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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    So much for the Ultimate Driving Machine! Wonder if MB or Audi also have the same problem?
  2. G. David Felt
    You clearly have not sat in both. Yes I have and still FORD Trucks interiors come across cheap in comparison to sitting in a GMC or even the Ram. In pecking order, I think who has the best interior is as follows. GMC/CHEVY RAM FORD
  3. G. David Felt
    The only time I would say the Predator Mouth Grill works on their cars. As proven at Pikes Peak, it would be awesome to have an EV model with 600HP and 1000lbs of torque to move this. People would buy it I truly believe. Cadillac should do this, have a performance EV with a decent 200-300 mile battery system.
  4. G. David Felt
    Love the Ad, that is too funny! In reality, both trucks are solid trucks, but I do have to knock Ford as their interiors look and feel cheaper to me than GM or Ram.
  5. G. David Felt
    Course you can always use the more editor options when creating a post and then click Preview Post and double check your post be fore posting. That makes it nice to post non edited posts then, but I agree with Drew, we do not think less of you for editing to keep your post spelling error free and good grammar.
  6. G. David Felt
    I have only read that a glitch is to blame for the robot killing the worker.
  7. G. David Felt
    Wonder if all the Turbo engines will continue to push out smoke like Audi. I see so many of their turbo's and people jump on the gas and you see all this black smoke come out every time. Very sad, just give me a reliable small block V8.
  8. G. David Felt
    Very sweet, love the burbal!
  9. G. David Felt
    Very cool stuff, I know GM is using EMC cloud storage and is wanting to move all storage to this for better update of their auto's. I wonder if we are not looking at a time where eventually you update your auto just like you update your computer and can choose various modes of programming for your desired driving style.
  10. G. David Felt
    G. David Felt Staff Writer Alternative Energy - www.CheersandGears.com New Chargepoint Express 100 has RPH of 100 miles - Wave of the Future? Chargepoint has released their newest charger for Home to Commercial use, the Express 100. This charger is a first in the industry with a rating of 100 miles RPH or Range Per Hour charging. The unit is a 24kW output fast charging unit capable of a 100 mile charge in an hour. The unit is compatible with all OEM EV autos. The slim design is a wall mount unit that can install anywhere. This unit has the ability to truly make road trips in an EV possible with current EVs today. Chargepoint Express 100 units are being installed along the Pacific Northwest Electric highway as well as all over the rest of the US. You can read more about the Express 100 here: http://www.chargepoint.com/express/cpe100 The Express 100 is a combo charging unit capable of working with older EV autos and requires the following electrical, 26.6kW, 400-480V 3 phase, 32A input line with 4 wire (L1, L2, L3, Earth) 3 phase using a dedicated 3-pole 40A non-GFCI circuit breaker. More technical specifications can be viewed here: http://www.chargepoint.com/files/datasheets/73-001069-01-1-DS-CPE100-00.pdf Chargepoint help you to maximize your investment by minimizing your cost with the help of their internal web site that directs you to your state and the incentives that are available to help pay for the charging stations. http://www.chargepoint.com/station-incentives Charge point has a great location finder for their chargers around the US open to the public and a smart phone application you can download from Google Play or the Apple App Store.
  11. G. David Felt
    Because the CT8 is still a phantom that doesn't exist yet, and will probably arrive with a torqueless V6. That makes zero sense in relation to them spending so much time talking about unrelated trucks. You also know nothing about the powertrains for the CT8 but given that most of the competition also have torqueless motors, it makes your post even more irrelevant and trolling in nature. The CT8's main competitor has 516 lb-ft of torque from 2,000 rpm in base model. Cadillac loves turbo fours for some odd reason, and their V6 makes like 273 lb-ft at 5,000 rpm. I hope the CT6's weak motors aren't in the CT8. Maybe they'll make the 400 hp twin turbo V6 the base engine in the CT8. I'd make that the base engine in the CT6 if it were up to me, and get some twin turbo V8s in both those cars. And both should have some sort of plug-in hybrid, even if only to sell in California to appease the bizzaro emission credit regulations there. Yet based on the European Commission the future of V8 and V12 engines are bleak and will end up going away as they reach for their goals they have stated for 2030, All auto companies are going to have to move to electric motor driven with generators or pure EV unless hydrogen truly takes off. Diesel Net has a good easy to understand emission coverage: https://www.dieselnet.com/standards/eu/ld.php If you want it straight from the horses mouth then go to the Transportation and Environment web site covering emissions: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/air/transport/road.htm Here is the European Climate commission with the stated key targets for 2020 and 2030: http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/brief/eu/ MB is going to have to find ways to drop their BLOATED weight and will end up having to move to 4 and 6 cylinder engines with electric motor assist, hybrids to meet these targets.
