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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    WOW, had no idea that Mustang had a sports wagon. Plenty of cool other cars too like the Chevy Laguna, DeTomaso Mangusta, Ford Torino Talladega, Plymouth Belvedere, Dodge Demon, Pontiac Ventura GTO, Mercury Cyclone Spoiler,
  2. G. David Felt
    Crazy Time Capsules - 1957 Plymouth Belvedere capsule Very cool as a company stepped up to de-rust and stabilize her. Some very cool video pictures.
  3. G. David Felt
    I have noticed a couple times till this morning walking to work that I saw 2 different colored Lincoln MKT Town Cars being used by Lyft services. I do wonder as we go Hybrid across the board and EVs become more common. Will taxi / private car services go with CUVs for the interior space?
  4. G. David Felt
    http://fortune.com/2018/06/18/audi-ceo-rupert-stadler-arrested/ According to Fortune.com web site, they are reporting that Monday Morning the German Government arrested Audi CEO Rupert Stradler for his role in the 2015 VW diesel emissions scandal. They are reporting that he was arrested due to the highly potential risk of suppressing and tampering with evidence related to the Dieselgate as the news has come to call this issue. VW has confirmed that he has been arrested and have no further news to report. This comes at a time when Munich Prosecutors raided his apartment and widened their probe into board members as VW agreed to pay a $1.2 Billion US or $1 Billion Euros fine for the ongoing scandal. VW currently has legal proceedings in 55 countries as well as facing stock-market manipulation in Germany. Bloomberg has reported that VW alone set aside $27 Billion Euros to cover this but that they have surpassed this and this does not take into account the costs that will come from Audi and Porsche for their own Diesel emission cheating auto's. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-18/audi-ceo-stadler-taken-into-custody-in-diesel-probe
  5. G. David Felt
    Even back East they swap out the VW Engine for an LS!
  6. G. David Felt
    Yes there was a ton of VW products and no I only saw 1 TDi that was gutted internally and the guy was showing off that he had put an LS motor into the car. Diesel is not a desired auto powertrain here.
  7. G. David Felt
    Did a 500 Mile road trip yesterday, over the North Cascade Highway, back over Highway 2. The PNW German Auto group had their yearly get together in the town of Leavenworth. A german town that has embraced their roots for tourism after the lumber mill shut down. Have to say I really like this Matte Purple Audi. Stopped at a fruit stand and found this which was very cool.
  8. G. David Felt
    Saw an Oldsmobile Alero in Mint condition. Have been seeing alot of older auto's posted in Estate sales which is where I am thinking this came from as I have not seen an Alero in forever let alone in just amazing shape like it just came off the sales floor.
  9. G. David Felt
    I believe except for the US market, most E-Class sales are still into the Taxi Business in Europe.
  10. G. David Felt
    IIHS Top Safety Picks for 2018, Surprise Prius and Ioniq lost out to Kia Niro http://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings/TSP-List Amazing but for 2018, the Kia Niro bested the Prius and Ioniq as IIHS top Safety pick plus rating. Interesting observation is that this auto beats everyone else out as long as you have all the options checked as the Base Niro is good just not as good as the Niro that was used for testing.
  11. G. David Felt
    Your E-Class is the world's best in YOUR EYES, The only reason it is successful is the cheap purchases MB makes for the mass Taxi community to buy them. Otherwise just a Meh car, clearly no time spent in a CT6 as it is superior in many ways and equal in others to the E-Class.
  12. G. David Felt
    Totally agree, nice looking auto, but the 6 series is a flop, so I also wonder what business case they sold the board on to green light building this? ?
  13. G. David Felt
    Bet a Fleet mgr would not turn down Uber or Lyft from buying them. Fusion Hybrid police package does make an interesting used auto purchase when they hit that magic 100,000 miles retirement point for the police department.
  14. G. David Felt
    They are BIG FANS of the Predator Movies I think!
  15. G. David Felt
    Cool New Taxi Options from Ford: https://www.autoblog.com/2018/06/14/ford-fusion-hybrid-taxi-diesel-transit-connect/ Fusion Hybrid with Cop suspension and brakes or a Diesel Transit Taxi. ?
  16. G. David Felt
    So how would you justify the Polestar in comparison to the craptastic A to C class AMG versions. I think this kicks their ass.
  17. G. David Felt
    Yea like everyone wants a crappy C, B or A class MB. Badge snobs with crap products is all that MB makes there in addition to the E-Class Taxi cab of the world with a 52% depreciation loss in the first 3 years.
  18. G. David Felt
    What an ugly auto with a terrible dash. It is like they decided to pick pieces from everyone and throw it into the dash and call it good. You have the circle vents on the outside of the dash by the windows which remind me of Mercedes-benz, cheap rectangle vents in the center stack, the heat control section under the center vents says Ford to me but I cannot seem to remember which specific model I seen that control panel on. Weird, but it really is just a mess or design types with no flow and terrible quality. Bill is right on in that the Alfa line is a PASS for everyone as there are far superior products out there.
  19. G. David Felt
    Agree, I think it would be very interesting to see from 2000 to 2017 a chart showing this level of detail on how the auto industry in all categories has gone. I think you would be right in seeing very small gains in the SUV/Truck segment compared to the car segment.
  20. G. David Felt
    I was a take it or leave it on the streaks, never really cared about it, I loved the Vertical headlights and the Beak nose in the grill.
  21. G. David Felt
    Yes true, but my bad I should have stated, EV and Plug-In Hybrid in CUV form. Ya know me all about the CUV.
  22. G. David Felt
    Never understood how people lose their center cap? ? Just noticed that Monte has the T Top option. Sweet.
  23. G. David Felt
    This Matte Green with the Matte gold rims actually works for me.
  24. G. David Felt
    I totally agree with you that they will sell the shit out of the XT4 and the CT6 VSport was cool and move. But this was a chance to also put the Germans on Notice and surprise the rest of the auto world by showing off a Luxury EV Concept. I think we are all in agreement that Marketing of Cadillac and the rest of GM has really sucked and GM needs all the positive shocking wake up and take notice announcements. Maybe this is the fault of the ex leader of Cadillac being too slow and too focused on mimicking the Germans, but Cadillac should have a plug-in Hybrid and EV concept shown already and be working to have them out by Spring 2019. Just my feelings on this, I think Cadillac could and should have done much more.
  25. G. David Felt
    As I posted in the Random thread, I think Porsche will have the SOUL of EV auto's for the German / European brands. I expect Mercedes-benz to be the poster child for ev excess of so many models but soulless and BMW will be just below them along with VW. Audi might get a little soul from Porsche in their EV auto's.
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