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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    I give them 24 months for either becoming black due to the Model Y, Pickup truck and Semi if they actually get them all to market. My gut tells me that Tesla could end up having a major Chinese owner with a large share of the company for some serious coin to stay afloat.
  2. G. David Felt
    Closer, you could just dump the stupid 4 name and role those models back into the 3 series the way it was before and I could go for holding onto the 7 series.
  3. G. David Felt
    So they could just kill everything except the following: 3,4 and 5 series auto's X3, X5 and X7 CUVs. The rest can just go to the history books.
  4. G. David Felt
    On top of that, as other auto makers from startup Rivian who starts full scale production in September to GM, MB, etc. start bringing their EVs to market this fall and spring of next year, Tesla is gonna have a much bigger group of competition to deal with and their dated design and incentives will not be enough to change this. If reports are true that the S and X will also go to the cheaper single center screen but just nicer interior materials, it will be harder for them to really sell that at the mark ups they are pushing. Then put on top of this that there are pictures of an EV Escalade of which GM has been saying an auto like that will have at least a 400 mile range battery pack, I think Tesla is gonna be in a big world of hurt come this time next year.
  5. G. David Felt
    That because the engines die and a plethora of other problems. My sister had an 04 Dakota crew cab with the V8 and by 80K miles the engine was dead. Dodge took care of them as all the maintenance was done via the dealer, but 2nd gen Dakota's just seem to be garbage compared to gen 1.
  6. G. David Felt
    I say there are PLENTY of people who are in the inability camp that drive full size pickups that are fairly new and beat to hell as they cannot seem to avoid hitting things, opening doors and smacking things and rubbing against the curb and my all time favorite observation is the plethora of Morons that cannot seem to PARK said full size pickups in a parking spot. Wish the auto companies would give the trucks better turning radius too while I am on my soapbox. Remember when Toyota advertised on their 1/2 ton to 1 ton mini pickup trucks to show that you did not need a full size to do the job. Those trucks sold big time. Bet GM could gain additional sales if they did a 1/2, 3/4 and 1 ton mid size pickup.
  7. G. David Felt
    Sounds like the german brands you speak of.
  8. G. David Felt
    I would question that the mid size market needs full size beds. When looking at what the bulk of the beds being bought on mid size trucks, Jeep Gladiator even being a premium mid size truck with the smallest bed will and should do well in sales. I think the 6' or 5'6" beds will be the bulk of sales especially on the crewcab models.
  9. G. David Felt
    Seems we be in a bear market. NOW It's A Bear Market http://flip.it/3OhTmW
  10. G. David Felt
    So true, would take this over the Chevrolet or Ford current look, I do like the current GMC though.
  11. G. David Felt
    Awesome conversion!
  12. G. David Felt
    Agree, that would be a deal breaker for me. I am buying a Buick, not their dealership. No tag on my auto, or deal is off. Glad west coast dealers or at least in the PNW that has not happened yet.
  13. G. David Felt
    I am thinking if you plan this right you would run conduit in the walls with a proper hole drill. Kinda like the cement homes that are very energy efficient here. Walls are 18" thick, you put up the forms, re bar and run all the conduit for electrical and for plumbing. Once the walls are poured and dried, you come back with the wiring to run through one set of conduit and then run the new long strands of hot and cold water tubing through the other set of conduit. Very interesting having a cold water and hot water patch panel to connect to all the long runs of water tubing. This is how the homes here are now being built, not a fan of this compared to reliable copper tubing.
  14. G. David Felt
    Just saw this at the light coming home from working out. #spartanstrong ? Not sure what year, but I leave that to the pro's. @balthazar @Robert Hall Have a great weekend all!
  15. G. David Felt
    New Cadillac Dealership opens in Europe. http://cadillacsociety.com/2019/08/02/new-cadillac-dealership-opens-in-kazakhstan/ Never thought Kazakhstan would be the place for a new Cadillac dealership, course they also have Chevrolet's next to the Cadillac's. Very interesting, but will say very nice shiny dealership.
  16. G. David Felt
    Amazing part is the amount of buildings in japan that are still built with beams this way. labor intensive but built to last.
  17. G. David Felt
    All valid points and I would for one use a fire retardant foam in the walls to help seal and tighten things up. Yet it is still an interesting way to build a shed to a home as they do have home plans. I will say that the one thing that beats this is how the Japanese does this tongue and groove building for long life, being hundreds of years and amazing strength. This guys channel shows all these ways to build strong amazing jointed wood projects. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRGV5YMWtS0RR-SfJ2XU-8A Who knew wood porn could be so amazing to watch! Great guide on the tools. https://www.popularwoodworking.com/japanese-joinery-pdf/
  18. G. David Felt
    Makes a nice out of college starter vehicle.
  19. G. David Felt
    What about in regards to your doodles? ?
  20. G. David Felt
    For the year DOWN -4% One month does not make the year. Lincoln is UP 1.3% for the Year Cadillac DOWN .3% for the Year Porsche UP 5.3% for the Year BMW DOWN 1.7% for the Year I could go on, but MB is doing worse than many others. They did great years before, but clearly they need some major changes and style updates.
  21. G. David Felt
    Should be interesting to see the style and I wonder since they have also said they would be doing ice/hybrid/ev, what the powertrain lineup will be.
  22. G. David Felt
    Really, you need to wash those Rose colored glasses. Excluding the few high percentage auto's, the bulk of their product line is dead or heavy down especially year to date. If this was your favorite hate company GM, you would be ripping them apart about the negative models. Plus lets look at the whole company, it is only really up 19.5% for the month as vans and smart are dragging MB down.
  23. G. David Felt
    Always liked Jag's style, glad to see they are selling well and hopefully quality will continue to go up and get stronger.
  24. G. David Felt
    With only 35K sold so far on track to sell 70K this year, it does make one wonder how a dealership stays open with so few sales. Gotta be expensive service.
  25. G. David Felt
    ? Wonder what he is thinking, EXCITEMENT!
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