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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    So Mr. Musk and all His Tesla X drivers that beat ICE equal CUV's are not men then? Interesting
  2. G. David Felt
    So true, this would kill off their ultra small car sales and people would move to this. Gut tells me this also has to do with the crazy unions and it would kill off production of areas that would cause them to pay for no work. So scrap along with little sales on some work for the pay they have to do. Stupid decision by VW!
  3. G. David Felt
    Bolt Bolt Chevy Version of a Beep Beep All 6'6" 280lbs of me comfy in the Bolt!
  4. G. David Felt
    Especially considering that their is more room in the Bolt for a big guy like me than in these rakes CUV's.
  5. G. David Felt
    Except Jeep and Ram, I can see surviving post FCA.
  6. G. David Felt
    Your Too funny, Yes I love my full size SUV's, Yes I care about our planet and would rather drive an EV SUV. Sadly I have tried to do my part with CNG, but in the end, I do not care about the MPG as long as I have the room, safety and comfort of the SUV I drive.
  7. G. David Felt
    Coupe CUV's versus traditional CUV's are kinda like facial hair, you like it or you don't. To each their own and I hold nothing against someone that loves their Coupe CUV, for me Coupe CUV's are Meh, pass. I want a real SUV with plenty of space for whatever I might do down the road. And who cares about MPG.
  8. G. David Felt
    Sorry but have to disagree with you. The Nissan Murano is a perfect example of how the raked look and curve on the sides took away the interior space that is needed for a set of golf clubs in the bag from side to side. This raked look or Jelly bean look as I call it really eats up usable interior space compared to the Brick look of an SUV.
  9. G. David Felt
    I understand and respect your point of view, but to me I still see these auto's as a fail. I find many of them with low miles on the used auto lot. People who live an active life style find these types of CUV's to fail to provide them the room / space to haul people plus their gear. Many that play golf have ended up trading in these auto's due to the failed interior space. To me, you can have a sporty SUV like my Trailblazer SS that can still haul people plus handle 4 golf bags in the back. You and @ccap41 have hit the nail for those that want a CUV type look that has been cross bred with a Sports car, the small but sellable pool is showing this to replace the 2 door sports car for many. Yet, if you expect to haul 4-5 people plus golf clubs for everyone or ski gear, you need a different tool as these fail to handle that based on my own real world experience. Example of a fail on interior space but success in sales is the 2nd generation SRX from Cadillac. Talk about tight space inside, but sold crazy to people until that person needed said space and then off to something else.
  10. G. David Felt
    The Nissan and Infinity versions are just as bad. Coworker has both, Infinity for his wife and Nissan for himself and I have been in both and the interior space sucks, none of these auto's without putting down the back seat can even hold a normal set of golf clubs. Plus as I said, big people these auto's fail to give the room they need and I am not talking about being Obese, but just talk, muscular people. The very norm in my family.
  11. G. David Felt
    Disagree, those are all butt ugly auto's with terrible interior space and limited real world use. Especially for big people these auto's are complete fails.
  12. G. David Felt
    Love the comparison at the end to the Volt as I was wondering the same things you covered. Nice job. Personally, I am amazed they took the Hydrogen auto front and rear design and applied it to the Prius Prime. Took a car that you either love or hate in looks and made it even uglier. Center dash, that is a huge unsafe design IMHO. Your almost looking over in front of the passenger to see the last of the info in that small height long dash screen. How do dashes like this not contribute to distracted driving? If they feel most of this info is not needed during driving, put it on a big screen in the center dash and add HUD directly in front of the driver so their focus is truly in front. I also question such a small battery pack, this shows Toyota is really slipping behind with such a meager EV range. With the deals out there, I see no reason to buy this car when you can get a superior Volt for just a few dollars more.
