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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Talk to woman, the number one complaint when the Female Engineering team started researching to build the Ford Flex was that Woman hated the smell of gas and having to touch the dirty gas cap. The Engineering team was the first to remove the gas cap and integrate the vacume gas cap into the gas door. This allows you to push on the door, it pops open and you can then stick in the gas nozzle and pump. Men have been for too long used to ignoring woman and not listening to what they want or like / dislike. If you talk and ask woman the top 5 things they dislike about cars, I bet you will hear gas smell, fueling, gas cap, maintenance.etc. We just have not been used to asking let alone listening to what woman want.
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    Have to Say that I do love the Chevy Bolt EV Savings Calculator as it gives so many options to play with. http://www.chevyevlife.com/bolt-ev-savings-calculator Have to say, Drew has stated this time and again, EV's right now is about saving a different type of Green. The BOLT is the first Mass Produced auto that delivers on this that addresses many peoples concerns. People worry about range, not a problem with 238 mile battery pack. People want quiet, EV's deliver that. People want their Tech connection, BOLT gives that. People want comfort, again this is given with the various packages. People want CUV's, this is give as the BOLT is the first CUV EV. People are tired of pumping gas and having that smell on their hands, EV's remove this. People want less maintenance, EV's give this. I could go on and on, and yet I will also acknowledge that EV's are NOT for everyone. They have many things people like, many things people will miss about existing auto's. This is the time for EV's to start making a difference and if we want to have a cleaner planet, cleaner cities, cleaner air, then EV's have their place. Much noise polution can be removed by cities mandating delivery trucks, buses and auto's be moved over to EV's.
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    Weird, as I do not see them either.
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    An interesting thought, those that are in their late 50's early 60's and still think of Cadillac as a Baby Boomer slush mobile, will like Buick having a luxury trim line. My oldest sister thinks this way and now that she has ordered her Buick Envision, I can easily see her moving up to the Avenir trim level when she goes to get a newer one in 2 years.
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    This is based on California, 4 zones, with 4 pricing rates and he then spread that down in a hour by hour and averaged it out for his own use. California is the most regulated and set pricing brackets so what goes on here is very different than in most other states. Even then, the price is actually not really changing by the hour, just the average rate based on the bracket and if he pulls more energy at one bracket than another ends up changing the average hourly rate. In looking at his spreadsheets, he is still paying based on the amount of power used in each of the four set brackets. This is what can be confusing for some as you can play a very large game of guess that grey based on how you want to avereage your cost over each hour in a 24hr day based on the cost per bracket. End result is recharging at night during low usage is always cheaper than during the day. Again this is based on 3 bracket zones during the summer and 2 brackets during the winter. You can average this out all you want and depending on your energy use, you could see the price per hour go up or down, but the end result is this company is still regulated to only charge their bracket rate, so you still pay the rate for the bracket that the electricity is used in. You can play the grey scale game or just accept the fact the day time charging is higher than night time charging and the BOLT will win over many since they can drive it during the day for days on end and then recharge it over night. Still regulated prices that are set for each bracket. Not hourly or by the minute changes as you have stated unless you look at averages which is just chasing grey ghosts.
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    Wings, can you please post which states allow prices to change on an hourly rate? I am truly interested since electrical rates are far more regulated is my understanding than gas. Nothing of what you say happens here in the Northwest, I know california has 4 different price zones over 24hrs,but they are the same over and over day to day, so what you are saying sounds more like a special case in the mid-west or back east.
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    Cool, very nice to hear. My wife had a sentra when we married, the only time I have ever owned a non american car. It was a solid little eco box for commuting to work every day. Over all love to see the big bump in engine numbers, but still not thrilled by these high HP and Low Torque numbers on a turbo motor. Bet Sentra could easily beat this if it had a proper current EV powertrain.
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    SMK, can you post the link to the video please. Thx
  9. G. David Felt
    Just bake your butt like a microwave and maybe melt some fat at the same time!
  10. G. David Felt
    This will please the ricer crowd as it is a knock off of the STI look. Over all nice, nothing to blow my socks off with. The engine is also a yawner to me as I am just not impressed with high revving engines that move so little till you hit 10K rpm. To me they are totally lackluster engines, Would take a BOLT over this. I am sure the off the line punch will be better in the BOLT than this can deliver. Honda's Multi cam high reving engines have never impressed me and probably never will. I acknowledge that it does come from growing up on American V8 motors. Why add weight and turbo's when I can get better torque and movement out of a push rod engine at lighter weight.
