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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Based on the latest data from 2015 of buying trends based on female versus male registrations of auto's in the US.
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    2 for sure, I would have no problem retro fitting the Monte Carlo SS or the GMC Yukon GT with an AWD EV Powertrain. I would even consider the Skylark or Riviera though I am sure balthazar would smack me.
  3. G. David Felt
    I will say that I have also seen that here in Washington where you are seeing a bigger return of people to American Trucks / SUVs over asian or german brands for the husband but the wife stays with their asian / german brand car.
  4. G. David Felt
    @ccap41 My 5 used auto's would be as follows: 1994 GMC Yukon GT Maroon 1993 GMC Typhoon Garnet Red 1991 GMC Syclone Black 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aero Maroon 1971 Buick Skylark Custom Grand Sport Convertible Optional that I would also take in place of the Buick Skylark would be a 1971 Buick Riviera Grand Sport
  5. G. David Felt
    Love your list of Auto's and the garage kept beauty of the GMC Syclone. That is an awesome find. The perfect stable mate to go with the Syclone is the Typhoon from GMC. You can get a replacement screen unit for $497.00 https://www.gmpartsonline.net/oem-parts/gm-display-unit-22809317
  6. G. David Felt
    That CTS-V Sport looks like it has been ridden hard and put away wet. I would be careful as I saw the shattered center screen but also enough wear that who ever was the previous owner is a I do not care, lease, use it, abuse it and trade it back in. Even with the so called cleaning, that auto has considerable wear which makes me think the past lease owner was not only dirty but had high acid in their sweat due to the wear of symbols on dash, steering wheel and shifter. Could be a good deal or it could be a money pit.
  7. G. David Felt
    Today is a totally random day and this is amazing to see how they shipped new cars in the 70's.
  8. G. David Felt
    RoadRalley Estonia Style, Check out around 2:50 where they use a tractor to remove a broken car. LOL So many russian / European cars.
  9. G. David Felt
    Seems California has introduced Legislation that would make the State stop the sale of ICE auto's in 2040. http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/17359/california-lawmaker-introduces-bill-calling-for-all-electric-car-sales-by-2040
  10. G. David Felt
    Interesting, story on The Drive about 8 auto's that cannot pass over the Brooklyn Bridge due to their 3 ton weight limit. http://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/1720/8-cars-that-legally-cant-cross-the-brooklyn-bridge Seems pretty much every full size truck and SUV plus a couple cars that were surprising.
  11. G. David Felt
    LOL, NJ trucker uses fishing line to pull up license plate to evade paying as he rolls through turnpike payment booth. Police did catch him and demoed the license plate pull up.
  12. G. David Felt
    Your right, I will take a 71-72 over the 73. I do like that rear end.
  13. G. David Felt
    I wish someone in the auto industry would bring back some style like this Riv. Talk about a lovely 1973 Lady!
  14. G. David Felt
    According to the sales data, 22 in Jan and 455 for all of 2017, so yes they should kill it off since it clearly does not make a profit. Just like all those german models that only sell a few hundred a year.
  15. G. David Felt
    If Daimler knows how to build trucks then why bother with rebadging a Nissan? Clearly they know how to build select types of trucks, not all trucks!
  16. G. David Felt
    Wiki is very questionable but I would guess about as good as our own gov web site that I posted. Oregon has a very green gov and if you had checked the 2nd link and changed from Washington to Oregon you would find that as of 2016 they have ZERO Coal power production plants. Natural Gas, 1 nuclear plant and 2 petro plants otherwise all wind, Solar, Hydro and BioMass power plants. https://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=OR They are very green state. Yes in 3yrs time, you can convert over from dirty greenhouse gas production electric plants to green production plants and the PNW aka Oregon and Washington has made that massive transition. Yes we pay for it as Oregon has a high Income tax, but no sales tax. Washington has no income tax but high Sales Tax. Seems to work for us. Also back in the late 90's both states had voter approved to wind down and replace all nuclear plants by 2020. Both states each have 1 plant that will be decommissioned in 2020 as they retire nuclear totally. I will have to look for it, but all petro / NG plants will be converted over to BioMass power generation plants. The goal was by 2025 or 2030 both states are to be 100% renewable electric production.