  12. G. David Felt
    Because the CT8 is still a phantom that doesn't exist yet, and will probably arrive with a torqueless V6. Just like your over rated world best S series BS MB Garbage! Amazing how you will always move the goalpost and have a million excuses for MB but everyone else especially Cadillac you always have to state will fail. I will be the first one to both admit that I was wrong if your so called predictions come true but also will be the first to point out how your over rated German MB crap has become nothing more than an over rated Chevrolet product line with lower and lower quality as they whore out the MB luxury badge to increase profits for the few executives at the expense of quality. Already shows in most of MB products.
  13. G. David Felt
    Ugly Grimace car, waste of money that should have been spent on current products fixing their problems. AKA Transmission, etc.
  14. G. David Felt
    Wonder if since they are planning a CT8 if they will plan a Luxury Pickup?
  15. G. David Felt
    So just tested myself and this is how I see it. Yes please supply OS and Version of browser. I tested this on WIndows 7. IE11 Chrome 43 Firefox 38
  16. G. David Felt
    Nice, V8 All the way baby!
  17. G. David Felt
    GM, Give us a Baby Duramax V8 in the Suburban!
  18. G. David Felt
    Very cool!
  19. G. David Felt
    Sad that they spent all this money on new auto's to try and restart Alfa Romeo when they should have put the money into fixing the issues with their existing brands.
  20. G. David Felt
    This will be a hit for Chevy!, I know many people who have been waiting for this.
  21. G. David Felt
    More BS to keep everyone talking and excited by a company that is allot of talk and has not delivered yet.
  22. G. David Felt
    Add the supercharged V8 from the corvette and you have a real contender though pricey.
  23. G. David Felt
    Wife and Kids took me to Cinebarre theater where we had pitchers of Sangria, burgers and watched Jurassic World which totally rocked and the best two scenes were when the idiot baby sitter died and when Chris Pratt said watch your 6, we have a new Alpha!
  24. G. David Felt
    Going on vacation in 2 days and having hard time focusing on work.
  25. G. David Felt
    I don’t think that’s the case at all. From what I recall about acoustic properties, sound and electrical wave properties are very similar. I don’t recall the unit of measure, but it is a lot like impedance or resistance to pressure. Thus, aluminum resists both more than steel, which is more excitable due to it’s density. And combined with the fact that aluminum bodies are typically much thicker gauge, and any specific materials properties now have to consider volume. In fact, I am no recalling an F-150 document that mentioned how optimization for strength and sound in critical areas, is easier with aluminum, because you are not paying a huge weight penalty by adding needed local thickness. Anyway, chipping away at sub system weight with exotic materials and processes only nets you so much reduction. Even when taken to the extreme, and unless shaving fractions of 1/10ths of seconds on a track is your goal, there is little other benefit. Fuel economy gains are minimal. So as we all cheer for the automakers to double the price of our family sedan to gain a leg up in bragging rights, maybe we should pause and gage the real benefit, which is seldom realized. Hey, it keeps me employed, but I like to question everything. So you bring up some interesting points and so in looking online, it would seem that aluminum when thicker than steel does quiet things down better, but strength is in steel and they now have ways to produce steel parts that are either painted with sound deadening paint or as GM has done with Buick that uses quiet steel to kill sound. Steel dissipates heat better than aluminum. If you want to fully understand Quiet Steel read this: http://www.matsci.com/acoustic-materials/quiet-steel/ Here is another story on how Quiet steel reduces weight and noise. http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2011/12/08/017782-popular-noise-damping-quiet-steel-finds-new-role-reducing-vehicle.html Even Canada does a great write up on what Quiet Steel is http://www.autos.ca/auto-tech/feature-what-on-earth-is-quiet-steel/ I think Quiet steel has a real future in auto's.
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