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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Very cool, be exciting to see how close to the concept they stay.
  2. G. David Felt
    Cool
  3. G. David Felt
    So many better Vans out of our past compared to this 3 pointed Turd of a Van! Gotta love the 70's and 80's custom van scene. We really need to get people back to building cool auto's!
  4. G. David Felt
    Seems to be in direct conflict with MB being the Luxury auto company of the world. Guess they better either turn it into another $100K van with luxury or kill it.
  5. G. David Felt
    I know it is high and that MB has been driving sales by lowering lease rates to get more people into their badge. With that said, Interesting read, from 2014 so 3 years old, but at this time Mercedes Benz was leasing 60% of new car sales and states they fear the hundreds of thousands of off lease auto's coming back will overwhelm their dealerships and as such they will have to dump them on the used 3rd party auto market. http://www.autonews.com/article/20140414/RETAIL/140419915/mercedes-dealers-in-u.s.-could-be-overwhelmed-by-wave-of-off-lease Very interesting. I have to assume that they are still this high if not higher. Leasing is going to hurt at some time the market for their auto's. Been looking, but I wish one could easily find the Percentage of Leasing to buying for each auto OEM.
  6. G. David Felt
    http://www.cnbc.com/2015/06/01/record-highs-of-americans-leasing-vehicles.html According to this story, Leasing of Auto's was at 31% of all new auto purchases on June 1 2015. They say due to lower monthly rates and the ability to drive a nicer auto, more people are going with Leases. Interesting read, from 2014 so 3 years old, but at this time Mercedes Benz was leasing 60% of new car sales and states they fear the hundreds of thousands of off lease auto's coming back will overwhelm their dealerships and as such they will have to dump them on the used 3rd party auto market. http://www.autonews.com/article/20140414/RETAIL/140419915/mercedes-dealers-in-u.s.-could-be-overwhelmed-by-wave-of-off-lease Very interesting.
  7. G. David Felt
    Very interesting Reading: https://www.bts.gov/sites/bts.dot.gov/files/docs/browse-statistical-products-and-data/bts-publications/202411/pocketguide2017revised.pdf This shows that an auto purchase is the second largest expense in households right now behind the house itself or rent. Lots of other interesting statistics. Enjoy the read.
  8. G. David Felt
    @A Horse With No Name OK guys, just checked the web site, the following models allow the Rhino color: Trailhawk Altitude SRT Those are the only 3 trim levels you can get Rhino in according to their web site. Cubical is correct, there are allot of colors, but only available at certain trim levels. Overland and Summit have much more than the others but no Rhino. Interesting.
  9. G. David Felt
    Really? WOW, that is interesting to know, the Rhino color of being blue/grey/black just really strikes a nice look. Alex being a graphic designer always had black on black auto's but really liked the contrast of this color and changed his mind at the last minute when he test drove it on a sunny day. Just rocks.
  10. G. David Felt
    Dead Man Walking, Takata, this cost will hit all automakers and it will hurt.
  11. G. David Felt
    Have to say that I really like the Rhino Color with Black rims that my son bought. Nice Contrast Rhino with Black accent.
  12. G. David Felt
    Just hope they do not make the P Stinger in Yellow!
  13. G. David Felt
    Agree, makes no sense to bring this over especially when doing so with an EV model makes more sense.
  14. G. David Felt
    Yup, Has the Darth Vader thing going on! Course would take this too!
  15. G. David Felt
    True, a winch would destroy the looks of the Escalade, but I would still take it off road and risk the sheetmetal for going places in comfort.
  16. G. David Felt
    So wear a Michigan shirt that says "Sucky my frosty Blue Balls OSU!"
  17. G. David Felt
    @A Horse With No Name @Cubical-aka-Moltar Guys ya gotta admit this is a bad ass looking SUV. Monochromatic makes this nice looking. They went back to the first generation Durango and recaptured the essence.
  18. G. David Felt
    Totally agree with this and Washington state you see the luxury SUVs all the time out in the woods / mountains.
  19. G. David Felt
    All achieved by increasing cheap Leases. Most of the gains are people that could not truly afford a Benz auto. Eventually this will cost them and hurt them more than help. Get ready for a glut of depressed prices once all the lease auto's come back in. The last few years MB has grown market share due to the reduced cost of leases that allowed people who would normally not be able to afford them drive one. Be interesting to see the condition they come back in.
  20. G. David Felt
    Local News is reminding people if your CUV/SUV is not properly outfitted, do not go off road or onto the state beaches. You will have an expensive cost to recover stuck auto's especially on the beach like this one.
  21. G. David Felt
    Guess I live in a very different market place as X3's tend to be out and about along with the X5 in the woods and get stuck more than I would have thought around washington.
  22. G. David Felt
    So few will be sold as it will essentially be another Halo auto in the multitude of Halo auto's mostly owned by the Arab rim. Bigger discussion is the false assumption by Benz that having Cheap auto's that compete against Ford, Chevrolet, Toyota will give future sales of upgrading to more expensive auto's down the road. Marketing has proven this to be a lie. Many people do not move up from Economy class to mid class to luxury class in the same family of auto's. This is why we have clear Luxury product lines. Down the road in 3-5 years I actually expect these low cost Eco box's from Benz to HURT their Luxury level here in the states.
  23. G. David Felt
    Yup that might be in your area, but here in washington it is amazing how many think their BMW CUV can take on a jeep and go anywhere off road. I see plenty getting pulled out by Jeeps, Fords and GM 4x4's. It really is pretty funny.
  24. G. David Felt
    I understand and have thought on this. 1) Seats do need a major change. My 2006 Escalade is far more comfortable than the current 2017 Escalade. Not sure why Cadillac seems to think that flat seats are comfortable seats. They can leave the seat belts on the B pillar for the Suburban and Yukon but I like them built into the seats for Cadillac. This is the only thing I would agree on with CR about. 2006 Seats 2017 Seats I think from a luxury stand point, the quality of build is there and they do need to get this message out. Quality built, but they also need to market this in a much better way than their current you tube social media advertising. The lack of seeing Cadillac on the TV, as well as on shows is pathetic. I see more MB and BMW commercials than Cadillac. Right now, Cadillac is not winning by staying silent. I also think they need to have commercials showing the fun you can have in an Escalade. Road Trips, Skiing, Beach, Boating, etc. The Escalade is more than just a badge of wealth you drive it back and forth to Work and to expensive restaurants. They need to show that the SUV can handle the special night out as well as Life in general in a luxury way. MARKETING - Pure and SImple, their marketing sucks and needs to be corrected.
  25. G. David Felt
    On paper they sure like to state the we are a driving machine, but in reality I have yet to see their CUV's actually be able to handle much more than a dirt road with rounded mounds of rock like in the picture that SMK points out. Lets take this out on the Rubicon trail and see how it really handles or any other trail system. I wonder how it would do with the so called Trail Rated system Jeep uses to test their CUVs?
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