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    Ya do know that the Volt had wireless charging before MB mentioned it here right. I do agree with you that this is a good start for MB. I do wonder how MB gets 310 miles out of a 70KWh battery pack and GM only has 238 miles out of a 60KWh battery pack. Especially since one is single motor and the other is dual. Be interesting to see if they can actually deliver as Tesla could not on that same size battery pack.
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    Funny how it seems to be a copy of the Bolt but with a VW badge on it. Funny how it seems to be a copy of the Bolt but with a VW badge on it.
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    Seems cost have come down for Level 2 chargers, Amazon has them between $400 -$700 dollars and with installation that would tend to price out around $1,000 to $1,200 installed. https://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Alevel 2 charging stations Amazing options.
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    Was wondering when the Official Measurer was going to weigh in on this subject!
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    I own a Cannondale with HD Rock Shox forks. Frame is special order since I am rather big, Have it hung in the garage and was going to grab a photo of if off their web site, but wow, have not looked at bikes in the last few years and they do not make mine anylonger. In fact I see all the mountain bikes have gone to a universal womans type design. The rest, forks, big fat tires, proper brakes, etc. are still the same, but the frames have really changed.
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    Probably for the 2018 model year. I bet someone will say we have 1001 Foot pounds of torque.
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    Very Cool Review, this will make for a solid selling package for those that want the car with some power but not the V8 power and lower MPG. Awesome
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    This makes sense and I would have to think they would have some common sense about this type of dealer. The focus needs to be on areas like where I live where you have two small towns with a single store approach like that and the service sucks, sales have to be insignificant and you can drive an extra 15 min to a much bigger dealer with much better service. No need for a dealer between Seattle and Tacoma or Seattle and Everett here that cannot offer a true luxury experience. They need to focus on these small dealers that just do not make sense any longer.
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    This is the 34yr chart I love to look at and see just how far and how fast in the last 10 years we have really come. If picture is too small for you to read, go to the web page here: http://www.dieselhub.com/compare/cummins-vs-duramax-vs-powerstroke.html
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    Cadillac will come to you to get your auto, take it, service it, wash it, vacuum it and return it in clean condition to your home or work.
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    I have done this for years and love it and am excited that they are finally getting really organized to plan for the 24hr Ski / Snowboard "Hope on the Slope" event. This is an amazing night of skiing, you raise money for the Cancer Society as you Ski / Snowboard for 24hrs straight. Stevens pass as well as other mountains do this and keep the resort open. It is amazing to see the night ski at 2am in the morning. An image I wish everyone could see. Hope on the Slopes! Feb 24-25th 2017 Helping to fund research to find a cure for Cancer! http://www.hopeontheslopes.org/hope-on-the-slopes
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    Surreal, do you have a Solar roof to help off set the price of electricity? I would think that would help plus If the roof slants away, I would even build a frame to support more panels on the dark side of the house to maximize the solar gain and that could also help with charging an EV auto like the Bolt. This also makes me think that the Tesla Wall is a smart way to go so that you maximize your solar gain during the day and storage and come home at night and be able to use the stored electricity either for the house or to recharge the EV.
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    I am a regular life long season pass holder for Stevens pass washington for skiing, but years ago I started to dabble in Mountain biking and have to say it is crazy fun and can be just as challenging as skiing. A monster adrenaline rush. Stevens Pass https://www.stevenspass.com/site They opened up a few weeks back a new Double Black Diamond Trail call Berserker and I have to say I will wait after having actually gone on it slowly. Way crazy as this video does not do it justice for how steep it really is. I am excited about all the new ski trails and ramps making new jumps we will have this winter. So does anyone else Mountain Bike?
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    An interesting observation, we all hate the deregulation of oil as it made gas prices, heating oil and pretty much anything that is created or relies on oil volatile as well in price. So what I am taking away here is that the states that went to offering multiple options for your electric supplier has not really made the rates cheaper but created a bit of a confusing best time to use electricity as you get screwed at some times during the day or night and not at others. WOW, I much more prefer my state where electricity is regulated and can only change upon the approval of the state regulator and that is mandated to only be once per year. At least I can then rely on consistent yearly pricing with no crazy scheduled during the day or up and down crazy monthly pricing based on the competition.
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    Electrical rate is the same 24/7 here in washington, so I am glad I do not have to deal with crazy price increases for periods like they do in stupid california.
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