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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    First of the reports to come out on the new F150 say that due to the Aluminum panels and that less than 10% of body shops can deal with Aluminum that the insurance cost will be at least 10% higher! http://editorial.autos.msn.com/blogs/post--2015-ford-f-150-repairs-will-cost-more-at-body-shop Interesting, I wonder if this figure will higher as they head to the body shop.
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    Even the 2015 concept they showed of the camry is no better than the current ugly mug of the 2015 camry. These auto's are just the most boring bland ugly appliance you can get out in the market place today.
  3. G. David Felt
    Glad to see you pop your butt back in here. Hopefully you will grace us with some wonderful drawing of an ATS variation. Course I would love to see an ATS Ute drawing.
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    Some lovely amazing auto's. More amazing is that what took 4-6 years to bring to market is now taking about 18-24 months. Technology has helped in many ways. I wonder what the shortest time to market auto out there is? From concept to built for sale? So my other question is engines in this era. We had 500 cubic inch monsters, would be great to see how the 70's oil crunch affected size. A chart showing the most common engines by size and HP from 1970 to 1979. Cool way to see how things changed.
  5. G. David Felt
    Guess different parts of the country as here in Washington they are Less attentive due to distractions but very aggressive in driving. Aggressive less attentive drivers that I have seen.
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    After reviewing the pictures my initial impression is UNDERWHELMED! First off this is NOT a competitor to Cadillac, Mercedes, Audi, BMW in my opinion even though Ford thinks so. It is more in line to compete with GMC Yukon Denali, Lexus and Infinity where you see clearly a re-badge of their entry level full size SUV. The clipped on Lincoln nose is not enough to make it stand out from the Ford version. While the nose is new, the back side is dated looking to me. I do not see this as fresh and 21st century. Sad part is that it needs a V8, yes their V6 has more HP / Torque but it is still non competitive with the rest. I am not sold that the V6 engines will hold up in the long haul for these 10,000lb SUV's. Interior is a disappointment to me as I see the cheap plastic FORD interior with a few leather and wood pieces put on to say this is luxury but still comes off as a cheap attempt to save as much money while charging people high prices. The dash does not flow for me but looks like a Ford HD truck, Chunky, Blocky and cut up. The interior says ISOLATION from each other. Reminds me of a cubical farm at the office. Does not come across as luxury to relaxe and enjoy as you haul, tow and move people around on road trips. This version reminds me of the Old GM where you can clearly tell the Bean Counters dictated what could and could not be done in the auto. I have to give this a D for effort that falls way short of bringing out a true luxury competitor.
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    Personally I think it is RIGHT AS RAIN to kill a coupe of the Malibu. Now to give folks some Variety of Spice, Buick GNX Chevy Monte Carlo SS These are two Coupes I do believe GM needs to build. They would bring in buyers and youth that would be happy with a V6 TT version on 6sp manual or 8sp auto. This would be below the Camero V8 Powered monsters.
  8. G. David Felt
    ATS Ute would be cool to see!
  9. G. David Felt
    Let's not forget that when it comes to Insurance on Auto's the GREAT WHITE LIE that WOMAN are better Drivers. I have seen more woman drivers have accidents and speeding far more than guys and that is due to the increase nature of them driving so the Auto Insurance needs to stop giving them lower rates compared to guys. Perfect example is my Daughter and son both on my family policy with Ameriprise pays half of the rate my son pays and yet he has a better driving record. Yes one of the two accidents she has been in was not her fault but they both are on the record when I called and she still pays half of what her brother pays and they have the same identical insurance plan. Blackmail Extortion that is Government approved and forced upon us.
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    Yet based on so many people comments here on this Forum, rich people never look under the hood nor do they even know what propels their auto forward, so a proper performance from a V6 TT or Supercharged would be fine. It sure has not hurt Jaguar or any other luxury maker that has scaled down their car engine size.
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    Didn't look at the 3, but the 4 certainly has one: RE: Cloud storage--great in theory, until you remember that an internet outage, server glitch, or hacker attack can render you without your music. You also give up ownership rights to the Cloud operator, in many cases. No thanks. I buy the music, I want the content, and I want to still have access to the content even in the event of a technological failure. Plus, with all the drama about the NSA having backdoor access to Cloud services, I really don't want the government knowing I actually paid for Heidi Montag's debut album...whoops, cat's out of the bag on that one now! Interesting as I did not look at the M4, figured what they did to the M3 4 door would be the same for the 2 door M4 coupe. Interesting that they have different seats with the fold down arm rest. I still believe that CD players will be gone in 2 years or so, I have not seen a single new car model that has a cassette deck. Those have been gone for a long time as far as I have seen. The ATS has Multiple USB ports especially in the center arm rest console that allows charging but also ease of plugging in your USB thumb drive and loading music onto the built in 40GB storage of the NAV/Stereo unit. This is far easier and more reliable than a CD player. Yes it requires you to prep by stripping your music off the CD and onto the thumb drive, but you will get better reliable playback. I understand the points you are making, but I also feel you are wanting to keep things status quo in a business that is clearly moving forward fast. I do see how a center fold down arm rest with pass through to the trunk would add versatility to the car. Then all I drive due to my Shrek size is full size SUV's. So space is never lacking when it comes to carry something.
