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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    As an axample, 2009 Trailblazer LT w/ 3LT 4x4 option has the 285HP straight six motor and weights 4,523 lbs 2009 Trailblazer SS AWD with 6L V8 has 400HP and weights 4,663 If it was only a 20hp difference I would agree that there is really just a wash between RWD and AWD, but when you put in 115HP increase with only a 140lb weight increase, it is noticeable difference in the driving dynamic.
  2. G. David Felt
    Totally agree, from the housing market to Retail and the stock market, many signs things are about to cool off even is the stock market holds or goes up. After all, there are plenty of people putting cash into 401K's and as such, the money has to go some place. Yet with that said, many signs we are headed for a pause, recession, cooling off of the global economy, etc..
  3. G. David Felt
    I LOVE HUD systems for having the basic info at the bottom of the window, Cadillac HUD is AWESOME. Yet with that said, I am NOT a fan of having the auto tell me as shown above in the picture curves, turns, etc. Keep your augmented reality HUD system, just keep it simple and straightforward like in my Cadillac!
  4. G. David Felt
    If the starting recession goes deep enough, FORD will need to be bailed out. Their debt is way out of control and the loans would call it all in just about killing the company. I can see Ford and FCA being the next auto companies to need a bailout.
  5. G. David Felt
    I have to call BS on that, So many have kids including myself, yet where are yours? Seems Diesel and ICE clearly affected you maybe? Even the AWD Nismo? ?
  6. G. David Felt
    WOW, Wish gas was that cheap here, Course flow rate is heavily dictated on maintenance of the system and how dirty the filters are for pumping the gas from the holding tanks into an auto. I have seen some very slow systems which would make me think twice about fueling as I would worry about water in the system on top of all the sediment. Washington state average: Regular Mid-grade Premium Diesel Washington $3.014 $3.234 $3.374 $3.246 So True! My wife liked the Rivian but was not thrilled by it, after seeing the Atlis pickup, she said she can see us owning and driving one. She is a very hands on person before spending money. Not a virtual person and is not a tech person at all as I have huge support with her and tech, so once the Atlis is in production, she wants to go see it in person. That could be the next auto in the driveway.
  7. G. David Felt
    I would like to preorder the Slappy Pappy's Supper Sloppy and The Dirty Sancho with a Dr. Pepper. Gonna have to make two trips as I also want to try The Doginator along with The Texas Tommy with the Salty Dog! Hot Dogs Sounds like a very dirty filter on their pump system. That is how one can tell if a station maintains their pumps or not, slow filling is a clear sign their filters are clogging up with contaminants.
  8. G. David Felt
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/investors-are-finding-out-now-why-the-stock-market-tanked-in-december/ar-BBS1yeY?li=BBnb7Kz Yup get ready for recession.
  9. G. David Felt
    We'll this just continues to confirm we are in for a recession as I expect more global slow down. GM and Ford are doing the right thing reducing headcount and closing factories of surplus capacity. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/investors-are-finding-out-now-why-the-stock-market-tanked-in-december/ar-BBS1yeY?li=BBnb7Kz
  10. G. David Felt
    No Fall out, smart management of cutting costs as the economy cools. At Will Employment, no one is promised a job. Every Company does this and yet for some messed up reason so many people want to prosecute GM and give a pass to so many others. Bank of America has pushed the bulk of their work force to part time to avoid paying benefits and reduce costs while increasing executive compensation and I do not see people attacking them. This can be said of so many companies, GM is doing what is needed to survive and reduce over capacity. I really fail to see why so many people think they are promised a job as well as security. Where does it say that in our constitution? Also so many people have talked even here at C&G about the over capacity glut of auto manufacturing and yet GM seems to be the only one with stones to do something about it for their long term strength and survival. Weird how everyone seems to be up in arms over this normal business function. ?
  11. G. David Felt
    So true as I love the R33 and R34 Skyline but the Nissan GTR is not the Godzilla Skyline of the past. Different era, different dynamic. I agree with you about the Hot Corolla.
