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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    E-Torque offers lots of gain, not the fuel efficiency but the torque from zero on the truck. It is a great system to increase the bed capacity and trailer capacity. Ram is behind Ford and especially GM in making efficient lite trucks, so they went this route especially since they have no real small cars.
  2. G. David Felt
    Looking at these two I would have to say we can say that the mid engine Corvette is a halo car for Cadillac. Very cool and excited by this. I still think Cadillac will have an AWD EV.
  3. G. David Felt
    Wish they would allow two Emoji on a post as my first was and the second was ? Totally agree with you, Escala with AWD Electric would rock! Talk about being the most quiet smooth ride around! Truly World Class Leading.
  4. G. David Felt
    Why should you even care about the eco-weenies or should anyone when this is about off road capabilities, not efficiency. Great that it beats the Raptor and e-torque Rebel, but how did it stack up against them in the off road actual use? Any reports yet on what it should be able to do better than any others? ?
  5. G. David Felt
    Yet they import and sell all the S-Class from Germany, so why would the 1% care about where the auto is built?
  6. G. David Felt
    I wonder if we can get it with a side of Moo-shoo pork?
  7. G. David Felt
    If they are killing off cars, then Motor1.com has shown the 15 worst cars that should also die. https://www.motor1.com/features/282006/worst-selling-cars-trucks-2018/ Units sold since the start of 2018 15th - Audi A7 at 1,959 14th - Jaguar XF at 1,944 13th - Jaguar F-Type at 1,925 12th - Mercedes-Benz SL-Class at 1,787 11th - Mercedes-Benz SLC-Class at 1,692 10th - Lexus LC at 1,688 9th - Acura RLX at 1,556 8th - Jabuar XJ at 1,365 7th - Fiat 500L at 1,327 6th - Toyota Mirai at 1,263 - Seems crazy to include Hydrogen autos 5th - Audi TT at 1,244 4th - Smart For Two at 1,054 3rd - Audi A8 at 909 2nd - Kia K900 at 277 1st - Alfa Romeo 4C at 217 units I would say if Cadillac cannot make a profit on the CT6, then how can any of these auto companies make a profit and all these cars should be killed off for the US.
  8. G. David Felt
    WOW, full of shit. Right, so much for being polite and accepting of others and their different opinions. I usually do not fit in small cars, but the Escort GT was my first new car out of college and Mazda built it so I could fit in the car with head room to spare. Yes no one could sit behind me but I fit just fine and it became the wife's car. Some do build roomy small cars for single big guys.
  9. G. David Felt
    That is why I like it is the super clean front end and not an overkill crazy grill like you see on the Lexus or so many others. Very clean, love the daytime running strip and how it is used to indicate recharge. The vertical are the actual headlights, lower for regular lights, upper section for high beams. Clean distinct and different from the rest of the auto industry and the craziness of large grills they have done. This view really does remind me of a Smiling Emoji!
  10. G. David Felt
    There is a business for you, 3rd party front panel replacements that would look better. I honestly am surprised that between the headlights, those vertical light sections that the area is not connected to the hood to open up with it and improve the ease of access into that lovely Frunk!
  11. G. David Felt
    OK, that is good to know, things can get confused on the various forums on how people post, so if that was it, then that is good to know. Currently this forum where members have the Fiesta ST seem to have clutch issues, front mount inter-cooler issues and interior noises / rattles. https://www.fiestast.org/forum/fiesta-st-discussions/4117-what-common-problems-issues-new-fiesta-st.html Of course according to this site: http://www.fordproblems.com/models/fiesta/ Fiesta owners are having the most trouble with the transmission (52%), interior (8%), and the engine (7%). Glad I do not have the Focus as it seems to have plenty of Transmission issues for the 2018 model year and there are lawsuit websites setup already. http://2018fordfocustransmissionproblems.com/ Anyways, I hope that this helps secure GM's long term life as I think the plant closing and headcount reduction is the right thing to do. Ford should be doing this faster too as they really need to address that debt issue.
  12. G. David Felt
    Transmission issues from what I have read and gasket issues. As long as the gaskets are holding and the transmission has not gone loony the cars seem to drive well according to what I have read on forums and in the media.
  13. G. David Felt
    @A Horse With No Name So guys these things always come in 3's. Ford, Football and ?????????? Please we gotta know what your third disagreement is!
  14. G. David Felt
    The 4.2L TT V8 I suspect is greatly understated at 550 hp / 627 lb-ft of torque. I expect the next Escalade to have their normal and at least a V-Sport if not a full blown V edition. I believe we will see the Escalade with a normal DI V8, then V-Sport with a current TT V8 and the V edition will be the dialed up TT V8 SUV. I also would not be suprised to see this show up in the XT6 or 7 what ever they call it. As for cars, CT5 and if they keep the CT6 or CT7 or what ever, I expect GM to maximize the return on investment by having it at various power levels in these cars too till they can no longer support them due to customer demand for EVs replace it. My gut tells me they could push the TT V8 to around 800hp and 1000 lb-ft of torque.
