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G. David Felt

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  1. Just make it look ten thousand times better than the hideous Caliber and you'd have a winner. Guess they can always go back to the Neon, that was a huge hit for them.
  2. Wonder how much they have paid down on their huge 50+ billion dollar loan? Anyone know?
  3. True, but if you start off with a free car, convert it and able to drive it for work and errands then the savings is huge. Personally I think the first video on the Festiva conversion was more for learning and information than building a car they desired that ran pure electric.
  4. Wonder if the color strip is changeable so that you can also have different wheel colors? Is it my eye or do those look like solid tires or at least airless.
  5. Just a compliment from Opel to BMW for choosing a nice Headlight design. So why redesign the wheel when it is easier to buy it from the same supplier!
  6. Very cool, so I wonder if the front tires would leave red burn out streaks?
  7. Sergio is going to really F up FCA and leave it a mess before the board finally realized that he needs to go. Fiat will not fill in the lose of 180,000 dart/200 sales. This guy is a moron.
  8. Here are additional sites with Electric Ford Festiva's, amazing they are pretty popular for EV conversion. http://e-volks.com/geo.html http://www.schultzengineering.us/festiva.htm
  9. That aint cool. Its boring. I bet you somewhere on this planet, somebody already has done this... As much as I love LS swaps myself, its at a point where it aint special or unique anymore. LS swaps have been done to death. An electric conversion Suburban would be the shiznit though.... There arent many of those.... Festiva with Zeus juice flowing, now THAT is what I wanna see... Give the Bolt a run for its money. You ask and you shall receive, Zeus Joose Festiva!
  10. In looking at both CT6 Dash and the XT5 Dash, they are both really nice, I have no problem with the black airbag cover on the steering wheel or the what looks as soft touch dimpled black around the nav. Nice contrast. At the same time, I do also like the XT5 dash. I can see some people saying it is too much tan so maybe the black soft touch section will work for people. Will be interesting to compare and contrast them both. CT6 Dash Below. XT5 Dash above.
  11. I will argue with you on the Promasters being the worst vans out there. I think they are some of the best don't cost an arm and leg like the Sprinter. Agree with you, the Sprinters are the worst out there. My brother in-law who runs his own appliance repair business had both dodge labeled versions and then went to MB labeled versions and the amount of stuff that easily broke on them, high cost of maintenance and lack of dependability currently made him dump them and move onto Chevy badged City Express vans. He has reduced costs greatly since dumping the diesel fuel hog Sprinters. I explained to him and my sister how to better use a JIT delivery of parts to the business rather than keep a large inventory on the vans. This allowed them to go down to the smaller vans as service vehicles and they do much better on gas as well as dependability. Sprinter = Failure, high cost, poor quality in my real world experience with them.
  12. Wonder if they will update the lights to use LED rather than the old bulbs, be interesting to see if they do this as a kit car and keep it the same or if they modernize it. A modernized Stainless Steel car like this with the Turbo 4 or 6 or Electric motor should get people interested, but I agree I think it is a limited market for a two door two person sports car.
  13. Dairy
  14. Naw, too many regulations and limitations compared to lifting a truck or SUV.
  15. Love Lifted Trucks and SUV's. Love the higher seating position that gives a better view of the road.
  16. Agree that is a Sexy Interior Dash. Way better than what MB or BMW has done. Hope they put this in all the auto's. I would expect to see this in the ATS replacement CT3 as well as the CTS replacement CT5, Unless GM wants to go CT2 and CT4 for them.
  17. That is Freakin Sexy! I at first thought it was a new generation Avalanche now named All Terrain X. Clearly wrong as it is just a fancy off road package but it does make this stand out. Very sweet!
  18. G. David Felt Staff Writer Alternative Energy - www.CheersandGears.com DeLorean Back in Production Starting 2016 Delorean Motor Company is starting up production of the original car selling for less than $100,000 at their new production site in Humble Texas according to the story and interview with CEO Stephen Wynne. Under a low production bill approved in DC, this company is now funded to start up production of the DeLorean with a variety of engines. Delorean Production Story DeLorean web site According to the story, refurbished DeLoreans sell for between $45,000 and $50,000, so a new one with a variety of Power Trains priced under $100,000 should do well according to the CEO. What are your thoughts? Can DeLorean make a come back? Should they stick with the engine they have, use a modern Turbo 4 or TT V6 or go pure EV? Sound off on your thoughts about this.
  19. ..I'd still rather own the 2WD Ram.. lol Yup, I would take the Ram over the Land Rover every day.
  20. Yawn, same old look, same old crud and nothing impressive in the engine department. Next! Can you say new Lipstick on a Pig.
  21. acid
  22. Change is good and Change will rock the Conservative keep it status quo as the world embraces change along with the climate and catches everyone with their pants down.
  23. So since you admit that it does not compete with the S Class, then why does it need a V8 now (I say "now" because a V8 is on the way, as you have been told many times here)? The XTS is on the way out and it will no more steal sales from the CTS than the S Class does from the E Class. CT6 needs a V8 because a lot of big luxury sedan buyers like a V8. Chrysler 300C buyers like V8s, Genesis G90, K900 have V8s, the 6-series, CLS and A7 offer V8s. I'd imagine a lot of buyers spending $70k might want the V8 option. Even the Camaro and Mustang have V8s, because sports car enthusiasts like them. CT6 and CTS are $10,000 apart on base price and like $6,000 apart V6 to V6 with all wheel drive. E-class to S-class is a $45,000 jump. Larger gap there. Yet do to the eco system and the required MPG, we see your beloved MB S and E are now coming with 4 and 6 bangers first and then later on with a V8. So how is this any different than Cadillac. I would be surprised if we still have V8 and bigger engines in autos in 5 to 10 years. Electric motors with small engines, the Hybrid will be the norm in the future and eventually pure electric.
  24. Germany never could build a quality Whiskey!
  25. There are dozens of gasoline powered car fires every week. Should we start a thread? Aww... but that wouldn't be hilarious. It would be ho-hum. I'm just glad it was not in a house garage. yes, because peoples' cars burning up is hilarious.... I'm sure we all had a good laugh when you crashed your Festiva. So this was his festiva that was crashed?
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