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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Good News, hopefully they will find use on the BEV3 platform to keep the plant going even longer.
  2. G. David Felt
    That is cool, just like a aux fuel tank for fueling tractors or a tool chest, having it sit in the bed with the power to tow, that would be a smart add on for 5th wheel / trailer towing. Wonder what the added range is?
  3. G. David Felt
    BMW & MB car service in Seattle is Meh at best. Uber and Lyft still beat them out.
  4. G. David Felt
    Agree, I seem to bounce around much faster than chrome or firefox has been lately. I am much happier using Opera.
  5. G. David Felt
    TSA Pre is the only way to fly now. I will never give it up.
  6. G. David Felt
    Agree, the risk factor of Ford is above my investing style.
  7. G. David Felt
    CR just released their report of where all the auto makers stand in their Brand Report Card. Pretty Interesting, some I agree with, others I clearly do not. https://www.consumerreports.org/cars-driving/which-car-brands-make-the-best-vehicles/
  8. G. David Felt
    Gang green grow? ? ?
  9. G. David Felt
    At least my cup is always half full of EXCITEMENT be it ICEV or EV. I feel sad for you as yours must always be empty. Filled half way with ICEV EXCITEMENT and then Bash on the EV and it empty's out. Hugs to you for your empty mug dear Blu.
  10. G. David Felt
    Talk about an awesome assortment of some great cars I would love to own. I believe almost every member of C&G will have one here they could love. I would still love to have a Burgundy 1987 Monte Carlo Areocoupe SS with T tops like this one that was for sale a few years back.
  11. G. David Felt
    This one always stuck in my head. Maybe due to my love of the TV show Fantasy Island, but ya gotta love the way he talked to you through the TV. Course this was my favorite Spoof too of this commercial: Loved this review from my time and what made me fall in love with the mid 1980's Monte Carlo SS. Especially the Areo version.
  12. G. David Felt
    Thank you, this is great news to see them finally build a consistent family look and feel. While not a fan of the dash, I will say that Liconln is moving much faster than Cadillac with building a family of desirable looking CUVs.
  13. G. David Felt
    Rivian is building brand awareness based on normal people lifestyle something Tesla has NOT achieved. Plus you also have the fact that Tesla has REMOVED their $35,000 car option from the web site and configuration system. This has raised many concerns among the $1,000 reservation holders. Lots of stories from various sites on this: https://electrek.co/2019/02/18/tesla-standard-model-3-battery-website-fans-panic/ https://motorlinks-wp.azurewebsites.net/2019/02/18/tesla-removes-any-mention-of-standard-model-3-battery-from-website-fans-panic/ https://www.eqmagpro.com/tesla-removes-any-mention-of-standard-model-3-battery-from-website-fans-panic/ Even YouTube has a story on it:
  14. G. David Felt
    Very cool, ever see the Blast freezers in work where they mist a seasalt brine over the fresh seafood as it enters one end of the unit and on the other only 15 to 20 seconds later it comes out frozen hard and coated in the salt water keeping it very fresh tasting. The units are freaky amazing and fast and I have also seen a few idiots that got injured by them. I am planning a remodel of my house and will put on a heat pump as a more efficient temp and humidity control unit over an AC unit. What kind of commercial refrigeration did you work on?
  15. G. David Felt
    This is exciting, better looking than a Tesla 3. EXCITEMENT!!!!
  16. G. David Felt
    Love that Green, WOW! Pass on the Diesel, cool spec's, but Pass, would rather take a gas or better yet Hybrid / EV version. Dash looks dated to me and the Nav screen is an after thought again and looks out of place. I can just see so many of these getting broken off as people reach for other stuff. Nice proportions of the side and front. I like the look, but the rear makes me think blah German, is it BMW, MB or Audi. They all seem to have this same very generic look. Sad,
  17. G. David Felt
    My dad was in the commercial side of the Refrigeration business. So Cold storage warehouses for the fruit farms in Eastern Washington to flash freezing units for the Alaska fishing fleet that births at Fisherman's terminal here in Seattle and canneries from Seattle to Dutch Harbor Alaska in the Aleutian Islands and processing ships all use heavy gauge steel and welding.
