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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Yea pretty much so, there are only 4 Mitsu dealers left in washington state and all 4 are located in lower income areas. Guess that is really all they can sell into now since they really have no relevant product.
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    @oldshurst442 GM New product flow Chevy - every persons auto from eco ultra sub compact to full size truck / SUV. GMC - Drops Buick name and everything is labeled GMC. Cadillac - Luxury Or were you also thinking maybe time to kill off GMC?
  3. G. David Felt
    Yup I got me email about this and talk about being pushy. I was going to post it and Bill beat me to it. Just been a crazy busy week. Still I question their motive behind this. I doubt it will change much of anything.
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    @oldshurst442As much as I always felt GM should have gone this way, I suspect they will feel too much invested in Buick to name change. Realistically they should have done as follows: Chevy, GMC, Pontiac and Cadillac. GMC as a step up from Chevy for trucks / suv's Pontiac as the excitement brand Cadillac the Luxury brand
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    @oldshurst442 That my friend is going to be hard considering how conservative China is. They might have a coronary if they saw some hot marketing buzz about a Buick Allroad Station wagon. "Live YOUR life, explore the world and conquer it all in your New Regal Roadmaster" "Leave civilian roads behind and go where others do not dare!" Imagine if you wrap up some of the best marketing from various divisions into an awesome living life slogan!
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    Space does play a role as well as style and features customers want. My family has had plenty of station wagons and we stopped after they downsized them and went to suburbans and never looked back. I remember many fond road trips in the olds, 98 station wagon and the Roadmaster. They were awesome. For most, an active life style will still take a CUV / SUV over a station wagon. Yet for others, a station wagon can do the trick if it has the right feature set with proper space.
  7. G. David Felt
    I understand the common platform across multiple product lines, but this blows and will hurt them in the US market. Way too long between model refresh let alone new updated versions.
  8. G. David Felt
    Here is a story on Ultracapacitors from 2013 were they do talk about the benefits of them with EV's and Hybrids.. http://evworld.com/news.cfm?newsid=30444 2016 MIT Story where they finally admit that Ultracapacitors did not take off in EVs due to limitations especially around carbon in in the capacitor. MIT now has a carbon free capacitor that has far greater storage and power capacity and should help to fulfill the dreams of fast charging and boosted power needs with carbon free capacitors. http://www.autoblog.com/2016/10/12/mit-adds-new-material-to-supercapacitor-for-better-evs-maybe/ Future is looking Green!
  9. G. David Felt
    I get what you are saying. Cadillac has a cool station wagon, but they forgot to make sure the back seat actually had usable room when a big person is in front. I liked the look and checked one out, but passed on it cause it failed my David Test. David has to sit in the front comfy, then I get out and get in the back seat. If I am comfy without having to change the seat in the front, it passes my test. Cadillac station wagon failed as I could not even get into the back seat as there was only about 2-3 inches from the back of the seat to the rear seat. The room in any auto is a major driving factor as to if it will possibly succeed or fail. Many that fail are due to piss poor seat space.
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    Audi 2016 Audi Allroad Sales USA - 2300 2015 Audi Allroad Sales USA - 2818 2016 Audi Q3 Sales USA - 20,048 2015 Audi Q3 Sales USA - 13,229 2016 Audi Q5 Sales USA - 49,550 2015 Audi Q5 Sales USA - 52,006 Subaru 2016 Subaru Outback Sales USA - 182,898 2015 Subaru Outback Sales USA - 152,294 2016 Subaru Forester Sales USA - 178,593 2015 Subaru Forester Sales USA - 175,192 2016 Subaru Crosstrek Sales USA - 95,677 2015 Subaru Crosstrek Sales USA - 88,927 Seems Subaru has continued to grow their sales while Audi slipped on the Allroad and Q5 but grew on the Q3.
  11. G. David Felt
    But But But America Loves Tupperware, it is part of the Make America Great focus! JK, But that is a sad state that today we still have auto's that are using such piss poor quality of materials. Surprised a vendor has not just sprayed the whole interior with LineX and called it a day.
  12. G. David Felt
    Life can be so complicated at times!
