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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    That tailgate better be able to handle 500lbs. I have never had a truck that could not handle me standing on it and unloading rocks, bark, etc. Failures of any kind can hurt people and all should be a recall as a matter of consistency.
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    How about we stop padding the very old history of GM and drop the 80's and 90's and focus on the last 18 years. That is the core of the auto's on the road today and I can tell you GM will not be the top dog. As @Cubical-aka-Moltar states the Recall Rate Per 1,000 cars is very interesting and I bet even the Germans will jump up there if you look at the 2000 to 2018 period only compared to when they were very small in the 80's and 90's. So tell us where this chart came from as I would like to see the source myself. Thank you,
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    Totally disagree with you as the wood dash trim is lacquer coated and not plastic, but I can see how some would see it as plastic. CX-9, what a joke that is the biggest plastic crap CUV around and way over rated. Spent weeks in one of their new top end and wrote a review on it. Terrible power, gas guzzler, plastic crap everywhere, terrible seats, I would never recommend it to even an enemy. You can get fully loaded Envisions for 40K, not the MSRP 54K. I posted about that too in regards to my sister and many people who have been in it love it especially her best friend who is a lexus lover and now looking to replace her lexus cuv with the Buick due to the far superior interior and room on top of how quiet it is. Room in the Envision beats out the CX-9 both front and back seats even though it is a smaller CUV for 5. Spent far to much time in all the auto's you mention and the only thing to step up from the Buick would be the Cadillac you mention.
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    @ccap41 SMK had called this same type of screen sitting on the dash a floating screen. I was quoting him. LOL
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    WOW, Talk about a mini S model with a tacky cheap ass Dash. Has that Terrible Floating Screen on the dash that SMK knocks everyone about coping MB on and the air vents look like a sphincter. This is what 21st century entry level cheap luxury looks like? ? PASS
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    WOW, Talk about Toyota doing what GM did in tacky Rebadge work of their luxury line compared to their basic line. Talk about using the Spindle grill on both Toyota and Lexus auto's. PATHETIC!
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    WOW, That is one Cheap looking dash. Seems to have the MB Floating screens for the dash on top of it.
  8. G. David Felt
    Just filled up the SS and Escalade this morning $3.179 per gallon.
  9. G. David Felt
    Maybe not, If Cadillac did the float ride of the 50's on a burban as an ugger luxury suv, it very well could be the bomb. Course someone might then say that MB still built a better one or that it was nothing more than a burban. LOL
  10. G. David Felt
    RIGHT! That was my thinking too, If Cadillac had done an Escalade in the 50's it would have been something no one else would have been able to touch.
  11. G. David Felt
    I would take this over the mess MB has put up as a concept. or even this
  12. G. David Felt
    As @oldshurst442 & @ocnblu posted in this thread, there are many auto's built in America like you said the tall auto's with some SUV style way back before MB decided to do it. https://www.cheersandgears.com/forums/topic/90052-mercedez-benz-news-vision-mercedes-maybach-ultimate-luxury-suv-leaks-out/?tab=comments#comment-836050
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    I truly must have never been meant for me to be ubber rich as nothing about this auto appeals to me. I have to laugh at this line: Our concept combines the DNA of an SUV with that of a sedan. Hello McFly, USA auto companies did this DNA back in the 1930's to 1950's I believe but will leave it to the mast of all things old. @balthazar Interesting how MB likes to twist up the history when we have as Bill pointed out versions of DNS SUV/Car merging happening over the last 40 years too.
  14. G. David Felt
    Nice read, like the info about tall people for the back seat being not the best and the experience of how this handled in a snowstorm. Very informative and your right, with a ton of cash on the hood, these auto's should sell and do well till they can update and replace it. Thanks Bill, I learned alot about this auto.
  15. G. David Felt
    Agreed, Last week Seattle was in the mid $2.20-$2.30 a gallon and the Anacortes oil refinery was shutdown as they were changing over from winter blends to summer blend gas. This week $3.09 a gallon. WTF, clearly an investigation into oil manipulation of refined gas needs to be done as you just do not have big jumps when the trading price is not changing that much. Something Stinks and I smell Big Oil Manipulation!
  16. G. David Felt
    Totally sweet, talk about total protection.
  17. G. David Felt
    But if they do them all Unibody, they will truly loose the Defender strength of a Body on Frame SUV. As @Cubical-aka-Moltar points out, the traditional defender was single or double cab and another Unibody just muddies up the picture. I DO NOT see a need for more clone CUV versions under Defender name as it becomes a badge job just about of a Range Rover.
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    Nice clean simple dash, but is this a 2018 or 2008 dash? Seems to be a warp back in time.
  19. G. David Felt
    JEEP CVT suck big time. Alex loved his Patriot and I liked it too, but one reason on trading it in at 81K miles was it needed another CVT. 3 in less than 100K miles. Nope CVT suck big time in traditional auto's, Hybrids seem to be a different egg.
  20. G. David Felt
    High labor costs have GM manufacturing on a short life line. Exit strategy is clear unless they can reduce labor cost while increasing automation.
  21. G. David Felt
    Interesting, A standard cab unibody pickup. It will sell but in very limited numbers I think. Luxury buyers are going to want extra room and as such,I questions it's ability to sell profitably.
  22. G. David Felt
    Very cool as I liked the look of this concept, but I have to doubt it will ever really get built. They are watching Honda and the Ridgeline 2.0 according to Motor Trend and sales for the first 3 months of 2018 has the Honda Truck down 30% which does make one wonder about Unibody pickups. Also VW is testing the waters for a Unibody pickup and while they believe they could sell from 50-70K units a year, the Honda Ridgeline has sold 7005 through the end of March, that means a total of 28,020 trucks for the year and this is down 30% from last year. I question them investing in a truck that has such low sales numbers. Currently the Honda Ridgeline average transaction price as of this week is $40,723. 40,723 * 28,020 = $1,141,058,460.00 OK, can they R&D, tool up, build, support and do a truck for $500 million looking at sales of $1 billion? Maybe........
  23. G. David Felt
    @Drew Dowdell Thought you would find this interesting. a good read on investment opportunities as we enter the great battery race for EV's. This was done by Barings and covers your traditional executive summary, background info, the manufacturing, the future, Cathode Manufactures, Separator Manufactures, Commodities and their conclusion. For anyone else that wants to get a better understanding of the top 3 battery cell tech, chemistry, materials, potential disruptors, and the cathode manufacturers this is a good review even if you are not interested in investment options. Charging Ahead November 2016.pdf
  24. G. David Felt
    GM's Supercharged 3900 engine was awesome!
  25. G. David Felt
    Very cool comparison between the Audi and Jag EV CUV's battery pack. Seems they are both using the same LG battery cells that the Chevrolet Bolt is using. https://electricrevs.com/2018/04/21/audi-e-tron-vs-jaguar-i-pace-battery-pack-comparison/ On top of this, Seems the VW subsidery Electrify America is busing installing the XFC chargers now. https://electricrevs.com/2018/04/20/electrify-america-construction-underway/
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