  15. G. David Felt
    I truly believe auto's like the Cruze never had a chance with the poor marketing that GM has done for auto's. They seem to as is now clear with Cadillac advertise the hell out of a single auto. XT4 and then I doubt in a year we will hear anything about it. Mercedes-Benz and Kia coping them seems to understand the need to market the family of auto's and point out the performance, family hauler, date night, etc. cars in the family and start and end with an overview of the whole family of choices. Why does GM not get this, XT4 can be the highlight, but why not show off the full family of CUV/SUV and give them all some lime light.
  16. G. David Felt
    I think GM not only knows what is best for them, but is doing the right thing in mothballing low utilization plants, moving where needed assembly line workers and reducing the thick layer of management so that they can be more reactive to the market. One thing that the Tech industry has shown us is that the largest companies die if they stay fat and thick with mgmt and slow changing manufacturing. This is something DC does not understand. GM should not have more than 8 or 9 levels from the assembly line worker to the CEO. Dell Technology now as the biggest tech company now in the world, to stay nimble, they need thin mgmt. and lean manufacturing along with nibble engineering to quickly change to market conditions and I love knowing there is only 4 levels between me a worker bee Engineer and our CEO Micheal Dell. GM will benefit big time with reduced white collar levels and faster nimble assembly on a global platform that does not require additional assembly sites to build the products. I see problems coming for the German brands as they are fat with union labor, assembly plants that are under utilized and a socialist environment that will hinder change. GM will be the American auto company along with Asians that will change to the market dynamics and survive. I hope Ford survives, but I do not see it in it's current form. They have hard times ahead. GM did the right things now! Yes they are highly regarded, but they also have some serious power train issues.
  17. G. David Felt
    Do not forget their best one yet, the 1991 Escort GT, that was the best Ford built as it was Built by Mazda for Ford. Insurance industry went to task over the GT Pocket Rocket. That was a solid reliable long last car. Ford has gone down hill ever since they stopped that car and decided to build their crappy replacement.
  18. G. David Felt
    The lack of common sense from you can be mind boggling at times!
  19. G. David Felt
    The more pictures I see of this from the LA Auto show, the more I am really liking the interior of this SUV. Clearly people who live an active life style had input into what they want out of an SUV like this. Rock on Rivian! https://www.autoblog.com/2018/11/29/2018-l-a-auto-show-mega-photo-gallery/#slide-7476970 I really hope GM has something like this to show and sell. Would love to buy an AWD pure EV full size SUV from them, but if not and when Rivian gets to building / selling them, I will take a serious look at them.
  20. G. David Felt
    Love that burgundy color. Makes it much nicer looking than in silver. Watching this video, I am impressed with what they built for a FWD/AWD CUV. Impressed with the adult capable 3rd row. Nice job.
  21. G. David Felt
    Plenty of news and science to go with this, but while a portion of wells are shallow, there are many that are much deeper and an example is Oklahoma. No earthquakes before deep fracking and now enough study's have been done that the research does verify that fracking is causing the hundreds of earthquakes that Oklahoma is now getting. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-27/oklahoma-toughens-oil-fracking-rules-as-shale-earthquakes-climb In regards to the Oil industry, yes they get trillions in tax breaks but they also do take subsidies. Oil industry companies here in the US took $88 billion in tax payers money and so far I have not seen any oil company such as Exxon Mobil who made who made $52 billion profit on $244 billion in sales for 2017 turn down the billions given to them by the gov. I realize that some companies get more than others and the biggest ones get the least, but plenty of countries subsidize oil / gas including the US. So in fairness we either subsidize both electric and gas auto's or we do none. I am fine with none. Use the money to shore up SS. I honestly do not think GM will shrink long term in regards to their head count. They have thousands of openings in self driving to all things EV. I see no reason for those in the plants being mothballed from getting jobs at other plants or taking advantage of their retraining to get new skills and still end up working for GM or any other auto company.
  22. G. David Felt
    I think this is more staging for negotiations with the UAW. GM has also since stated that most will probably get reallocated to other assembly lines where they need additional hands as they idle these plants. I also think this is a way to force re-education of job skills and pay as GM moves towards a larger EV product line.
  23. G. David Felt
    Will have to check this out when it hits the lots. @Drew Dowdell how do you feel the interior space is for big people like me?
  24. G. David Felt
    It reminds me of the bottom feeder fish. Pass
  25. G. David Felt
    Nice looking but not my style of interest. It should sell and do OK in the market place.
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