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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Interesting, I wonder if it will have a factory winch like the concept had? A ZR2 with the Duramax engine would be a badass offroad truck.
  2. G. David Felt
    Sorry have to disagree, BMW nailed it as a perfect copy of a cheap ass Chevy or Toyota. Hard plastics, uninspiring driving and over priced for what you got including the over priced service costs. You get more auto buying a Camaro or Mustang than a BMW 1 series. Mr. DFELT. Hard plastics? - OK, Ill give you that one. Maybe, Ill give you that one. Ive never been in one. Ive seen a 135i in action though. Over priced for what you got? - OK, I just might agree with you there too. With the exception of the 135i, 135is and 1M. Over priced service costs? - We will just ignore that statement because a. We are talking about BMW here...and its a foreign brand... b. what dealership service department aint over priced whether foreign or domestic? Uninspiring driving? Not on the 135i, 135is and 1M... Which were produced between the years 2008-2012. Camaro was not alive in 2008. Mustang was cool looking in 2008. But was not exactly a...um.. a bahnstohmah (Boston accent) Camaro in 2009/2010 was a clumsy thing. The BMW 135i, 135is and 1M were visceral little machines that other than the turbos, captured the very essence of what a BMW ultimate driving machine and "M" badge was all about. Personal Preference Olds, I still not impressed with those cars.
  3. G. David Felt
    PokeCrap can jump off a cliff, no interest and so tired of hearing all the pokecrap along with idiots walking around and into people trying to do who knows what with their phone and stupid digital creations. What a waste of time and effort, if Humanity could just come together we could solve far bigger issues on this planet than people chasing a poke whatever.
  4. G. David Felt
    Yea, Sergio is such a brilliant CEO Leader, Inspiring his people to Lie, Cheat and over all destroy what is left of Dodge, Ram, Chrysler & Jeep. Such a sad turn, the idiots should have never allowed Fiat to buy the American Brands.
  5. G. David Felt
    Sorry have to disagree, BMW nailed it as a perfect copy of a cheap ass Chevy or Toyota. Hard plastics, uninspiring driving and over priced for what you got including the over priced service costs. You get more auto buying a Camaro or Mustang than a BMW 1 series.
  6. G. David Felt
    Pass, worthless turn of a car, their 1 series in the us was a joke and still is!
  7. G. David Felt
    Saw a brand new Honda pickup this weekend, had the tag in the window and all and thought not a bad looking truck. Wife and friends all thought it was pretty nice too. Then a couple miles down the road, the wife and our friends asked me what that ugly truck is we are coming up on. I told them, that was the first generation Ridgeline from Honda. Their original Pickup. The response was WOW, so much bigger and very ugly. It dawned on me that they are right, the Gen 1 truck is clearly much bigger than gen 2 or at least visually it looks that way. Have to check the specs.
  8. G. David Felt
    Awesome job Casa, Nice one!
  9. G. David Felt
    Sad when a Company PR department is run with FEAR!
  10. G. David Felt
    Glad to see you back, good write up and happy to hear about your ride. Looking forward to the update.
  11. G. David Felt
    Ugh, I see like the rest will have copied MB with those ugly black spots on each side of the lower bumper. This thing must not need much air as there is not much grill space going on.
  12. G. David Felt
    Station wagon would be a niche market item here in the US, probably do better in Europe where they like their wagons compared to our CUVs.
  13. G. David Felt
    Very cool, thanks for the links, looks like VW is going to be shocked that they will have to deal with Europe no different than the US. I wonder how long before Audi and Porsche either go their own way or leave VW and the two strike out on their own as a new audi / Porsche company.
  14. G. David Felt
    SMK, you jump to saying MB is the best approach to building an EV and yet you clearly DID NOT read the full story. BMW will have a new platform for this updated 3 series that will cover gas, diesel, plug-in and EVs. This new platform will take a page from their I series with using carbon fiber to reduce weight and improve structural rigidity. I did read the whole story. Why does an EV 3 series need a body and that accommodates an inline six engine and 8 speed transmission? The anchor points and front end bracing is a lot for a diesel engine. If you had a chassis designed for an EV, like Tesla does, you get more interior room, better weight distribution, etc. And you just shot yourself in the foot SMK, cause MB is doing just what BMW is doing and yet now your saying this is no good, so then you are admitting that the MB all in one new platform for Petrol, Diesel, Hybrid Plug-in and EV is wrong, MB needs two platforms like what BMW tried to do with the i platform before realizing they could tweak the carbon fiber system to support all formats. Ans how is this wrong again?
