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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Unions did allot of good in the early days of the 1900's, now they are just a political ass kissing machine of special interests that have hurt more than helped the average worker. Screwed once by the union, shame on them, screwed a second time by the union, shame on me, screwed a third time, time to die. Unions have screwed many of us over more than they realize and in todays modern society with more and more people getting an education or at least tradeshow certified, many have come to wonder why do I need to pay a union to represent me when I can represent myself and keep my money to myself? Especially in a socialist medicine country like Canada? I do not see the benefits of union representation.
  2. G. David Felt
    Civic Q Type? Honda =
  3. G. David Felt
    Amazing how far we have come! 1956 IBM ships their first 5MB Disk Drive. Cost was $35,000 then or $315,209.55 cents today.
  4. G. David Felt
    Yes you say lack of charging spots and yet we have found them within miles of your area. Also you say you do not want to charge at home and yet that does not stop a person in your house from being able to own a Bolt or Tesla and charge overnight always having a full charge so a decent 200+ miles of range more than you have stated you drive in a day.
  5. G. David Felt
    10 years before you see even an extreme loss of 10% battery capacity. Heating and cooling are also very efficient now in EV auto's and affect the battery capacity at no more than 10% except for extreme places like Death Valley, maybe all of Arizona on a 105+ day or extreme to the north. Engineering has pretty much removed all these excuses you bring up. Tesla and GM even Nissan have tested their EV's in extreme temps to make sure minimal battery loss of power due to Heating and cooling or age.
  6. G. David Felt
    If they do settle this, I would avoid buying as I bet there will be some frustration issues and it could be taken out in quality on the auto's.
  7. G. David Felt
    Seems the Tesla 3 Forum fans are also very disappointed in the Supercharger lack of with the Tesla 3. Per Tesla: Standard Battery Range: 220 miles (EPA estimated) Supercharging rate: 130 miles of range per 30 minutes Home charging rate: 30 miles of range per hour (240V outlet, 32A) Long Range Battery - $9,000 Range: 310 miles Supercharging rate: 170 miles of range per 30 minutes Home charging rate: 37 miles of range per hour (240V outlet, 40A) Yet it seems many are wondering why and the answer is very clear, cost, warranty, etc. Your not paying for the S class of Tesla, your paying for the 3 class of low mass produced Tesla. The Average Joe, nothing special. https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/slower-supercharging-on-model-3.94934/ Plenty of interesting reads: https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/forums/model-3.137/ Seems some are very concerned even among the faithful about the lack of manual controls and the single screen. https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/is-a-lack-of-instrumentation-dangerous.95539/ Yet move to the Real Tesla Site and I am happy to see many have questioned why the Tesla 3 does NOT have HUD. Seem I am not the only one that has concerns with the single screen that is touch only and takes your eyes off the road. https://forums.tesla.com/forum/tesla-model-3
  8. G. David Felt
    Can I opt out if Potus45 calls for a fill in? I get the point your making.
  9. G. David Felt
    Course this is all for nothing as proper lazy people would pay for the wireless charging option so every time they come home and park in the same garage or spot on their driveway, they would get charged up and you would never be empty or low even in an Emergency situation. The company that built this solution for the VOLT, Leaf, i3 they support all the compliance EV's has also expanded to make it work for the BOLT and Tesla. So why plug when you can just wirelessly charge.
  10. G. David Felt
    COOL ROAD TRIPS, Some of us enjoying seeing North America from the ground not at 35,000 feet.
  11. G. David Felt
    At least GM is involved in this along with Ford and others. They see the future, but like our stupid government that has decided to allow multiple standards for cell phone, it would seem it is willing to let the consumers waste money on lower standards. In this regards I praise Tesla for the SuperCharger, Hopefully VW fine that will go into the nation Charger system will help push to this much higher standard. The tech is there, why not just go with 800 kWh charging. Jump and not just leap to a new level.
  12. G. David Felt
    Sounds Like Something a German Auto Company would do!
  13. G. David Felt
    No not everyone wants self driving auto's or to share a rented auto with others. Many people are pigs and have ZERO respect for the auto they are in. I like my auto's clean, pristine and I have yet to see anyone around where I live keep their auto's clean and nice like I do. This will only work for a fraction of the population as I know I am not the only one that takes care of their auto's and then you have the other end, my boss, does not care about a car as long as it gets him out to go camping, hiking and fishing and he just spent $3K on his 17 year old subaru as he did not see a reason to get a new auto. Cheap, easy to fix and low cost for him even though he makes way more money than I do. This program will only work for certain types of people even when it drops to $350 per month as you say.
  14. G. David Felt
    Both are Sexy MF.! Reliability I put on the Hemi over the Alfa crap.
  15. G. David Felt
    That was a 2017 Focus RS, how is that 2 model years? I also have plenty to like of the trucks, cars and suv / cuv from the American nameplates. So I will politely agree to disagree with you on what I like.
  16. G. David Felt
    I would never consider a Tesla owner an Idiot since they are some very wealthy people. Yet with that said, I would also not consider them to be always the smartest as auto owners. Tesla is like Apple. They both have their prestige and aspiration by a select group of folks. Just like us Cadillac owners enjoy the prestige, aspirational and rich heritage of Cadillac. Clearly to think Cadillac does not have that even a little has to make one think twice about where you are coming from. Every company get a tarnished rep, some die, some come back. it does not mean that there is no prestige or aspiration to be had. Personally, Apple to me builds crappy products that force you to live their way only and from what I have seen of the Prestige and Aspiration crowd, also some of the most common Lemmings in the universe. Tesla is the same in many regards. I will credit Tesla with at least finally finding a solid way to move us beyond the ICE Auto. Thank you Musk for that. Now let's look to see who builds the EV better. My bet is on GM.
  17. G. David Felt
    If they do this say in regards to you pick a category: Sub compact Compact Mid Level Full size SUV Truck and they could even have a blend of some say: Full size Truck, SUV & car $750 a month. Mid size Truck, CUV & Car $500 a month. Compact size CUV & Car $250 a month. Sub Compact CUV & Car $175 a month. This could as you say drive loyalty to a brand with having them sign on for a minimum 24 months, lower rates or extra benefits if they sign on for a longer term. For sure some potential benefits to this. Especially if they include maintenance and insurance.
  18. G. David Felt
    Interesting wheels, but talk about hell to clean.
  19. G. David Felt
    Cool update, goot to know as the last I had read was the state was fully converted, but guess it makes sense depending on cost when they compete coal contracts and then convert.
  20. G. David Felt
    Nope not ever gonna happen for me. I see no value in spending thousands a month to swap out auto's like sex partners. I see this solely for those that are badge snobs and want to always be driving something different or at least show up in a different auto fairly often. Love auto's but value control of my expenses.
  21. G. David Felt
    We have seen every auto maker have some bad parts and being only 100 affected out of the first 10,000 produced is nothing to worry about. GM came out and admitted the issue and has stated they have contacted all owners and are fixing the issue. I am not so sure Tesla has done this. In regards to sou-less auto's, not a single one I own is soul-less as they all have amazing souls and cool names. Course they are all Female and sexy as hell!
  22. G. David Felt
    Only an idiot would pay that kind of money for a Tesla 3 and I suspect the whole thing was just about getting attention.
  23. G. David Felt
    Cool to see the mules on the road out and about, but otherwise not much else to get excited about.
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  25. G. David Felt
    Naw, I just know a superior built auto when I see one. Tesla is far from superior built.
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