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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Interesting that Petrol tax is on average 61 cents per liter versus 56 cents per liter for Diesel. UK has the highest taxes. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/10668970/British-fuel-tax-highest-in-Europe.html They truly play more than us.
  2. G. David Felt
    I really hope not, They could do so much better than the Angry Predator look.
  3. G. David Felt
    Crazy as I did not see them but really appreciate you posting them here. Thank you. Good to know they had it.
  4. G. David Felt
    Nice looking coupe design sedan. I wonder how much this will hurt existing sales since multiple outlets say this is a more luxurious version compared to the existing Jetta.
  5. G. David Felt
    Interesting love the change of design language from their current hideous design language. Sadly I hate that coupe back end and wish it was more true SUV style. To me such a waste of potential usable space and letting the sun in to the back of the auto with a coupe style rear hatch.
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    Warm coco brown was not on their pallet in the last few years, you could not get any color you wanted unless you went custom and paid a crazy price. Part of the standard colors available is what I was commenting on and that seems to now be part of their 2019 pallet. Interesting comparison of the 2018 Escalade interior dash to the 2019 G-Wagon dash.
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    2019 Mercedes-Benz G-Class
    I will grant one thing to MB and that is the use of dual big screens to replace traditional switches. Yes a bigger cost if one fails or you break it, but also a nice change in having touch screen control and customizable interface. I like the single big screen in the Escalade, but would be nice to extend that over to the center stack I think.
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    2019 Mercedes-Benz G-Class
    True, yet many seem to have them there including my Trailblazer SS which is one of the small issues I have about it. Why put cup holders right in front of the center stack. Yet in looking over all the pictures, I can see no other place for cup holders on the dash or around the seats. I will grant one thing to MB and that is the use of dual big screens to replace traditional switches. Yes a bigger cost if one fails or you break it, but also a nice change in having touch screen control and customizable interface. I like the single big screen in the Escalade, but would be nice to extend that over to the center stack I think.
  9. G. David Felt
    2019 Mercedes-Benz G-Class
    I think the cup holders are here under the door.
  10. G. David Felt
    Nice, about time they dumped that 40+ year old interior with the cheap net bags and net cup holders all in plastic. Love that they took a page from escalade with a warm decent two tone coco Brown interior. Very nice for using a car dash in the SUV.
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    2019 Mercedes-Benz G-Class
    Wow, a decent interior, they clearly took a page from Escalade with that warm cocoa brown two tone interior. Very nice. Finally an upgrade after 40 plus years. Do not see those cheap ass net bags or plastic net cup holders, but then I see none at all, so I wonder if they are under the door in the center console.
  12. G. David Felt
    Cummins AEOS is a sharp looking truck that I bet they could sell if they put it into production. I could see it silently delivering goods around a city.
  13. G. David Felt
    It could also be that European regulations are forcing them to do it whether they like it or not.
  14. G. David Felt
    FYI, Toyota using Kenworth truck shells has mules of their Hydrogen Class 8 Semi trucks. They are building a Hydrogen fueling system at the Port of Los Angeles and expect to have these trucks running around LA in quantity over the next few years. I have to wonder about the long term viability of this design when the sleeper cab is used as one massive Hydrogen storage system instead to give it long haul capabilities. The fueling station at the port will also be open to any Mirai car owner to use to fuel.
  15. G. David Felt
    Nope did not forget about Cummins, but their Aeos EV Semi truck is a concept only as it was built to show off their production ready EV Powertrain they want to sell to existing Class 7 & 8 truck builders. Their power train is going into a couple different commercial EV buses, but they have not yet secured a Class 7 or 8 Semi truck builder yet.
  16. G. David Felt
    I totally agree with all you stated. I myself have not used the company listed, but surprised at how fast someone got something on the market. I will say that I do like the dial tune ECU custom chip package where you replace the OEM ECU with one that starts at OEM programing and yet also go up to full power ECU and back if you need MPG over Power.
  17. G. David Felt
    But Musk says the semi's will be on the road by 2019! I agree that 2022 would seem more likely. Makes me wonder what Paccar, maker of Kenworth and Peterbilt as well as Volvo, Mack and MB have in store for delivering Electric Semi's. We know MB has had mules for the last couple years but they could only cover 100 miles.
  18. G. David Felt
    The Dial ECU Tune or parts add on by yourself or both? I can say that I have never used a Dial ECU tune before, but have replaced my own chip with a custom Tune ECU chip and saw big differences right away. Or are you an OEM Performance parts person only?
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    Amazing how fast Kia has supported the 3rd party performance parts market. https://www.carid.com/kia-stinger-performance-parts/ Seems you can also find plenty of ECU tuning that can give you from 40 BHP or more depending on how radical you want to get. https://www.tuning-wizard.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=362 So based on just a basic ECU Tune, you would have the turbo 4 banger go from 255HP to 295HP. Twin Turbo V6 would go from 365HP to 405HP. That would make a whole lot of fun with just an ECU Tune.
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    I would totally agree with this as I really have no need or want of self driving auto's even in commute traffic, I like to drive. Yet with that said, I totally see this as a need for the blind, disabled crowd that self driving auto's would give them mobility and freedom to get around without having to wait on others.
  21. G. David Felt
    Tesla Semi starting off with a Bang, Can Tesla Deliver? Tesla in the last week has gone from zero to hero in regards to helping companies that have fleets of semi trucks potentially reduce their carbon footprint. Anheuser-Busch started off with pre-ordering 40 of the Semi's. This was then followed by Sysco ordering 50 themselves. This week we now hear that PepsiCo has placed an order for 100 EV Semi's. Story is all the same, reduce costs of maintenance and fuel plus adding silence into their night / early morning deliveries. Sysco being one of the largest food delivery companies along with Bud's order places it at $13.5 million in semi value. PepsiCo adds another $15 million so a total of $28.5 million. Then Wal-Mart places an order for 15 of the trucks for testing with a price of $2.25 million. DHL has also ordered 10 of the Semi's for testing in the US market so another $1.5 . J.B. Hunt and Ryder truck hauling lease companies have also placed large orders they say but have declined to say how many at this time for EV Semis. This brings in the last 2 weeks since the semi's introduction about 200 pre-orders of the trucks or about $30 million book value with an unknown amount from two of the biggest leasing truck companies. PepsiCo has 10,000 semi's alone on the roads of North America and has a goal to reduce greenhouse gas production on the road by 30% by 2030. Seems it could be even more trucks to be ordered to help them achieve this number. Over all, Tesla has had some game changing ideas, yet with the Tesla 3 mess of building the cars, one does have to wonder if Tesla can deliver and get these trucks to market by 2019. It seems that this has been good for Tesla stock as the more truck orders being placed has continued to push up the stock price. https://binged.it/2BXGYSp Story References Autoblog story Reuters Story Wall Street Journal Story Car Freaks Story
  22. G. David Felt
    OK, So then just call it a Quarter for either form of Fuel and call it a Day of good balance and revenue to help fund the gov.
  23. G. David Felt
    Very cool Table. That was awesome. Sappy but awesome! @A Horse With No Name There is a local wood worker, someday I hope to be able to afford his dining table and 12 chair set when I remodel. I bought my wife one of his jewelry boxes. The Woodwork is amazing. http://www.woodmerchant.com/index.cfm
  24. G. David Felt
    Other than HD trucks and commercial, time to just ban diesel cars period. Petrol, CNG, Hybrid, Hydrogen and EV is the future.
  25. G. David Felt
    Impreza makes total sense for their first EV. Exciting times we live in as we move forward with 21st plus transportation ideas.
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