  12. G. David Felt
    Thank you for posting, I wish APPLE would follow industry standards, MOV format just does not play on anything well except apple, lucky for me I have the VCL player installed. WOW, just $20 to fill up, amazing, I honestly cannot remember ever filling up an auto for less than $65 to 70 dollars or more. Cool, so 10 gallons in a minute for what an estimated 300 mile range? Cool. I just plug in my auto at night once I get it and every morning the tank will be full.
  13. G. David Felt
    I so totally agree with this statement! Sorry, but I will have to disagree with you all the time about AWD kills Sportiness, we have way to many outstanding AWD cars to drive and there are some excellent sport SUVs. My Trailblazer SS AWD is a blast to drive and there is NOTHING lacking in the Sportiness department.
  14. G. David Felt
    So this crawling across that big screen is a Distraction?
  15. G. David Felt
    Have to say I am really impressed with this update. I do wonder about the Portrait mode screen that could block vision for shorter people as it seems to sit very high on that dash. I really hope Ford stepped up the quality of the interior materials. Wish Ford all the best in sales.
  16. G. David Felt
    Yawn, nothing new, to be expected. I would sure hate to buy one of the auto's assembled there right now. I can just see the crap that would be pulled by pissed off workers on the auto's. Reminds me of so many stories about auto's with unfinished work or hidden tools that made clunk noises, etc. from strikes at plants due to people sabotaging the assembly of the said auto's.
  17. G. David Felt
    Or we all did get it and just being polite to avoid a warning! After all, 9 1/2 min of Rambling was exhausting last night!
  18. G. David Felt
    Yup, I totally forgot about the Haldex system and Saab, that is such a history note in the books for me.
  19. G. David Felt
    So Autoblog has a story on the Leaf Nismo and they got this info for the AWD Leaf Nismo Version: the new Leaf Nismo RC blows away the old car in terms of performance. With two 120-kW electric motors, the Leaf Nismo RC has all-wheel drive and puts down 478 pound-feed of torque. It'll sprint from 0-62 miles per hour in a brisk 3.4 seconds. Nissan didn't disclose what battery the Nismo RC uses, or its capacity. https://www.autoblog.com/2018/11/30/nissan-leaf-nismo-rc-race-car-electric-ev/
  20. G. David Felt
    Before Toyota Bought the Subaru shares from GM, GM with a healthy ownership in Subaru is what used their AWD technology to build a better system which is what you find in the Escalade and now pretty much any of their AWD offerings and like Subabru, you pay for what you get, lesser capable in the cheaper auto's and better in the more expensive versions. GM makes an excellent AWD system, never had a problem in theirs and I figure it is because of the knowledge gained from Subaru. Yes, offer a Hummer package on the GMC trucks, the crawl ratio and overall off road capabilities puts the Jeeps to shame.
  21. G. David Felt
    We'll it was a 45 footer. Trailblazer SS AWD 2009 was the last one that is NOT a Camaro that I am aware of.
  22. G. David Felt
    I actually like the look of their Leaf Nismo performance version. Very cool it is being reported that it does go on sale in Japan first. https://jalopnik.com/the-nissan-leaf-nismo-is-happening-1827748580 That is great for a performance EV.
  23. G. David Felt
    I do wonder if GM is doing their normal Stupid thing of bring out the normal levels, then in a year offer a little more performance and then the following year a little more and as they get to mid life, they then offer the SS top performance version. To me just stupid as I have no interest in the lower end versions, but the RS while I love the look inside and out, is trumped by the Trailhawk with the v8 and adjustable suspension for offroad capabilities that the same priced Blazer does not have nor can compete with.
  24. G. David Felt
    Make me wonder if they will finally offer the Performance version of the concept they showed off. It would be nice to have a Leaf e+ Nisimo.
  25. G. David Felt
    I could go for being myself on Don Johnson Boat in Miami Vice flying through the water.
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