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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Makes one question and wonder why a dual clutch auto is not able to handle more torque in a VW. Corvette seems to have gotten the supercharged V8 to handle torque and HP at a high RPM so again I question why auto is lower torque than manual. Also If I missed something and Corvette is also doing the same thing higher torque in manual compared to auto, then I also question why.
  2. G. David Felt
    Hope not as that would be a failure for VW as everyone seems to be adding awd.
  3. G. David Felt
    True, just think my SS Trailblazer looks better than this car cut off does. Maybe it is the look of a wheel chock that I just do not like about this VW. Reminds me of a door wedge.
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    @oldshurst442 I get what your says olds, but the VW at the top of your thread to me looks like it was just cut off with a large meat knife.
  5. G. David Felt
    Valid and True!
  6. G. David Felt
    Agree, why not also have Torque equal to HP or more. American builders can do this with Pushrod engines and yet you have to over rev and have more weight with the overhead cam crap to have high hp and medium torque.
  7. G. David Felt
    True both have the same bland style, but the A3 with AWD is a solid auto.
  8. G. David Felt
    The good ol days when a shoulder check actually meant you could see out the corners of your auto.
  9. G. David Felt
    I also see the blind spots enlarged to give it a better role over rating. Gonna need more camera's to see out of it. Over all nice update to the original.
  10. G. David Felt
    Interior is nice and way better than anything BMW or MB puts out. Yet the exterior is just like the rest of the German builders, same bland design for the last 40 years. It has been awhile since Porsche built a car I was excited about in style. GT3 I think is the last one that was "WOW" "That is COOL"
  11. G. David Felt
    Is it me of does the rear roof slope down more loosing internal cargo capacity?
  12. G. David Felt
    Best Form of Flattery!
  13. G. David Felt
    Depends on what you want, some great tuning modules that allow you to tune for MPG or Power or somewhere inbetween. I can say a tune on my Trailblazer SS for power made it crazy but also drink gas like crazy. Tune for MPG was great but talk about a lack of performance. Instead I went with a fine tune in the middle, got a bit more power and solid Torque lockup with keeping a respectable MPG. MPG around town is 12mpg Highway cruising I can easily hit 28 and sometimes even 30.
  14. G. David Felt
    I understand, I will take the wait and see, believe it when I see it on the lot. FCA has created that promise the sky and pull it last minute as they have done with auto updates, complete new models, etc. A little skeptical if FCA can deliver beyond marketing hype.
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    G. David Felt - Staff Writer Alternative Energy - www.cheersandgears.com Europe NewMotion Charging Network Bought by Shell Corporation NewMotion, Europe's largest charging network announced that Shell, one of the world's largest energy providers have signed an agreement to buy NewMotion Charging network allowing them to accelerate their expansion Europe wide with the latest Xtreme Fast Charging network to support the rapid growth of EV auto's. NewMotion manages over 30,000 charging points in western Europe. NewMotion has estimated that Europe will need between 1-3 million charge points by 2030. Currently NewMotion has 50,000 partner locations on top of their 30,000 managed charge points. Shell believes that by adding charging at their European network of gas stations, they can add millions of established customers to their NewMotion Charge network. You can check out more about NewMotion at their web site. NEWMOTION NewMotion Press Release
  16. G. David Felt
    400 fired for Performance at Tesla or so they say. Seems Tesla fired approximately 400 employees from lowly sales associates to upper level executives all for performance. Yet with the bottleneck of production holding back the ability to actually produce and ship Tesla 3, it seems Tesla is more about laying off costs to stem the flow of cash till they can get the Tesla 3 shipping. Seems to me they will miss their production targets this year big time. Tesla Story on web
  17. G. David Felt
    GM Exec calls Musk full of Crap! Seems Musk stating his auto's are level 5 capable of self driving is now being called full of crap by GM Exec that says without Lidar, there is no way Tesla system can be Level 5 full autonomous driving. It cannot see in the black of Night nor the difference of a snow covered road. Clearly many use cases that show Tesla to not be a Level 5 autonomous driving auto. Interesting read at Autoblog. https://www.autoblog.com/2017/10/16/gm-exec-calls-elon-musk-full-of-crap-autonomy-claims/
  18. G. David Felt
    Boy they are setting up for either a big WOW or Big OUCH factor with that Promises to be Great Looking. I hope so as right now it is very bland and boring to me.
  19. G. David Felt
    Awesome looking coupe 2 door with 4 person seating. Have to say this is a good looking car both inside and out. Excited for the Polestar 3 CUV.
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    G. David Felt - Staff Writer Alternative Energy - www.cheersandgears.com Washington State starts proposal for Autonomous auto lanes on I-5 Freeway. The idea is to change all existing HOV lanes to Autonomous vehicle lanes in the next 8-10 years. A local think tank has with help from the High Tech Community researched and is going to lay out to the state how to incorporate autonomous auto lanes on I-5 first and then throughout the state on all Federal and State highways. The think tank believes this could be incorporated by 2040. King 5 Story
  21. G. David Felt
    In washington state we have a distracted driving law so you get a $256, $512 and $1024 fine for first through 3rd offense and they notify your insurance each time. Yet with that they also put signs up asking people to report distracted driving as well as road rage and DUI. I am all for safety and yet how does a single occupant driver do that when they see it? Agree Dash Cams are about to become common to protect oneself. The GoPro 4K is awesome for clarity and that is how I think it should be done, when safe forward it to the local police.
  22. G. David Felt
    Yup, agree. I know some times people make mistakes and go through a red light, I have entered an intersection and had it go from green to red before I exit. Weird, but have experienced it. Yet then you can tell like this guy he truly did not want to wait, maybe playing with his phone and then just gunned it going through a clear red light. Glad you were not fast off the line as he could have hit you.
  23. G. David Felt
    Had a new Tesla X pull out in front of me and my wife asked what turd that was as it was black everything.
  24. G. David Felt
    Modern engines suck in many regards as well as have some cool tech, like my NA V6 and V8 Pushrod engines over the cam crap engines and especially the turbos. Would rather have a supercharger that goes with the flow of the engine helping out from low to high rpm than a turbo. EV will address all those shortcomings in the near future.
  25. G. David Felt
    Yes it is a semantic of words, Perform well in it's class is fine for this auto. Performance is another thing altogether.
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