 What The Fuck ?‍♂️
  20. G. David Felt
    Very true, that has been an issue too. He has some great ideas, but I am skeptical of him being able to deliver. So far out of all the EV startups, the only one I really expect anything from is Rivian and I expect him to do better than Tesla. Lucky for CJ the CEO is he is married and has 3 boys so he is more grounded than Musk ever will be.
  21. G. David Felt
    That is very true Robert, I am lucky enough to get a new Escalade when I drop mine off for service and it glides even smoother. The service center has confirmed with me via phone call that while the Chevrolet and GMC use the same bearing part, the Escalade has a different part number and does indeed look different. I would have to assume this is a higher quality bearing assembly.
  22. G. David Felt
    Politics is what this is leading up to the 2020 election. Now the focus on auto's is the fact that GM has TOO MUCH capacity. As such what Mary is doing is correct to reduce costs as any smart business person would do. I honestly can see this plant being sold to one of the EV auto companies that are starting up their production. Someone somewhere is going to get hit hard as there is no limitless sales of auto's. Some body is going to lose out on auto sales. We are in interesting times and the change over will be an interesting debate. My one thought, who says it has to be an Auto Company that buys the plant for auto production? Why could it not be LG who says buys the plant to build EV battery packs that are resold back to GM? Is the plant Big? YES, Hell YES! Is auto's the only thing you could produce there? NO I could see component creation there or robotic assembly line building, so many things in such a large space. Interesting times we live in friends! Interesting Times! ?
  23. G. David Felt
    Totally agree, I DO NOT know what the Wheel Bearings are, but my Escalade ESV glides so fast and far compared to my GMC Suburban SLE. The quality of bearings is truly noticeable besides all the other plastic surgery that has been done.
  24. G. David Felt
    That is a pretty lipstick on a pig, different kind of pig!
  25. G. David Felt
    Hopefully they will add AWD as an option to ALL CT models.
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