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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Idiot crashes and totals his $288,000 Scuderia Ferrari 60 min after picking it up from dealership. http://fortune.com/2017/07/28/ferrari-430-scuderia-crash-m1-highway/?iid=sr-link1
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    Nice looking in an old Rolls way. Guess the extreme wealthy truly do not like change or variety. Will stay with my Escalade, far better auto than this in my life style.
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    @A Horse With No Name Very cool about the wipers, thank you
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    @A Horse With No Name Cats for you! Ultimate Cat Addiction, Huffing Auto's!!!
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    I agree Sandy Privates are not fun! Interesting is that there is updates in the UK and France to outright ban 10yr old diesels and not renew their yearly license. Pulling them off the road in 2018 if they get passed. I will say that is a bit extreme, but then I also can understand as they do not test for pollution like in the states. Emissions should be kept in check.
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    Tech is here, you look at the new round of wireless charging phones. Tech is here, just not polished yet or has it been tested on a large scale. Nissan as I posted a while back has a complete wireless charging system for their future leaf's. The end result is having pads in the ground, you park over it and it charges your auto, then you just get in and drive away. I suspect the next 5 years will be interesting as Euro, American and Asian auto companies bring out various options. Biggest challenge is getting auto companies to think beyond a mere slow charge. GM with the Bolt should have taken a page from Tesla and put in the high speed charging, it would have really changed the game and forced others to step up faster if GM would have supported faster than an 80kWh charger. This allows a constant 50kWh charge into the battery pack and just shy of 90 min for full charge of the battery. We both know that the german brands are all looking at 3 times this kWh charging to reduce it down to 30 min full charge, 15 min 80% charged. Here is to an Electron future.
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    Nope disagree, SMK just as you think the world is best with MB and everything is best no matter eco box to s class, there are those fans that love the other labels. MB did not leave the low end to the other labels till now. There are plenty of people who see garbage when they look at MB compared to their preferred auto line. I have coworkers that think Audi is better than anything else in the world and I know people who think this way about Jag, BMW etc. S class might pick up some sales by selling a cheaper S class, though I think they will hurt themselves, but will wait to see what happens. After all you think MB SUV's like G wagon are the best even when Drew posted picture of mismatched screws, interior trim piece colors and fit n finish issues and yet Escalade clearly is unaffected by G Wagon sales.
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    Searching found some interesting reports. Updated report from 2014 - http://www.indystarmedia.com/images/uploads/attachments/New_Vehicle_Buyer_Demographics.pdf 2014 report that shows Millennials top Gen X buyers for new auto's - http://www.autonews.com/article/20140801/RETAIL/140809978/millennials-top-gen-x-in-new-car-buying-for-first-time Another 2014 report saying Millennials are excited about buying a new auto - http://www.jdpower.com/cars/articles/jd-power-studies/young-car-buyers-are-excited-about-buying-cars Now we have a June 24th 2016 GOV report - Young and Careless - Demographics of who is buying new auto's - https://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/notes/feds-notes/2016/the-young-and-the-carless-the-demographics-of-new-vehicle-purchases-20160624.html Clearly the age of auto buyers continues to increase according to the government compared to all the other studies.
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    Plus all my SUV's have low rpm torque V8's so they move, Even my 1994 suburban with a rebuilt 402 gives me most of the Torque from 1000 RPM onward in a flat line to red line. So Yes, I know we can build torquey motors with decent usable HP, not these head shaking over rated DOHC engines.
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    My friend, you should look for a low milage 3-5 year old one that can be dealer certified and get the OEM extended warranty but save a bundle and buy one. I helped my sister with a 4 year old Escalade since her and her husband could not afford new. Been an outstanding auto for them and is an outstanding way to go for getting into a high end SUV for a low end price.
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    Makes sense and is understandable. This is a bleeding artery and front line triage needs to be done. Cut loose those losses and save the ones that require it. Crush, crush them all almost.
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    Excited as I like this new CUV, but hate the Engine. Not a fan of these high HP, low torque engines.
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    So true as to why I have my Escalade. The best Road tripping ride around for Full size. The Jeeps are awesome as a mid size suv for road trips too. So many awesome options.
