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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Anyone looking for a 1965 Buick special project car in good shape? https://seattle.craigslist.org/kit/cto/6207612770.html @Camino LS6 1966 with big block El Camino for sale. Thought you would like this baby! https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/6207588534.html
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    Very interesting, especially how they say the batteries are so common and accessible now. Yet Tesla was on the low end of delivering Model S and X auto's due to a shortage of 100 kWh battery packs. So guess not that accessible.
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    I can see this and actually feel they would eat the Bentley lunch. I would take the Range Rover over the Bentley, hopefully better looking than the Bentley.
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    Bummer, just spent considerable time on both Chevrolet and GMC web sites looking at both Terrain / Acadia and Equinox / Traverse and hate the color options, hate the chrome and some of the options add/delete make no sense. Perfect example is you choose the external protection package which is mud flaps, side external step and roof rails, then choose the internal protection package and they want to remove the external protection package. Makes NO SENSE. Very disappointed in GM right now for crazy chrome bling everything and packages that should not affect each other being force to remove and pick one over the other. RIght now Jeep and Dodge are hitting it far better. Wait a year or two and you can pick one up for half price with ultra low miles.
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    OK, just played with both the Jeep GC SRT configurator versus the Durango RT configurator. Both have the same 475HP Hemi engine. I actually get far more auto with the Durango. Durango wins this round. Course the SRT Looses out to the Trackhawk Jeep GC. be interesting to see how they price the two. Yes the Jeep GC has the Supercharged Hemi. but still gonna be interesting.
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    Configurator has some interesting options. Love all the color match rims you can do especially if you want a nice contrast rim color. One of the better option choices I have seen. I will say that Dodge Durango and Jeep GC are hitting it solid.
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    AWESOME This is what GM needs to be doing to select CUV/SUVs. For the last Hurrah, I think the General needs to throw some flash! Think of a TTV6 in the Chevrolet Equinox or GMC Terrain. 6.2L V8 in the Chevrolet Traverse or GMC Acadia. Love the expanded pics and AWD burn out on the web site. https://www.dodge.com/durango/srt.html I will say that I do miss the days when you could order a plain jane auto with the baddest motor around and just have a blast. Wonder what the price difference would be for a basic Durango with the SRT Powertrain and Brembo brake package. I bet you could drop considerable money off that $64K plus price.
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    3rd picture looks like the Rhino color from the Jeep GC.
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    @A Horse With No Name No fit from me, go ahead and trade in the Mini for a BRZ. Your money, enjoy what you like and what you want to do with it.
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    @ykX & @A Horse With No Name seems Tesla is in the crosshairs of multiple issues. While the Model X is on the list of 2017 Top ratings as the safest SUV now and this makes one wonder why they throw a fit over the Model S downgrade when they have done nothing to improve it of much lately. AAA just increased all Tesla Insurance rates by 30% after deep analysis of claims showing the Tesla models are far more expensive to repair and the owners have much higher claim rates due to accidents. Loved this quote: AAA is confident the data speaks for itself. "Looking at a much broader set of countrywide data, we saw the same patterns observed in our own data, and that gave us the confidence to change rates," Anthony Ptasznik, chief actuary of AAA, said. Tesla recently updated its maintenance plans to include higher rates, but also include hardware updates. Digging into the details reveals quite a bit of activity from Tesla owners and their insurance companies. The Model S is involved in 46 percent more claims than average, and the claims cost twice as much than the average. Model X owners filed claims 41 percent more often compared to the average and repairs cost 89 percent more than the average insurance claim. Green Car Report Story
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    G. David Felt Staff Writer Alternative Energy - www.CheersandGears.com Musk Throws Fit, Tesla Model S Goes from Good to Acceptable! Tesla claimed they had the safest auto's in the world and this was backed up by their 2013 IIHS testing of the Model S that received all good marks. Since then 4 years have passed and IIHS has upped their crash testing standards and other auto companies have stayed on top of the game to be the best around. As such the lastest 2017 IIHS test showed that the safest auto's this year were the all new Lincoln Continental, Mercedes Benz E-Class and Toyota Avalon. Earning acceptable ratings were Tesla Model S, Chevrolet Impala and Ford Taurus. As such Tesla fired off the following statement: "While IIHS and dozens of other private industry groups around the world have methods and motivations that suit their own subjective purposes, the most objective and accurate independent testing of vehicle safety is currently done by the U.S. Government which found Model S and Model X to be the two cars with the lowest probability of injury of any cars that it has ever tested, making them the safest cars in history." IIHS 2017 report IIHS 2017 Top Safety Picks Business Insider story Green Car Reports Story
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    Looks like it from the pictures, I do not see the crosshair grille.