  15. G. David Felt
    Should Sell well to military fans.
  16. G. David Felt
    Clearly they are German lovers extreme like SMK as the whole write up is very negative and they compare the XT5 to auto's that it does not really compete with. Also comparing the top of the line auto to mid level auto's also just reaks of a writer who is lazy and again biased to an extreme for the german brands. Many of their nit picking was laughable and what I consider to be inconsistent. Even people on their own forum disagree with the writer and his review. Having driven an XT5, I have to actually disagree with many of the writers complaints. I do have to wonder what condition this XT5 was delivered in if it was having slow shift issues and non responsive controls as I never experienced that. Funny that Car and Driver has blasted about the complexity of going through the menu system on the Germans and how hard it is and going one step on the Cadillac system they said it would be better for a basic knob on the dash. How Toyota can you get to default to a knob on the dash to replace the electronic system when the germans have what is known to be one of the most confusing interfaces around. Clearly a very biased review and lack neutral comparison to like products. Most of the writing is also personal taste in what was pointed out and there was never given any examples of real value about the vaunted German brands. I wish more often than it really happens that the writers would remember to be neutral about the auto's, give facts of clear comparison and what it was to lead them to the feeling one thing was lower quality than another. An example would be the writer's comment about lower door interior panels seem to be part bin material harder plastic and never really states what the germans are, but having been in the GLC and the X3, I can tell you they use a hard plastic so why do they get a pass but not GM for the area that usually gets hit by dirty feet. O'h that is right they are superior cause they are german.
  17. G. David Felt
    While I love the camero and specifically the history plus I know the current auto's are damn good, I would pass on owning one due to the high beltline and clear blind spots in the rear. I would rather deal with the poor MPG but far higher seating position in an suv / cuv.
  18. G. David Felt
    VW dealers here in washington have reduced staff due to the lack of sales. There is one tiny dealership that I wonder if it can survive past this year as they have few auto's on their lot and you never see anyone there and they are located in what is considered Green Central for people. As long as they were marketing and selling their super Green Diesels, the place was busy, but now the perception is one of a lying two faced car company and the place is now closed on sundays and mondays and open 9-5 tuesday to saturday. I personally think it will be gone by the end of the year.
  19. G. David Felt
    Like everything else, who did not see this coming. Using their Carbon Fiber core of the i Series to reduce the bloated weight of their piggy cars will gain them some stiff driving dynamics with much better MPG. I would be willing to say that if they kept everything the same in the current auto, but went to using carbon fiber, high strength steel and aluminum they could see a nice bump in the MPG and make people happy with a far better responsive auto.
  20. G. David Felt
    Agreed, if they use the full carbon fiber enclosure on the new 3 series, it should allow them to drop considerable weight and stiffen it up properly for a solid drivers experience. Makes one wonder how long before others decide to finally go with core Carbon Fiber for their unibody auto? GM could sure use this to continue their lead in dropping weight. Imagen what this would do if they used it on their trucks.
  21. G. David Felt
    SMK, you jump to saying MB is the best approach to building an EV and yet you clearly DID NOT read the full story. BMW will have a new platform for this updated 3 series that will cover gas, diesel, plug-in and EVs. This new platform will take a page from their I series with using carbon fiber to reduce weight and improve structural rigidity.
  22. G. David Felt
    This should be interesting. BIG QUESTION Are these stand alone Cadillac dealerships or are they selling them out of an Opel store in the back alley? Biggest failure of the US companies is trying to sell the way they do in the US in Europe. Does not work. Gotta sell focused on the single brand for best results.
  23. G. David Felt
    Bummer, but that web site does not come up for me, but found what I think might be the same story here: http://www.autonews.com/article/20160713/OEM01/160719925/gm-averts-n.a.-shutdown-gains-access-to-tooling-parts-at-bankrupt Also Detroit Freepress covered it too http://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/general-motors/2016/07/13/gm-shutdown-averted-settles-mass-supplier/87046848/
  24. G. David Felt
    Yup, VW still struggling in the deep end and this will end up costing them another 15-20 billion. OUCH.
  25. G. David Felt
    Makes sense, I just hope cadillac also is planning for EV auto's. Hate it when they always play catch up rather than lead. Yes low volume at first but will grow and can lead the way with proper tech. Cadillac should have an EV in each product line.
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