  13. G. David Felt
    Yet MB uses many of the same parts in their Commercial line, SmartCarp line and their Eco cheap products to ubber expensive products. So how is this any different than GM using the bones across all their product lines with various levels of quality of end materials and looks. Oh, Right it is not, but for MB it is OK to move the goal post and not accept this fact. If GM killed the names of Chevy, Buick, GMC and Cadillac and just went global as GM and had everything from the subcompacts to the 100K auto's, SUV's and Trucks no different than what MB has done, what would your response be then SMK?
  14. G. David Felt
    Wine 2007 Syrah actually what I had tonight. Excellent Bottle! with dark chocolate!
  15. G. David Felt
    @smk4565 Yet MB has pretty much done the Same thing. Searching online for 2017 Mercedesx-benz GL# where number equals letter, you can see that pretty much they use the same seat with tweaks across the whole product line. How is this any different than GM using the same bones across Chevy, GMC & Cadillac. Clearly people seem to not notice since Escalade Sales still are strong regardless of what is sold as a Chevy or GMC. C-Class E-Class S-Class Now for Seats, Let's see how MB has pretty much used the same seats across all models. GLA GLC GLE GLK
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    That is no different than what you find at MB from their high end CUV to their cheap ass bottom end CUV. In regards to Dash, SMK your smoking crack to say these two are identical.
  17. G. David Felt
    @hyperv6 @ocnblu @Drew Dowdell Check out this review by a Tesla Owner on his test drive of a BOLT when visiting California. Pretty impressive and even he says GM did good. He does not believe it will affect the Tesla 3 and there are things he does not like compared to his Tesla S. There are also things that he states shows GM superior engineering over Tesla. Over all he liked it and was very happy to go to a chevy dealer and find plenty of BOLTS out front by the Street clear and easy to find unlike the East coast that has them hidden in the back lot. http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1109388_chevy-bolt-ev-tested-by-tesla-model-s-owner-his-assessment
  18. G. David Felt
    Saw 2 new Colorado Crew Cab Z71 today and my first new Bolt in Washington!
  19. G. David Felt
    Red Velvet Cake
  20. G. David Felt
    Saw Two Black Colorado Crew Cab Z71 with Duramax Diesel today as I drove up to ski. They were awesome looking. One had a canopy and the other just a LineX bedliner. Both just blew by going up the pass. EPA seems to have not stopped people from buying these fully loaded babies. So as has been stated, I fully expect the 2025 MPG mandate to get pushed out, but not go away. CARB also is not going anywhere. It is amazing to see that while some companies have left California, many have doubled down or moved there for various reasons. One is the educated workforce, climate and various other incentives. As our largest, most populous state, I find it hard to say that CARB is not going to continue to influence the auto industry in many ways.
  21. G. David Felt
    True there is not, and that does not mean that there should not be a Supercharged version. I have always wanted a V edition of an escalade. There used to be a Hybrid version and Cadillac sold every one they got and you rarely see them on the used market as they just last and get an average of 22 mpg. Sadly some bean counter said it is not really selling and killed the program when they never really advertised it outside the first year. I know many with money that would still buy new Hybrids or pure EV versions of the Escalade if it was available. Tesla proves a properly done EV CUV sells, I believe this can also work for a true SUV.
  22. G. David Felt
    @ocnblu I am very excited for you and so happy you did not go with the Mazda's. I expect the jeep will be much better.
  23. G. David Felt
    The 1990's were a perfect example of Right and Left coming together to achieve much. We have lost those days of talking and negotiating to get programs achieved that are good for the planet and humanity.
  24. G. David Felt
    First off the TT V6 was not planned to be doubled to a V12 and the days of a V12 are coming to a close. The investment makes no business sense as even BMW and MB is having to find alternative places to sell their bigger motors as the R&D dollars are no longer recoverable in such a small numbers of auto's sold. The future is smaller Turbo / Supercharged ICE engines, Hybrids and EV's. You know this as you have even pointed out the future of your beloved MB hybrid and EV programs.
  25. G. David Felt
    Would you like some Dim Sum with that Buick today? I make you good deal!
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