G. David Felt
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Seems China is Banning 553 Auto Models from being sold starting Jan 1st 2018 to help reduce pollution. Top 3 is: "Models include FAW VW’s Audi FV7145LCDBG sedan, Beijing Benz’s Benz BJ7302ETAL2 sedan and Shanghai GM’s Chevrolet SGM7161DAA2 sedan." Interesting Story at Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-28/china-to-stop-production-of-553-vehicle-models-over-fuel-use
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I could not decide which one I liked best, so here are two from me.
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Very Cool balthazar, you made me wonder and I looked at my profile and see I have been here since 2005, so 12 years for me. WOW, time have flown by.
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Outstanding overview of 2017 auto's, Love it.
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Interior room is a big difference, if your over 6' tall, then go XT5 as the SRX is just tight in all ways. If your under 6' then it comes down to style of bullet train like (srx) or breadbox (xt5) IMHO from a style standpoint and interior room. Powertrain, SRX is fine with the V6, Turbo 4 was a blast to drive but does drink Gas on the SRX. XT5 is a decent performer for the V6 they put in it, but you have no other choices. I do like the updated CUE in the XT5, but then I also never had a problem even though others have said they had slow response from CUE in the SRX.
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december car spotter December Car Spotter Thread
G. David Felt replied to G. David Felt's topic in The Lounge
I totally agree, the black plastic that luxury brands seem to be using more of to me is clear CHEAPNESS! It was fine on an Avalanche or the Honda what ever it was called, but when you are paying the prices for a luxury product, black plastic is the cheapest way you can go IMHO. -
Sorry Drew, did not mean to stir up the pot, just was talking with a guy about transplants and he has a friend with a transplant porsche, so was searching the net to see what was out there. @oldshurst442 I loved the last Jedi, Thought it was a great hand off movie to the next generation. Worth seeing in 2D, Saw it in 3D and while cool, I would say save your money. I have also seen the reviews, but talking to coworkers who saw the New Jumanji, Welcome to the Jungle, people liked it.
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Porsche News: Porsche Could Offer Three Variants of Mission E
G. David Felt replied to William Maley's topic in Porsche
Some Very Cool EV auto's coming. -
Amazing the amount of Porsche that are converted with GM V8. https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Porsche+GM+V8+conversions&FORM=HDRSC2
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Alfa Romeo Begins Work On A Larger SUV :Comments
G. David Felt replied to William Maley's topic in Alfa Romeo
Meh, they are already giving the CUV a black eye with the attitude about hybrids or electrification. This just says, we have no skill and really would not like to learn but just want peoples money for an existing auto now. Another failure of FCA with the wasted money in Alfa. -
Nissan News: Nissan's Sales Numbers Boost Comes From Rental Cars
G. David Felt replied to William Maley's topic in Nissan
No surprise here. Having been in a Rogue lately, I was not impressed but very disappointed. Tight space, inefficient interior design. Most people find better options than what Nissan is building and as such, only way to keep things going is Rental sales. -
To use what some of you seem to think makes an auto best, sales numbers. GM has built the best V8 based on pure sales numbers alone since it is the leading built engine. Small Block V8 pushrod. So how would you state what the best V8 engine is? Probably one of those over rated DOHC engines that revs a ton, produces a decent number of HP and weak Torque like so many European engines or Asian engines do? Just saying if you go by sales numbers, GM is the best if not one of the top two in the world and I believe Ford would be right there with them. I would have to disagree with you as I have seen way too many people look at the crazy cost to keep those engines running and end up going for reliability and long life. In goes the SBC.
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This is why we see so many auto's from JEEP, Ford, Mercedes-Benz to Asian auto's that end up on some custom auto builders shop and a Small Block GM V8 ends up under the hood. GM has built the world's best V8 engine and as some are so big on using sales numbers to prove their auto is better than the GM V8. This just proves this many times over as the best auto engine out there period is the Pushrod V8 IMHO.
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I agree, having helped my wife research info for her college degree and seeing that schools clearly state you NEVER USE WIKIPEDIA as it is grossly inaccurate, I also cannot trust it as a published site of solid info, but it is an interesting site of info which I still have also used, but do my best to ignore.
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This this is one of my own issues with GM and their separate groups building stuff even in the same family as they ignore how to build in lower cost. The 1.6T, 2.0, 2.5, etc. all should be based on the same engine family block design. Isolated groups makes for expensive and sometimes poor design choices. See and yet, I know MB pushes AWD a ton and yet while I consider myself an Auto person, due to the coupe design and being a car which I am not a car person, I rely on others to share the wealth and as such, since the FWD/RWD is not front page, but having to go into lower levels, I missed this till this discussion came up. MB could kill off the CLA/GLA and I doubt many will care or notice as they will move to other options in the badge family if they really want it.
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Laugh of the day, New neighbors, 5 inches of snow on xmas day, kids outside playing and wife sees husband leaving, Yells be careful, it looks slick. Husband response, that is why we bought a 4x4, it knows how to drive in the snow and drives off with a if we were in the city we would not need this. Amazing the people that grow up in the city are clueless about the suburbs.
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Thanks @ccap41 I missed that then I was looking for it and it is not on the front page, they bury it. Plus another negative against the CLA, Premium Fuel To get less MPG than the Cruze? Seems like poor German engineering to me as many an American auto company does this for less cost. I really see no value in the CLA other than a badge that someone is wanting. Pathetic car.
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Where? As I just looked SMK and NOWHERE does it say it is a FWD car. You always say everything is RWD Superior till people point out A-Class.
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Thank you, MB web site does not state rwd or fwd. I appreciate the info. This just makes the CLA even a worse deal than it already was. Thanks Drew, This is a great point looking at it from the Manufactures viewpoint.
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55hp more but needed to move an 400+ lbs of weight more. Interesting is if you go out and I wish I had thought of this earlier, but using Edmonds compare tool. WOW, Chevy gives you real Leather at 28K and for 33,6K MB can only give you Leatherette? plus yes MB has extra year on warranty but Chevy has extra year on powertrain, you start comparing them side by side and the CLA is blown away. https://www.edmunds.com/car-comparisons/?veh1=401717637&veh2=401717008
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@Drew Dowdell @smk4565 So you guys made me curious to see the difference in the base CLA versus Cruze. What was interesting is that at $33,695 for the CLA you have a base car that is nothing special compared to so many superior options out there for the same money with much better packaging. In the Cruze, to get it identically configured to the CLA, I had to actually go with the Premier edition of the Cruze and still it came at $28,475. Considerable difference for the FWD Premier versus RWD CLA 250. Not really sure that most people other than looking for a badge would care to spend $5,220.00 more for what really is just a commuter car for most.
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Awesome!
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I would disagree, it was enjoyable and a true handing off to the young generation for future movies. What more were you expecting? They had to hand off the mantel to someone.
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Still love to see it, Got the email one and that rocks!