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    According to the web site at least your state while ranked 34 in Green energy production is making 11.52% from renewable sources. Ohio is 9.15% renewable production of power. ranked 38th in the US for green energy production.
  18. G. David Felt
    But Porsche sold 55,420 in 2017 and 54,280 in 2016 in the US alone. That is 8,313 diesel for 2017 and 8,142 for 2016 in the US only. That is allot of auto's that were sold as Diesel. Found their Global anouncement for 2016: https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/company/porsche-deliveries-2016-sales-record-13310.html They sold a total of 237,778 in 2016 globally. That is 35,667 that were Diesel. That is a large amount of auto's. I hope their hybrids get here sooner rather than later same with the EVs.
  19. G. David Felt
    I work in an office of 1200 teammates and easily a couple dozen and probably more. Remember, Seattle is a High tech growth hub and a very green state as 92% plus of all our power is Green produced. Web Site for state checking of Green energy production Profile of Washington State Power Production web site As the link above will show, our state is very focused on removing fossil fuels from the everyday road and using as much as possible green sustainable power. Washington and Oregon adopted California auto laws and emission standards so both states follow CARB and as such you will find allot of Tree Huggers that want EVs here.
  20. G. David Felt
    This is not unexpected. but 15% is a big number.
  21. G. David Felt
    Cool This should be a nice update for them. Wish them all the best as my gut tells me it will copy the German machine design.
  22. G. David Felt
    Your right I should have geographically stated, west coast as I know many are waiting to trade in their auto for an EV.
  23. G. David Felt
    OK, so MB dropped Diesel auto's for the 2017 model year and has decided to no longer offer Diesel in the US at all. This must be because they knew they would be caught with their hand in the cookie jar of Lies about Diesel Emissions. Looking at the news reports, MB states that Diesel was 3% of sales for the last couple years covering 2016 and 2015. 2016 = 380,752 auto's sold in the US, 3% is 11,423 2015 = 380,461 auto's sold in the US, 3% is 11,414 2014 = 366,589 auto's sold in the US, 3% is 10,998 Based on news stories that seem to indicate that MB has used this for model year auto's sold from 2014 to 2016 means we have a potential pool of 33,835 Diesel auto's that the cheat software was used in. This could cost MB big time especially since VW had been doing it in engines since 2009, makes one wonder how far back this goes for MB. Keeping number constant, at 8 years of diesel pollution at 10K cars a year this could affect 80,000 Diesel MB auto's here in the US. One has to also wonder if the cheat software is in any of the medium and large size diesel auto's they build and sell here. Boche wanted protection from VW for building the software and devices, one has to figure they knew it was wrong when they turned around and sold it to MB to use as well. I wonder how far back MB used this same software in their auto's?
  24. G. David Felt
    Plenty of news stories on the Leaf with plenty of comments by people that they want a new leaf with long range battery and are holding off. Clearly Nissan was scared by GM due to the BOLT 238 miles range and pushed out Leaf 2.0 before they had the bigger battery packs ready. Customers are seeing all the news by the various auto companies about 300 mile range EV auto's out in 2019 as 2020 models. I truly think 2018 is going to be a hard year for auto sales due to people holding out for the EV's. People have stated they like the idea of home refueling, they like the minimal maintenance of ev auto's, they want more choice and as such seem to be willing to wait to get what they want I believe. In regards to the BOLT, I agree that it was surprising to see the drop in sales, but still the leader and I think that will pick up as California Chevy dealers are reporting more and more Tesla 3 folks are coming in to buy rather than wait for Tesla and loose their rebates.
  25. G. David Felt
    Wonder how many Diesel auto's this will affect in the US? I also wonder how Bosche is not being penalized and forced to pay a fine since they created and sold it to both VW and MB? Crazy
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