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G. David Felt

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    Done, +1
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    Could this be the New Electric MicroBus VW had shown in the past?
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    Spill the story! Try to find a house for sale in Franklinton, NC and see if it's the one I'm looking at. Remember, I'm a single, young, first-time buyer, so keep it reasonable. OK, First time buyer, some benefits you need to take advantage of. First off, EVERYONE can be a first time buyer in each state, so you only have to have a 3.5% down payment minimum, more you put down, lower your mortgage payment. Second, If you do not mind fixing up, look at foreclosure and Short sale. Some great bargains. Third, Take advantage of the Federal Gov 203K Loan program. This is a program aimed at Distressed properties, those in short sale, foreclosure, etc. The benefit is as follows: Say the house is in Foreclosure, original value at current building code would be $200,000, Foreclosure bank price is $100,000. The 203K loan program allows you to take out a mortgage up to 80% of the current year value. That is $160,000, so you could borrow $160,000, $100,000 to pay the bank, $60,000 to use to remodel the place to your standard. You do have to bring the house up to current year code, so some of the money would need to go towards double pane windows, new roof, insulated doors. etc. You can either do the work yourself or hire someone. The benefit is a worn down house gets a new life and updated to be like new at a fraction of the cost. Check out all the details here. http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/housing/sfh/203k Best of luck to you.
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    Where do you get that the VOLT in Hybrid mode gets abysmal mileage? Green Car reports in real world driving they average 41 MPG in extended range mode. That is pretty awesome. http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1096237_2016-chevrolet-volt-50-mile-range-41-mpg-five-seats-all-new-photos Plug in car says when you take pure electric mode into account with the extended mode you are at a real world of 50mpg. http://www.plugincars.com/epa-rates-chevy-volt-93-mpg-or-60-mpg-or-35-mpg-depending-106498.html GM's own VOLT web site is conservative stating an average of 40 mpg. http://gm-volt.com/chevy-volt-faqs/ No matter how you look at it, the car delivers well on giving great MPG and performance fun. So how do you state this is abysmal?
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    Except the Malibu cannot drive on electric only power for "X" number of miles like the Volt. Two different types of cars IMO. Not exactly the same, but that's my point. Someone will come in and think 'the volt is too small' and then you just qualify them, do you really need the plug in? Would a cheaper car with more room make sense to you? You can snag an electric intender who is not yet ready to pay the full price for a plug in, so chevy can downsell and get those people. They may not come in wanting a hybrid, but if you show them the plug in and back them down to the hybrid then that MSRP on the Bu Hybrid looks like a bargain, and they haven't compared it to the Fusion or Camry. Saying it has 'a good part of the same hybrid system as the volt' adds value because its not the same 'low grade hybrid' like the fusion or camry. Not everyone who comes in to look at the volt is going to decide they need the plug in. When you get the people to make the decision, then you can downsell the Malibu and they will think you are giving them more value. But then for states with tax breaks like Washington where you pay no sales tax plus alternative fuel tax break and the federal tax break you loose 12,000 in savings. That makes a hard sale to then try and move them to a bigger hybrid that they have to pay sales tax on and does not have a federal credit.
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    Precisely why I'm crazy and I happen to live in Canada of all places. That is ok we forgive you for living in Canada. After all eventually Canada and Mexico will get annexed into the Great NAFTA Country of North America.
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    Buy a House, real estate is the only long term wealth one can count on.
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    Very cool Barn Find, but is the rust bucket really worth $180,000? https://www.mecum.com/lot-detail/FL0116-229950/0/1969-Dodge-Daytona/Automatic/ Then again better than the overturned 18 wheeler in Mississippi that dumped 100 cows on the freeway running loose. http://www.wapt.com/news/central-mississippi/jackson/100-cows-on-i55-after-18wheeler-overturns/36910780
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    Machine
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    That was great, Gandhi would be proud.
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    Sounds like Squirrely mathematics to me.
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    Space Travel
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    Yawn, nothing to get your panties in a twist about. Move on.
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    So Porsche is loosing itself in stupidity of using numbers and names to re-badge the same old crap. Tiny auto's for tiny people.
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    Over all I am happy for this sedan if it does deliver what GM says it will. One thing I do not understand is how does 48 mpg city and 45 mpg highway equal 41 mpg average? My math says this equal out to 46.5 mpg average.
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    When will they learn and will they even be able to pay since the CEO IDIOT keeps stealing the money here to pay for stupid unneeded pie in the sky dream projects. Yes there is NO NEED to bring back their stupid Italy labels of cars that should stay in the history books.
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    Star Wars
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    And guess who funded the rebuilding of their public transit systems..... USA USA USA USA We rebuilt the bloody continent just about. Another reason why CNG is the prominent fuel on auto's in Italy.
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    Makes sense, I honestly had no expectations so the car is nice as is, very traditional Korean conservative. Should do fine in the market for them, especially for the frugal people that want a luxury car.
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    Dec 18th
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    Could you be underwhelmed due to them just coping the last generation S sedan from MB?
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    BS, I call BS on the Executives stating that it was only a few people in groups that allowed this to happen. The ousted CEO knew damn well about this as he wanted to be the worlds biggest auto company and screw the laws to do it. Took his millions and left a mess. VW needs to take back his gold payout and let the prosecutors take him through the courts. Use him to set the example of why cheating is not a good thing.
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    Question for you all, I have never done this myself, but a coworker and I was talking and he swears by this. He says it is easier on the engine and faster to lubricate by filling up the new oil filter with clean oil before installing. Wonder what others think of this?
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