  12. G. David Felt
    Interesting as not much to see in the Heavy Cladding, but it is interesting to see that dual tipped single muffler exhaust. Big Car for sure.
  13. G. David Felt
    Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep is off the table for this 6'6" tall man if it has a sun roof. Amazing that they lower the roof line by almost 3" so for me I can actually drive in comfort my son's Jeep Patriot as he does not have the sun roof. Yet when he tested it with a sun roof I could not drive it due to the lack of head room. Lucky me he does not care for sun roofs so he saved the money from the sun roof and got a trail rated version instead and it has been a great auto for him.
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    So besides having bulbs that can be replacements for old style bulbs that use more power. Will it also have new replacement tail light and Front head light assemblies? What about other marker lights or Cyclops Break light replacements? Example is my 94 GMC Suburban Cyclop lights has had the outer coating worn off due to age and elements. I want to replace it with a nice new bright one. LED would be perfect. Also those side to side blinker lights that go on the bumper or just under the tail gate of a full size truck. Just interested in what all will be in the catalog. Thanks for giving us a heads up.
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    ENCORE I would totally agree with this statement. I also in thinking about it agree with Balthazar that Cadillac does not need to go below the ATS segment. Leave it for Buick.
  16. G. David Felt
    Are you sure it will take that long as I went through the GM web sites for the 4 brands and did not see a 6 disk option. Now I did not check every auto / SUV / Truck line but the few I checked on each brand I never once found a 6 disk player. Found DVD and CD player which would imply a single drive option. I bet in the next 24 months Auto companies drop multi-CD players from the options list.
  17. G. David Felt
    Exciting to see what you have to offer. Love LED options.
  18. G. David Felt
    Yes, Yes and Yes. I know I have terrible drawing skills but would love to see some of the talent I know is on this site draw some variations of an ATS. ATS Sedan ATS Wagon ATS Coupe ATS Convertible ATS CUV ATS Ute Let the drawing begin.
  19. G. David Felt
    So based on Cubical's comment, Cadillac should have called the ATS, the BTS. So a class 1 segment car if Cadillac builds one has the current lineup as such BTS formerly ATS DTS formerly CTS FTS formerly XTS This would then have allowed for a full family of new auto's to be added to the mix. I personally would have loved to see names back. ATS - Calais CTS - DeVille XTS - Fleetwood ATS Coupe/Convertible - Allante` CTS Coupe/Convertible - Evoq XTS Coupe/Convertible - Eldorado SRX - Provoq Escalade - Escalade New Models Compact Luxury CUV (ULC concept) below the SRX - Urvoq
  20. G. David Felt
    The sports wagon or CTS V wagon had limited appeal. Yet if they do a roomy wagon right it will sell to lots of people who do not like the CUV craze. I can also see the convertible being a needed option also.
  21. G. David Felt
    So here is a shot of the 2015 BMW M3 back seat. Where are those fold down arm rests that you say all German Brands have? In regards to 6 disk players, as Drew stated they are a dying technology. I have them, but rarely use them any longer since I like most people have stripped the music onto more efficient digital players. Trust me, CD players are not going to have the renaissance that record players are having. Most people are more than happy with a single CD player and the head unit having storage so they can strip and move their music to that internal storage or play it via the USB or Bluetooth ports. As auto's go Internet accessible, then we will see people use the Cloud to access their music, videos and pretty much anything else.
  22. G. David Felt
    Happy B-Day, Have a great one.
  23. G. David Felt
    Another American Company gone. Interesting to see if Fiat moves the HQ here to get out of the Socialist Italy.
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    wow I just am amazed that people are really like that.
  25. G. David Felt
    Yup, my first auto stayed in my dads name and was on the family insurance till I moved out at 24. Then got my own insurance for a crazy expensive year and then saw the benefits of turning 25. Both my kids stayed on my insurance till 26 and now the nice thing is as a family they can still stay on but pay for their own and get my family discount, auto and home. Love Costco insurance. All the auto's are on the same policy as is the house and it really keeps the rates down. I think for Gen Y folks they should work with their parents to keep the auto's on one big policy and take advantage of insurance brakes for multi auto, home, etc. One bigger insurance plan that gives all breaks.
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