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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Looks like a Beefy Station wagon, hopefully a better grill than on the current CUV/SUVs. Not a fan of the Big Mouth Billy Bass grill.
  2. G. David Felt
    OK, so then our basic HD trucks pollute more than these medium commercial trucks and so they have to be detuned?
  3. G. David Felt
    But as we have already seen, this is not a death for ever of the bug and they clearly can bring it back when there is more demand, but at this point the bulk of society that wants a bug has a bug and the larger more profitable market has moved onto CUV's and clearly a demand for the VW Bus again or aka ID Buzz.
  4. G. David Felt
    Totally agree since there are multiple Turbo kits out for the auto's as is. Does make one wonder if they are looking to make the next generation an EV or Hybrid.
  5. G. David Felt
    Good thoughts, be interesting to find out, if the engine is a pre exhaust fluid, then they should have updated to the current tune with exhaust fluid. All commercial companies love torque to tow and move their loads. Be interesting to see what Bill digs up. Thanks
  6. G. David Felt
    I am all for cleaner but in reading it again based on your reply, the engine is the same in both auto's just a different tune that allows it to meet the emissions requirements for the weight class. That is how I read it myself. @William Maley Bill is it two different engines or the same engine with two different tunes?
  7. G. David Felt
    Talk about BLIND SPOTS with those fins!
  8. G. David Felt
    WOW Who would have thunk that if you build an auto that Americans want with names they like that sales would increase. for the last 40 years you could tell that a small car company attitude for Europe and Asian is not what works in America.
  9. G. David Felt
    Toyota is wanting to keep everyone as far away from their golden goose as possible and Honda is going to have to accept that the investment to keep their Accord on par with the Camry comes with the cost of having to take less money upfront to recover R&D. It might be a great improvement, but most people have moved away from cars and to have 600 sitting on a lot is just crazy. Cost of doing business when you are the #1 or #2 car in a shrinking segment. I would not be surprised to see most automakers reduce their cars to just a couple.
  10. G. David Felt
    Great tag on the end!!!
  11. G. David Felt
    Proving how closed minded you are, the interior space was never an issue for me, plenty in the front and back. The wife could not accept the white accent V in the dash. As such we wait for other EV options. Nice try but then you knew that and your comment fails.
  12. G. David Felt
    Manuals are on their deathbed. Very few people can drive them, very few want to even bother with them anymore. The day of a manual is coming to its end.
  13. G. David Felt
    And you continue to FEAR that CHANGE is inevitable. Buyers are NOT Buying Manuals, Buyers are not buying Bugs, Personal Choice of lifestyle has made CUV the king now, fact supported by Sales Numbers. Yes everything is probably paid for so that they could continue to produce their small number of bugs, but then the assembly line is needed to produce other items that have bigger desire by the public. As Drew stated, Choice is what will finally have EVs take off and that is coming. Lucky for you your job will still be around due to idiots crashing their EV's no different than ICE auto's. Repairs must be made.
  14. G. David Felt
    Thanks for the update, very cool info!
  15. G. David Felt
    Interesting how you never see the Germans making performance runs at Bonneville!
  16. G. David Felt
    Exciting but they must do better than 700BHP. Tesla already has this staked in the ground with their AWD S model. 2018 Tesla S P100D 760 HP / 920 Lb-Ft Torque 2018 Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid TTV8 / Electric assist = 680 HP / 626 Lb-Ft Torque Less just say, that Tesla is the Yard Stick and Porsche has some catching up to do.
  17. G. David Felt
    Cool history on the company here though. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1809.html Cool Info here with sales data back to 1998 https://www.statisticbrain.com/general-motors-statistics/ Nice History of GM here also, though focused on Canada. http://www.gm.ca/gm/english/corporate/about/ourhistory/detail Also love this 95 years of Chevy Trucks story. http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2012/10/95-years-of-chevy-pickup-history.html
  18. G. David Felt
    Agree with you on the Olds Gas conversion to Diesel engine sell. That was the start of death for them. My dad had an auto repair business and I cannot tell you how many Olds Diesel auto's with less than 30K miles had blown and people paid to have the motor replaced with a gas motor as Olds had all kinds of excuses of why it was the owners fault and would not honor the warranty of an engine replacement. Old shot themselves big time with this mess.
  19. G. David Felt
    I totally agree with the statement about MB and their 3 bos limo segment S-Class. I would hope that while making it bigger, the next XJ would bring interior room and space to a driving machine.
  20. G. David Felt
    In that case, then you have the following top 5 options for VIN checking for reported accidents/repairs. Problem is that 3rd party repair shops are not required to report auto repairs and as such there is no complete system that I am aware of. http://www.autocheck.com - Alternative to Carfax http://www.vehiclehistory.gov - National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) https://www.nicb.org - National Insurance Crime Bureau https://www.carproof.com - alternative to Carfax, but focused on auto's built in Canada shipped into the US. If US built, not going to help. http://www.internetautoguide.com - Another way to look for info on used or new auto's. Then as you mentioned, Consumer Reports or as I mentioned JD Powers or TrueDelta.
  21. G. David Felt
    Amazon has a huge long term contract for delivery of Amazon Prime packages. The postal service needs the bigger auto's as while mail delivery has reduced greatly, their package delivery service has jumped to where the current auto's are no longer sufficient.
  22. G. David Felt
    I would have to Think that GM has to have records on the number of autos built every year.
  23. G. David Felt
    I have Thor Ragnok and The Shape of Water. Both great movies. Surprised that The Shape of Water won so many awards and with the sexuality in the movie. WOW. Still awesome movie.
  24. G. David Felt
    Very cool, thanks for clarifying that, I missed the destination charge.
  25. G. David Felt
    CUV is King and the Bug's time has come to die. Lifestyle makes the bug not desirable by people and that shows in the sales numbers. Hail the New King, CUV!
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