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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    @oldshurst442 I agree that red has its place and for sure is hot on woman. But I stick with my own assessment that their are other colors that are just as sexy at auto shows than red, black, silver and white. Chinese auto show Tokyo autoshow Seoul Autoshow
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    Agree the four colors you mention are the most tiring from an Autoshow and marketing standpoint. I wish Cadillac would go back to some of their better colors. Right now for 2019 very little outside of the tired 4 colors you mention are available now. Now their blue is along the lines of racing blue and that would market well with their Zoom Zoom tag they have used for years. I like their eternal mica blue color.
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    VW started the Fight, then Hyundai won the war. Exterior looks good for both, but once you move inside, Hyundai has a superior looking interior IMHO.
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    Totally agree, always marketing their cars in Red has gotten tiring and boring. They really need to mix up the marketing message with their auto's in various colors in various places. I truly believe whoever has the Marketing contract is heavily stuck in the Red Zone with their options transmission stuck in Neutral. I have to disagree with you, this is the Marketing machine stuck in Neutral of incompetence. All colors look good depending on the background, the use case, etc. Mazda could very well show off their auto's at the shows with various backgrounds that compliment and drive home their auto's doing something in various environments. Yes their jeweled red is pretty, but NO it is not the Best Color Only to show off at the show or marketing. Red is so tiring. Time to switch it up and show what else can be done.
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    I totally disagree, I believed when I first heard this that the UK Gov Pukes pushing Brexit was all about their own agenda without telling the truth and clearly as the Story above that I posted shows and many others I have found on this shows that Brexit is a bomb of a poor planned program that cares nothing for the citizens or business but only about a cast system of specific rich groups of individuals in or with ties to the Government as they can survive the destruction of the economy. As we have been discussing in this thread, Brexit from an auto / service / financial standpoint alone will cost 10's of thousands of jobs. The UK might recover over the next 100 years but the upcoming 5 to 10 years is going to be destructive for those living on the edge of survival. This is going to really cost the country big time I believe. Once they lose those manufacturing jobs, they rarely ever come back as we have seen here in the US and Canada.
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    You ASSUME there is no demand. Yet when people complain about noise in the inner city, open header motorcycles, diesel auto's, noise, smell, etc. People are wanting quieter options, cleaner air. So you are making an ASSUMPTION that people do not want this? How do you know what millions of people living in cities want? Seattle has a noise code that attempts to address this: http://www.seattle.gov/sdci/codes/codes-we-enforce-(a-z)/noise-code Clearly our neighborhoods are asking for a change to noise and air pollution such as Beacon hill: https://www.knkx.org/post/environmental-justice-seattle-s-beacon-hill-addressing-air-and-noise-pollution or https://iexaminer.org/environmental-injustice-the-air-and-noise-pollution-threatening-the-health-of-beacon-hill/ To quote from the iexaminer story above: Both air and noise pollution are associated with health risks. Long-term exposure to certain air pollutants is associated with heart disease and childhood asthma, according to Tim Larson, a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the UW. Here is a science research done from 2000 to 2008 that shows both air and noise pollution increase the risk of heart attack especially in densly populated cities. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181024112244.htm The SCIENCE supports that less noise and cleaner air is good for everyone both inside the city and outside of it. This on top of a vehicle that is quiet, less maintenance, less cost of fueling in a form factor such as this EV is desired even as you hate them, many love the option. This is a perfect representation of capitalism as another auto option that you can ignore and have a right to do and others will support. While use as an airport taxi or executive transport, I expect this electric van to also grab market share among service providers that will love the lower cost of operation and the stealth approach to delivering at all hours without bothering others. Electric Vans will be perfect for Amazon Prime 24/7 delivery in neighborhoods to inner cities.