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    Understandable and yet I wonder of the geography of the area to Europe or Asia is playing a role. I do not know of any middle income folks and especially high tech engineers who own and drive VW products. Here you fall into two camps, the German crowd or the Asian Crowd if single or married no kids. Families here in Washington seem to be all American Detroit companies in relations to luxury SUVs / CUVs.
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    Yea, pretty much figure it would have taken triple that time in an EV due to the lack of Infastructure for XFC systems. XFC = Xtreme Fast Chargers That is the new top end spec and is what will allow charging a car with a 300 mile range battery pack in less than 15 min.
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    Interesting the differences in geography for auto sales. Makes one wonder if relation to Europe or Asia also is playing a part in how the products sell.
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    Yes as long as idiots continue to elect Baby Boomers who should be off playing golf rather than trying to hold the US to their 1950-70's view of the world, we will not lead any longer. Hate to say it but their needs to be an age restriction for elected officials. 65, you are no longer able to run for office. We need young energetic blood in office and term limits. So sad that we have given up leadership and ingenuity for the sake of status quo.
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    Very true, you see plenty of VW in the Low Income housing area due to their zero down sign and buy events they push here, but VW's auto's are trashy and plenty of them have zip ties and rivets holding them together. VW is an auto company that just does not build reliable products that last. Sadly the Hippie population is still in love with the garbage as is those that cannot seem to get approved by any other OEM. They go to VW and VW honestly must expect a 75% lack of payment out of their buyers since so many are sold cheap into the worst credit group around. Impressions make a difference and owning / driving a VW is not looked on favorably. Probably why so few dealerships exist around my state.
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    So true, why would anyone want to lower their standards to own a VW. Sorry to all the VW lovers, but VW auto's just suck in quality. True in regards to Tesla, very much a rich persons toy and for the Tech minded set. I also agree that GM needs to get off their ass and expand the VOLT powertrain into more CUV's as they also push the bolt tech into a few better looking auto's even though I like what they have now. Diesels only place is commercial trucks and buses as that area works to move over to EV's and personal Trucks . In regards to cars, I see this Cruze as the last of them. So many cleaner options that are less complex and better than a diesel car.
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    Exactly, so are they going to cut out the floor area and weld in the type that is needed along with the fire wall? Seems a half ass job in my mind and not worth it from a price standpoint.
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    It is a mind set that sadly needs to be pushed from gov down. The west coast where the Gov's have pushed this with the electric highway and rebates is far ahead of the rest of the US. You can easily make a road trip in an EV. Also both the Bolt and Leaf are everywhere. Yes you hear plenty of people that want bigger battery packs for longer driving, but that has not stopped even the i3 from BMW or Hyundai's Ioniq EV both with roughly 100 miles range from selling. Right now EV's are the ultimate commuter auto. Quiet, you can refill them at home with fresh electrons and the maintenance is very low compared to ICE. Biggest issue with EV's is range and design / interior as many people want their existing auto's with a 300 mile range and they would flip without thinking about it to an EV. Yet with the BOLT, our plan to buy one went dead as the wife could not get over the white V in the dash, she hated the contrast and wanted a basic all black dash. Someone did not do their market research. Nissan at least got the dash right in terms of color.
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    Wonder how much work is involved in ripping out the dash and pedals and reworking the auto to be right side driven? Seems this would be expensive and not worth it, but then the prices being paid there are crazy high too.
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    In europe are they not already doing that with the heavy Unions and companies like Airbus?
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    Cigs are now expected to die fast in states that have legalized Pot. Now you can sit around all day and be stoned and stupid rather than just offensive and stupid as a cig smoker. Course reality is that gov's will have to find a way to keep the jobs of workers in areas that are going to be killed off. So I guess incentives to build more battery factories, ev motor plants, etc. and move the workers over to that?
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    Yup as they still have not hit it to be a big seller since you do not see many s class around either. Course you will say it is still the worlds best selling top end luxury sedan. Does not mean it is that big of a hit. Especially when you see the amount of so called luxury SUV/CUV's.
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