  13. G. David Felt
    True, Washington state has actually required PSE the state power supply and natural gas supplier to put in the actual 220V chargers. Course the state brags about how many chargers are being installed but we know it is only a fraction of the actual EV's being sold at this time. Course prepped for the future as the state marketing goes. LOL Washington state is incentivizing the gas stations to install rapid chargers. A few are already being done, but be interesting to see how fast they do it.
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    Except the west coast which is charging full speed ahead with required EV chargers in all new homes built, all apartments built and existing have to be retrofitted with them or added while building. Public chargers are everywhere now. Every major freeway / highway system has them even at rest stops. Clearly some parts of North America will be ready far faster than others.
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    Escalade Platinum for myself XT5 for the Wife. Wish they still had an Escalade EXT!
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    CEO Torsten Müller-Otvös is a complete IDIOT! He clearly has his head in the sand and will be hurting Rolls-Royce more than helping it. His comments about hybrids clearly show he does not understand the technology. This is why he will fail. So Sad, So Bad.
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    Plus China's push is helping this move. Potus 45 attitude of bringing back the golden age of the 50's with Petro is very dated thinking. Totally agree here. I do wonder if they are building their own 48 volt system or using Daimlers?
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    I totally get where you guys are coming from and that is also why I ended up with my AWD Trailblazer SS. GM needs to get performance versions of their CUV line out the door sooner rather than later. I think many are over the Mustang / Camaro type pony cars. I can see a whole new world of performance Trucks and CUV/SUVs. GMC Acadia Typhoon edition GMC Terrain Typhoon edition Chevrolet Traverse SS edition Chevrolet Equinox SS edition Ford Explorer SVT Ford Edge SVT Just some examples of what I see as the new performance focused CUV auto's. I see these as all monochromatic versions, not chrome. Focused on performance with some off road capability maybe.
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    So something along these lines?
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    I understand your point of view. Being ahead of some who are already low is not that great of a gain. But Honda appeals to certain types of peeps. Fiesta is the rare auto that also sells in a much higher trim form in Europe. The rest of Fords product line and pretty much all of GM is a failure to that market sadly. Like VW here in North America, Ford and GM have not yet figured out the market dynamics. Still on the fence in regards to VW CUVs if they will truly capture market share of just move sales from cars to cuv's.
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    All yours @A Horse With No Name Too ugly and small for me.
  22. G. David Felt
    I totally understand and get this, the age of Hybrid is upon us and soon ev only in the long term. Enjoy the last golden age of ICE auto's.
  23. G. David Felt
    So True, I totally agree. VW has not learned how to build cheap enough nor have they figured out how to really build for the North American market just as GM and Ford have not figured out how to build for the European market.
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    I can say that about all the asian and german brands on top of the US brands. They all have good times and bad times. Right now the GM and to a certain point FORD are doing way better than the Germans and many of the Asians.
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    Even with the new Accord, their lineup looks dated, looks stale and is so frumpy from over conservative style that it will only appeal to hard core Honda fans. Their product line will NOT win Market share. Just soso interiors even in their newest auto's and small tight interior room. Honda need fresh blood from outside the company not more of their yes sir lemming employees. Sorry, but I have to totally disagree with you about Honda.
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