  13. G. David Felt
    I do not expect 200-250K reservations to go to the Bolt or Leaf 2.0. I do expect some will and the others will go to Jag, MB, BMW, Audi, etc. as more luxury and mid level EV's come on the market and drop waiting for Tesla. Some might consider Tesla a Status symbol, but more and more they do not look that way and the slow roll out will make people rethink Tesla.
  14. G. David Felt
    UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE Nissan is going to Amaze your Senses with the Leaf 2.0 according to their recent press release. http://nissannews.com/en-US/nissan/usa/releases/new-nissan-leaf-amaze-your-senses Plus another teaser, now we know what the tail light will look like come September 5 at the release.
  15. G. David Felt
    Trust me when I say I get the point your trying to make, yet with this, we both I think are in agreement that a mini pickup like a Ford Ranger or Chevy Luv is missing from the market. Back in 2014 the Nissan Leaf team built their own EV pickup and people for years have been asking for Nissan to build it. http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1094509_worlds-first-nissan-leaf-electric-pickup-truck-for-shop-use-only After this hit SEMA and online EV sites, Nissan then built a concept to show off and get feedback. Since then, this has been talked about and Nissan says if they build one it would be on version 2.0. So once the Leaf 2.0 is launched with battery options, one has to wonder if a Leaf 2.0 Truck will finally happen. A truck with a 500-1000 lb capacity is all inner city folks really need as do city gov's that need to send two people out to do basic cleanup and maintenance at the parks, etc. Many would do fine with this pickup, I know my dad loved his Chevy Luv Series 5 pickup. I inherited it and restored it and loved it till I sold it to fund my college in Japan. I wish I still had that truck today. Drew this is one time I disagree with you as I see a market for inner city folks as well as Cities that need a basic 1-2 person truck to take tools out to clean, maintain parks, city public zones, etc. I see in so many inner cities, full size trucks being used where a mini or mid size EV truck would make far more sense. I hear from many coworkers how finding a quality used Ranger or any other mini truck is hard as that is all they need for their Home Depot runs. I think there is more need than is given credit as companies tend to go with the sell a full size to everyone or in GM's case mid size which to me shows the need for smaller size trucks.
  16. G. David Felt
    Of course Sergio would say it was a bad idea to split Jeep away from the rest of FCA US or Europe. Jeep is paying to keep the rest of the product lines up and running. Sell off Jeep without the rest of the US products and FCA would just be in a nose dive of spending.
  17. G. David Felt
    But.......... Displacement does not work with EV's. This is supposed to support ICE / EV is my take. I agree, still stupid.
  18. G. David Felt
    Easy, there are many people who want a small truck to run to Home Depot or Loews and get some mulch, etc. Bikes are more or less now using a trailer hitch mount.
  19. G. David Felt
    I agree, I think someone took the easy way out of branding another auto.
  20. G. David Felt
    Agreed, a Mini truck in EV would work well. I still think you could even do an ICE version that would sell in decent numbers. I think like Drew points out, they need to cut the number of Mini Coopers down and add the pickup.
  21. G. David Felt
    Found the European Mini Pickup. They so should be selling this here.
  22. G. David Felt
    That would be cool as I bet many inner city people would love a mini pickup. Very Cool Having a Mini Pickup EV would be so cool!
  23. G. David Felt
    Still think there is room for a Mini Pickup in addition to the mid and full size trucks especially if the Mini is an EV.
  24. G. David Felt
    As I posted about this yesterday here: Just follow the link to the site that has the updated picture of the new Scrambler.
  25. G. David Felt
    Both Dodge and Chrysler have rich history, but that is it, right now history. Dodge has a better awareness in the market place. Chrysler has the old person, smell of death associated with it when you talk to people. I understand you liking one over the other, and I get it as I have warm feelings for Buick but if it was not for China, I would have said kill Buick also and just be a Chevy, GMC, Cadillac company. Sadly, I do not think you can really bring back Chrysler without spending billions and 100 years to rebuild. Dodge due to the performance angle has the awareness and is not as tarnished as Chrysler. That is how I see it right now.
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