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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Sweet, One Bad Ass Ride!
  2. G. David Felt
    I agree with what you say, but am thinking it might be time to reitre Chrysler with their single minivan. Move it to Dodge and focus on Dodge, Ram Jeep. If you want to keep Chrysler, then time to return to the history of Chrysler as a luxury brand above dodge.
  3. G. David Felt
    Poor quality statement is in regards to Fiat, Alfa and in the case of Jeep the Renegade which is based on the POS Fiat. Rest of Jeep lineup I am fine with, I do worry about the new compass that is replacing the old compass/patriot. Fiat has failed to build any faith that they can engineer a quality auto.
  4. G. David Felt
    History and stupid ideas like expanding Jeep dealerships by 400 so they are in miles of each other tends to not lead well with most that can look at poor quality and not see positive things. I am 99.9% of the time a Half full glass guy, but right now FCA is doing nothing to change that they are half empty and getting lower with their decisions.
  5. G. David Felt
    Very interesting and good wrap up.
  6. G. David Felt
    Nice, I can easily see this as a Buick too.
  7. G. David Felt
    More of Sergio Stupidity. This will hurt and just proves Sergio is an idiot as he has not learned from the other auto makers that more dealers is not always good. Sergio is only looking at how can we move more metal onto other peoples lots to show we are bigger. not about success of the existing company. I could go down so many ways this is poor business planning and management, but I think most of the intelligent folks here also see this is suicide.
  8. G. David Felt
    Alfa and Fiat have a track record of building garbage and I see no reason based on the alfa dealership here and the few that have been sold to coworkers that have had the auto in the shop more than in their own garage. At least the old MB platform is very solid, I fear that the history will take the GC to a low that will hurt them not help them. Sergio is considerably cutting corners trying to survive and I doubt they will offer a good unibody system that is better than the MB one. They have much to prove about the alfa stuff.
  9. G. David Felt
    Bakers Dozen
  10. G. David Felt
    Gross Who goes around smelling dog feet?
  11. G. David Felt
    Weird that some do not see the option.
  12. G. David Felt
    I would agree with this!
  13. G. David Felt
    Interesting concept
  14. G. David Felt
    Nope, no defending Sergio!
  15. G. David Felt
    7 Bean Dip
  16. G. David Felt
    Nope Mr. Ground Hog saw his shadow and predicts 6 more weeks of winter past the end. Bring on the powder and skiing!
  17. G. David Felt
    G. David Felt - Staff Writer Alternative Energy - www.cheersandgears.com Electric G-Class for Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bill Nye the Science guy! This info come via the Green Car Report, seems two things of notice have happened in Hollywood. First, Bill Nye the Science guy who was one of the original lessors of the GM EV-1 from 20 Years ago and has been a strong proponent of everyone going EV is the proud new owner of a 2017 Kinetic Blue Chevrolet Bolt EV. Besides driving an EV-1 and was not happy to have to turn it in and have it crushed, Bill says GM has redeemed themselves with the BOLT. To quote the story, Bill told GCR that the BOLT "is head and shoulders above the rest" and this comes from a guy that has driven the EV-1 for years and then bought the following EV auto's. The Mini E, BMW i3, Ford Focus EV, Volkswagen e-Golf, Nissan Leaf and still currently has his Toyota Prius Hybrid that rarely gets used today. Bill says that in all previous EV's he always worried about getting stuck as his work commute is almost 100 miles which is what prompted him to get the Prius. Now even if he goes to his alternative place which makes the commute 120 miles, he can still get there with no range anxiety. Green Car Report - Bill Nye Our second story come from GCR on what Arnold Schwarzenegger is up to in his native Austria. Kreisel which is a start up company making EV components and EV conversion concepts, worked with Arnold to take a Mercedes-Benz G-Class wagon and yank out the Diesel power train and install an AWD EV powertrain with 482 HP compared to the 245 HP diesel powertrain in the auto. This shaved off 3 full seconds in the 0 to 60 to be just 5.6 seconds. This G-Class has a 190 mile range battery pack and is fully capable of playing in the mud and off road. Cool part is Arnold is all about being kind to the planet and as per the story, he drove a Hydrogen Hummer H2 previously and now will bring home this G-Wagon EV to replace it. Green Car Report Story
  18. G. David Felt
    But they do, Smartcars or Fortwo as they are now labeled and sit on the same lot right next to your A, B, C, E & S class MB start at $15,000 and go up. Again, do not care about the political side. I am comparing how one business man tends to approach things and my view of you tend to approach defending MB in that same manner. I am pointing to the fact that Chevy and Toyota do not sell a 200,000 plus auto either but the bulk of the product line from 15,000 for a smart car to their 100,000 luxury line does cover the bulk of what people buy and that puts them in the same market segments as the wider price point auto companies.
  19. G. David Felt
    Was poking around You Tube for various music and came across this guy who does his own acapella songs and I have to say it rocks!
  20. G. David Felt
    Was not tieing in politics, was stating that to me SMK is showing to be a Narcissistic person just like Trump. From a business stand point Trump clearly only sees things his way, his own belief in his mind. SMK has proven to state the same thing. MB = Mass Market Auto Maker covering entery to luxury auto's That is how I see it and will stick with that and only that on this auto topic. Thank you,
  21. G. David Felt
    @smk4565 You have truly shown yourself to be in the narcissistic pool of Trumpettes. Only what you see and want to believe is what is correct and not what actually happens in the real world. MB no matter what you say is now a MASS Builder MASS Market AUTO Maker to everyone and NOT a Luxury Only Auto Builder. That is the truth that you refuse to accept.
  22. G. David Felt
    Agree, Jeep is worth saving, yet could be destroyed at the rate Sergio is going in screwing up everything else.
  23. G. David Felt
    Please open window and barf outside of it. Thank you Far better at corners than a cushmobile!
  24. G. David Felt
    Jalapeno poppers
  25. G. David Felt
    1) Fiat should have fixed their quality issues before even coming back into the market, the Average dealer has over 200 auto's on the lot which last I checked was equal to half a year of selling. Does not matter how cheap you sell a broken auto for, still Broken and unwanted. 2) Alfa should have been left in the History Books. The brand died in the US due to the same reasons Alfa did, cheap ass built product. Who cares how awesome their styling was, it was unreliable and junk. The money should have been reinvested into the US name plates. Instead we now have Chrysler with 1 product and really pretty much dead. Dodge sitting on products that should have been updated 5 years ago, Jeep is the cash cow right now and Ram also sitting on very old product that should have been updated already all for trying to bring back a dead brand that no one really wants creating products that I have since learned are still as crappy built as they were before. Coworker bought one and it spends more time at the dealership than him driving it. 3) The New COMPASS will NOT make up for the death of Chrysler or the way out of date product on DODGE and the sales Loss. Once truck demand is met and I think that is becoming clear we are going to see a massive slow down as we always do. Our DEPRESSION of 2007 hurt many and only in the last year have people been forced to replace work trucks and finally have bought into new auto's. This huge year after year growth is not sustainable and we will see a drop that is going to hurt the weaker ones and that is FCA. 4) Considering that I do travel a bit more than most for work and I have seen very few Renegades on rental lots, I have to question this. I did see when it went on sale plenty of people buying them and Washington State is a big Jeep state, yet I also have heard from previous owners that they needed something with less problems and dealer visits. As is they traded in. so my gut tells me disappointed owners who are not hard core jeep fans but people who have bought into the legend of off trail off road coolness and were disappointed when they saw the reliability / fit n finish issues. IMHO, the company is screwed and we will see a breakup and sales in the next 5-10 years at the longest if not sooner.
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