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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    But is it light and fluffy? I am at 700 feet above sea level and this snow always comes in wet and heavy. Crazy how heavy it is. That poor SSR! ?
  2. G. David Felt
    Poor SS covered under a foot plus of heavy snow. Yup gonna have a long day of shoveling. Yes, sea level, usually more rain than snow. Started shoveling. My poor suburban. Heavy wet snow!
  3. G. David Felt
    Greater Seattle area might get frost and a dusting most winters with the mountains keeping all the snow a mere 45 min to 1hr drive away at 4000 ft. Here this is highly unusual. Usual winter temps for Seattle are mid 30's to low 40's. Nice Mild winter weather.
  4. G. David Felt
    1994 was the last time we had snow like this. I have thought about it though. Right now so wet and heavy, I have to wonder if a blower could even handle it. The malls here have gone from blowers to plows to move it off the sidewalks and parking lots.
  5. G. David Felt
    Yet those that I work with that have performance auto's they just love the CF stuff and usually add more to the auto. Very crazy. I will say that the NAV looks like an after thought to the dash and that seems to be a theme in which I agree with this story of the ugliest NAV systems at the Chicago auto show. http://www.thedrive.com/news/26426/the-5-ugliest-infotainment-screens-of-the-2019-chicago-auto-show Even the Lincoln new CUVs are on the list due to that ugly after thought nav screen. They should be properly integrated into the dash.
  6. G. David Felt
    Poor SS covered under a foot plus of heavy snow. Yup gonna have a long day of shoveling. Still snowing, gonna for most of the day.
  7. G. David Felt
    This is no different than the appearance packages that BMW and MB have on all their auto's. Not actually meant to be a true performance auto, just look like one. I bet we know plenty of people that want the look but could care less about the actual performance.
  8. G. David Felt
    I have to disagree with you SMK, I have NOT been impressed with the performance car interiors you stated above and feel that the V Series is on par with them. If anything, the Piano Black surface is not what people are expecting on the performance auto and more of a carbon finish which has only been out recently. I do agree with you and everyone else that Cadillac needs to step up their game on the interiors, but they made some poor decisions on performance interior probably by a bean counting Couch potato that has no clue about performance.
  9. G. David Felt
    Spelling Nazi! I can respect that. If I was a car fan and could fit in it, which I cannot, it would be on my list of cars. I am far more excited to see the Model Y CUV which I admit, I will probably not fit in but should also sell Gang Busta for Tesla.
  10. G. David Felt
    So I guess your not a fan of modern AC/DC technology!
  11. G. David Felt
    If Poor Quality was the only reason, then why are the Germans having to change their plans for their EVs after reverse engineering the Tesla 3. https://insideevs.com/porsche-audi-tesla-model-3-teardown/ The story above is only one of a couple where all the German brands have bought a Tesla 3 and while the interiors and fit n finish leave something to be desired, their power train and tech surpasses what the Germans can do or have planned to do. More Great Reading as to why the Germans are scared. https://www.wiwo.de/technologie/mobilitaet/elektroauto-zerlegt-tesla-model-3-kann-gewinn-abwerfen/22625806.html https://www.quattrodaily.com/audi-and-porsche-worried-for-ppe-platform-after-tear-down-of-tesla-model-3/ https://cleantechnica.com/2018/09/25/tesla-an-uncomfortable-wake-up-call-for-germany-all-hands-on-deck/
  12. G. David Felt
    All in one shopping for the farmer, gotta love that.
  13. G. David Felt
    Gotta love the New Instagram marketing.
  14. G. David Felt
    I agree with you, yet the point I am making is a die hard diesel fan can see the value of of a truck that meets his needs in switching to an EV. Considering he just replaced his 10yr old 1ton Ram pickup with the CPO Ford F350. I do not expect him to change until 10 years from now and who knows where we will be now that Ford and GM have committed to having a 1/2 ton EV pickup. In 10 years we could also have 3/4 and 1 ton EV pickups. The thing is that the future has allot of exciting change so as we all enjoy our ICE auto's now, there will be alternative considerations down the road that just might entice you to change power train types.
  15. G. David Felt
    Took my Family out for lunch and our daughters best friend and her husband who is a police officer and drives a 4x4 F350 Dually came to lunch. He is a hard core Diesel driver, but has had the options of being able to drive their single Tesla X police CUV around the rich city he works for and has come to the decision that for most people EVs make sense especially with a full tank every day at the start and so little maintenance compared to ICE auto's. He then said for himself, until they have a decent 4x4 as he lives out in the woods and drives 50 miles every day, 100 round trip he would not give up his truck. I then showed him the Atlis Pickup with 5.5, 6.5 or 8 foot bed option. He read the web page from the company and said when it gets into production, he would consider it as the 400 mile battery pack even with reduced range in the cold would work for him. This was a die hard Diesel fan who would be willing to consider it. He has to drive 18 miles to get to the closest gas station, so being able to plug in at his house every night would be no big deal to have a full tank of go juice in the morning.
  16. G. David Felt
    Reminds me of a Rapper with a Grill!
  17. G. David Felt
    LOL, I know full size cars, grew up with my parents having Delta 98's. That is a full size car, same with your 70's Lincolns and Cadillac's. Those were full size cars. Today's full size cars are the 70's and 80's mid size lets be honest here, for young pups like you, they are full size.
  18. G. David Felt
    Yes, it slopes down, before I had the new cement drive way installed, I put in a massive drain in front of the garage to keep it from flooding. Drive way is 36 feet wide and 65 feet long. 9 suburbans can fit on it just fine. Just allot of shoveling. Took me 6hrs to do it all and then I went to my parents and did theirs which was another 3hrs. So 9hrs of shoveling. Got my workout in today. Calling for 3 more inches tomorrow, 3 to 5 inches on monday with a break on tuesday into wednesday and then next front moves in and they say it could dump 5 to 10 inches more. Been a long time since the seattle area got this kind of snow. Loving it, home now and gonna shower, go to bed and get up and go skiing tomorrow with my son. Rock on all, stay safe and warm this winter.
  19. G. David Felt
    20190209_071411.mp4 6 inches over night, now a foot on tje ground and people.are freakin out. Crazy for seattle. Well off to go shovel again.
  20. G. David Felt
    In someones dream it is, but not mine, that is a mid size car if I ever saw one. Not full size.
  21. G. David Felt
    Very cool, I know some would like to have the plug-in hybrids but honestly with battery tech moving forward so fast, might as well just go full EV for future product lines.
  22. G. David Felt
    Thanks for the info, for some reason I thought that most posi lock diffs out there were a manual centrifugal force kind, not the electric switch where you can lock up the diff any time you wanted.
  23. G. David Felt
    Is it a retreat or a focus on profit markets with a potential relaunch under specific names only in the future with a focused ICE / EV product line. I have been thinking about some of the things Mary has stated and I wonder if she is not long term looking at a global launch of either Buick or Chevrolet with that focused ICE / EV portfolio.
  24. G. David Felt
    I was thinking both, Electric locking Diff on trucks as well as AWD CUV / SUVs. It would be really nice and beneficial to folks that due use it allot especially in snow states or off road to have them as part of an off-road package.
  25. G. David Felt
    I wonder if any OEM will ever install electric lockers by default. I know electric hubs have become standard, but it seems having a beefy electric locker which has proven itself by the masses would be awesome so you can just flick a switch and lock up. I would love that.
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