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    Great read as I had no idea that Brexit affects the good friday agreement that brought peace to northen Ireland. The truth is out about Brexit – but there is a narrow road back to sanity http://flip.it/7FgduV
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    I can always respect a proper EV auto. Just cause it has a 3 point star and I would not buy it does not mean I cannot respect the engineering effort that went into it. GM / Ford / RAM would benefit from doing the same thing. EV vans that can be used for delivery / service work in the inner city will be a big win for companies by reducing service costs / fuel costs / noise and cleaner air for the City Dwellers. Still love ya Blu, keep me on my toes in Explaining why the Dark Side has better Cookies and you will join me young Padawan!
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    Totally agree, the Brexit and the affect on the Auto Industry, Services Industry, Tech Industry is huge. Looking at how this affects the jobs is a focus on the manual labor and hate to say it but trade union jobs rather than college educated jobs. I have seen from my own connection in the Tech industry that the Engineering design creation jobs are pretty safe, but the actual build of the products will move off shore due to the taxes / Duties of how this will affect the UK. English, Scottish, Irish are all feeling it as the lower wage jobs / manual labor / assembly type work moves off shore to places where the product does not get hit with high duties.
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    Tech also, I know my company is rethinking the tech services group we have in Cork Ireland. That could be almost 3000 jobs that could leave. The Irish and Scottish think England was STUPID to leave as it affects them big time more than people realize.
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    STS, He loves it. Wishes they still made them so he could buy another. Yes it is a late model STS. Him and I are the Cadillac champions at work, everyone else is german or asian driven. People are shocked to see our auto's. I had no Idea he had hit half a million miles on his.
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    Beautiful Mach 1 Mustang. Looked all original. Some one loves their car as much as we do @ C&G.
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    Seems china does not like the custom descriptions so clearing of the model 3 has stopped. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47463003
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    Coworker has his cadillac nearing 550,000 miles. Proof Northstar engines can go the distance!
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    I did this only once with a situation that I realized I did not have the tool for, worked out OK. I do one thing all the time. When I have an issue, I check the OEM websites for pricing on the parts. This way I keep the dealership honest in charging me a fair price.
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    Cool that there will be a decent size 4 door car coming as an option for those that are not into the CUV/SUV thing.
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    Special effects are outstanding and the story line is very solid. I am excited to see the Robots home world and what happens there. Plus there is more to the characters than other shows have. Whoever wrote the story lines did a great job on the characters and the conflict while keeping the over all show interesting. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5232792/
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    OUCH, Yup I think the morons who wanted to leave the European union will be rethinking this as people lose jobs and costs go up as they import more. Not good.
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    I am very happy for the Netflix of Season 2 of Lost in Space!
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    Totally agree, minus the UFO roof as you point out, this actually works and works way better than the bloated Kidney Grill BMW put on their SUV Concept. While not a fan of the white interior, I do like what i see and would love it in a warm Mocha two tone.
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    Not a fan of the body cladding myself, but would love to see them add decent reverse tail lights that would light up the back when going in reverse.
  22. G. David Felt
    Very cool, sharp looking EV van. I hate the floating LCD screen. Interior color combo is nice.
  23. G. David Felt
    Population control is what that is called. Imagine all the idiots we would have go away with an Autobahn style freeway system. Love the idea. Eventually it would be super safe once the morons who cannot drive or are afraid to drive are off the road. After all driving is a privilege earned and we have so many idiots that think it is a right. We really do need retraining of the drivers in this country.
  24. G. David Felt
    @Drew Dowdell @ccap41 Now not a Fact, but according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobahn you have 3 speeds, far right is max of 130kph, middle lane is up to 150 kph and far left lane is for auto's 170kph and above. I am thinking the 180 kph is to allow all driving on the autobahn but keep a lid on the top end speed to keep the auto safe? ?‍♂️ I do question the speed limits as auto's have gotten so safe and according to wiki again the crash and death rates on the autobahn are some of the lowest anywhere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limits_in_Germany
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    Thanks CCAP41, I looked around. Interesting concept. For the Amazon type buyers, this should work. For me, I like to see it before even putting a dollar down. Very different way of buying, that is for sure.
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