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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Totally agree, I wish they would stop this wrongful way of listing an auto. They need to be true to the actual type of auto and use it is.
  2. G. David Felt
    Guess BMW owners are not Ultimate Driving Machine Drivers anymore. Too caught up in social media of tweeting that they just drank a Coke Zero. ?
  3. G. David Felt
    Spicy Taco or Plain Taco? Inquiring minds want to know.
  4. G. David Felt
    I am seeing more electronic based A/C systems to off load the small engines as they do take a big hit in MPG when on the freeway under speed.
  5. G. David Felt
    Actually more reason for the public to like them. Roomy mid size space in a compact format. Win Win!
  6. G. David Felt
    Every electronic device that has a battery currently uses Cobalt. So in that regards you could say, Support Child Labor, buy a Smartphone. Support Child labor, buy a laptop, support child labor, pretty much any battery powered device that is Li based. http://www.visualcapitalist.com/cobalt-precarious-supply-chain/ This shows that while China is getting all their Cobalt from the DRC and supporting child labor, Japan and the US actually are getting their Cobalt from other sources with the main one being Cobalt Ontario, in the middle between the Nickel capital of the World and one of the most famous Gold camps. As I have stated around our Forum, Solid State batteries are the future and they DO NOT need Cobalt. In fact the Nickel based Solid State batteries could be totally handled just for the North America by Canada. So clean green EV auto's I still see as our future.
  7. G. David Felt
    There are new deposits, but it requires bringing into that country modern technology and of course no one but China is willing to put people into a place that is so unstable and China seems to want to keep it manual child labor to have total control. Lucky with Solid State both Japan and the US has solid state prototypes that do not need cobalt and could be in production by 2020. Interesting times we live in and the fast changing world of auto's.
  8. G. David Felt
    Morons with more money are born every day than common sense. Hypercar racing, $50 million of amazing driving fun.
  9. G. David Felt
    Very cool video of the erupting Hawaii's volcano via a drone. http://www.thedrive.com/tech/20922/fly-around-hawaiis-erupting-kilauea-volcano-with-this-up-close-drone-footage
  10. G. David Felt
    Wonder how the Solid State no Cobalt batteries will play. I think this will be the bigger game changer than reducing the amount of Cobalt in an existing battery.
  11. G. David Felt
    And CR has found a braking issue with the Tesla 3 that Musk says will be fixed via a software update. Consumer Reports will NOT Recommend Tesla 3. https://www.consumerreports.org/hybrids-evs/tesla-model-3-review-falls-short-of-consumer-reports-recommendation/
  12. G. David Felt
    @balthazar I think Musk could loose more than half the deposits once other OEM EV's start showing up this summer and fall. I think his days are numbered in the current form as a car company.
  13. G. David Felt
    Yes, I would agree with you that most do, but try telling someone in the suburbs that his new $80,000 baby has to sit outside cause it is too big.
  14. G. David Felt
    Yup, watched a number of videos that talk about the 79.9" wide and that this new truck is only 1.5" longer but the wheels are 4" farther apart to greatly increase interior room. Yet no one talks about the Height. Yet people all mention that it is taller. Interesting as Drew is correct that an 8' garage door does not take into account the 4" arm of a garage door opener. H'mmmm ?
  15. G. David Felt
    Makes me wonder what kind of fun Performance parts will come out for this Turbo 4 banger. ? So are these hitting that Magic 8 ft tall mark of most common garage doors?
  16. G. David Felt
    Mercedes is your Grandpa's Brand too and they have no EV. The speed difference for the majority of people is insignificant and the Bolt can go faster if you put it in Sport mode. Interesting how no one really talks about the fact that you can take a second off that magic number you like to use too much on 0 to 60 if you are in Sport mode that then puts the Bolt on a level plane with the Tesla 3 that is more cramped than the Bolt.
  17. G. David Felt
    I tried my best to find commercial printers, I know they exist as Jim said I can this summer come up and visit him and he will show me the commercial Metal 3D printers. Like everything, if it can handle the needs of airline planes and get the sign off by the FAA, I would think it could handle being a part on an auto.
  18. G. David Felt
    That is still one Toad I like!
  19. G. David Felt
    More evidence the American economy is starting to overheat and we are headed for a correction. Shipping costs have almost doubled in recent years. Biggest problem is the huge increase in trucking product around America. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/america-doesn’t-have-enough-truckers-and-it’s-starting-to-cause-prices-of-about-everything-to-rise/ar-AAxAyYC?li=BBnb7Kz $80,000 a year starting wage for a Trucker. ?
  20. G. David Felt
    So just checked the web site, $3,500 difference between the 4 door and 2 door starting price. $40,995 4 Door $37,495 2 Door $1,000 to upgrade from V6 to Turbo 4, from 285HP to 368HP. You loose the 6sp manual and must have the $2,000 8sp auto. So $3,000 price increase. ? This I do not get, you have to pay now $1,295 for the steel bumpers otherwise you get plastic bumpers over aluminum stops. What idiot would not have metal bumpers for a serious off road auto. Like that they now offer a Hard Top Headliner insulation package. $495 2018 Wrangler Rubicon 4x4 2-Door in Mojito color $53,310 ?
  21. G. David Felt
    How do you know? You never saw it yet.
  22. G. David Felt
    OK, Learned a few things and checked with my brother in-law who heads up the Boeing propulsion project for the Dreamliner. They have been 3D metal printing for the last few years core suspension parts and mounting parts for the engines and the huge fans are 3D metal printed. Save considerable on metal waste, built stronger and lighter being superior parts. I can see this as a way for GM to reduce weight and have much cleaner suspension parts and other body, frame, power train parts moving forward. Some good links to read up on and see demos on 3D metal printing. https://all3dp.com/1/3d-metal-3d-printer-metal-3d-printing/ https://markforged.com/metal-x/ This site shows a wide variety of printing, there is a great story also on NCSU (North Carolina State University) that has figured out how to 3D print using Glass. https://3dprinting.com/metal/ I am excited by what we are seeing as a future way to creating items faster and better.
  23. G. David Felt
    I am wondering the same thing, I think it would be for a superior die to create the molds, but one can only wonder. Gonna search for this info more.
  24. G. David Felt
    Cool, should be interesting. Wonder what the powertrain lineup will be?
  25. G. David Felt
    Electric Saturn Sky that would run circles around the petro Miata would be cool!
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