  18. G. David Felt
    That is interesting, never seen a 110 mig before, cool. Glad you can run it on all local 100 power. It could be that my machine and how I grew up was due to my dad being in the commercial side of refrigeration and as such he always would buy the tools from his supplier that they bought for the shop in Seattle. As such, he had 220 / 30 amp twist locks installed in our garage and I have always had them too. What I grew up used to using.
  19. G. David Felt
    The only reason I mention retro is how flat and vertical the whole dash is, really reminds me of the luxury cars of the 80's. Rest of it is clearly 21st century new. Nice but I like the 21st century curve of the Cadillac dash way better. Course if you or anyone else wants to buy me an A8, I promise I will happily accept it.
  20. G. David Felt
    @lengnert If cadillac would just take this car and produce it they would win a bunch of customers for the Personal Luxury Coupe Market. If they feel El Miraj is too Muslim sounding, then use Eldorado and call it a day! I think Lincoln and Cadillac would have winner winner chicken dinner on their hands 5 stars if they built these cars.
  21. G. David Felt
    Washington state Dishwashers are CODE. They have to have a proper hard line for the drain and hard wired to a resettable circuit breaker box under the sink. So here you have to buy the dishwasher even if you do not want to use it as code for the house building in Washington is there has to be one, hard plumbed and hard wired in. I am fine with the Hard wired 220V 30amp circuit plug in the garage as it can be used by more than just an EV charger unit. I know many folks have hobbies and if your into wood working or metal work, many large equipment machines will use that outlet. Growing up I have always had 220V 30 amp twist lock outlets in the garage. Makes it easy to plug in the Line fed welder. ?
  22. G. David Felt
    USB Outlets, at least here in Washington, you can now get a 10 pack of the above for $100 dollars, flip the circuit breaker and replace them all where ever you want in the house. Here a Phillips screwdriver and 5-10 minutes per outlet to convert. My 1952 house has them all throughout. In 1999 when I bought it and gutted the house to the studs, I also put in plenum tubing so every room has gigabit hard wired network access. Faster than WiFi. Planned for the future. My garage has 220V 30AMP so I just have to get a Charger unit with the 220V twist lock to plug in and yes I can take it with me or you can have it hard wired. Your choice at least here in Washington State. Tesla now offers their home charger with the Twist lock plug so you can take your charger with you where ever you move. That has become one of the standards, so as long as you have the required 220V 30AMP outlet, you are EV ready.
  23. G. David Felt
    @smk4565 That looks so 80's retro with a 21st century twist for Audi: I would rather take Cadillac over the nice mess above.
  24. G. David Felt
    @balthazar To quote our resident EV hater Blu, you do realize that the argument is a slippery slop that can be applied to Electricity, door locks, water lines in the house, etc. At one time we all started out with only a wood roof and walls around us and then as others added windows, indoor plumbing and electricity, everyone else wanted it too. Might be 2% now but especially in areas, AKA West Coast so many more have it that a number of folks moving into the area for jobs are also looking for homes that are EV/PHEV plug-in ready. So a $500 220 charger in the Garage and a $500 dishwasher in the kitchen. Not everyone will use either one or both some might ignor both all together so then why have the dishwasher in the house? At this point I get what you are saying in an area with low use and not much support or stated requirement from the GOV, why have it. Yet in areas that have large EV / PHEV Plug-in ownership, it makes sense to have it and require it.
  25. G. David Felt
    We think alike, I would rather drive and see the country than fly unless large bodies of water to cross. Cruising is nice but unless you have a number of islands to at least visit every other day, seeing the same Beluga whales on the ship attempting to get brown when all they do is turn lobster red is boring. I am not a shopper or gambler, so like you, skip Vegas and see the grand canyon and all the cool stuff to do there. Since the skywalk opened, I want to return to visit and see what it is like to be so far up in the air and look straight down. Should be very freaky cool with the floor of the Grand Canyon at 1,160 feet and the Skywalk is at 4,770 feet. Should make for some crazy high views looking down. I am sure my wife and mother would have a hard time walking it if at all as they are afraid of heights or what science calls Acrophobia.
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