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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Was not tieing in politics, was stating that to me SMK is showing to be a Narcissistic person just like Trump. From a business stand point Trump clearly only sees things his way, his own belief in his mind. SMK has proven to state the same thing. MB = Mass Market Auto Maker covering entery to luxury auto's That is how I see it and will stick with that and only that on this auto topic. Thank you,
  2. G. David Felt
    @smk4565 You have truly shown yourself to be in the narcissistic pool of Trumpettes. Only what you see and want to believe is what is correct and not what actually happens in the real world. MB no matter what you say is now a MASS Builder MASS Market AUTO Maker to everyone and NOT a Luxury Only Auto Builder. That is the truth that you refuse to accept.
  3. G. David Felt
    Agree, Jeep is worth saving, yet could be destroyed at the rate Sergio is going in screwing up everything else.
  4. G. David Felt
    Please open window and barf outside of it. Thank you Far better at corners than a cushmobile!
  5. G. David Felt
    Jalapeno poppers
  6. G. David Felt
    1) Fiat should have fixed their quality issues before even coming back into the market, the Average dealer has over 200 auto's on the lot which last I checked was equal to half a year of selling. Does not matter how cheap you sell a broken auto for, still Broken and unwanted. 2) Alfa should have been left in the History Books. The brand died in the US due to the same reasons Alfa did, cheap ass built product. Who cares how awesome their styling was, it was unreliable and junk. The money should have been reinvested into the US name plates. Instead we now have Chrysler with 1 product and really pretty much dead. Dodge sitting on products that should have been updated 5 years ago, Jeep is the cash cow right now and Ram also sitting on very old product that should have been updated already all for trying to bring back a dead brand that no one really wants creating products that I have since learned are still as crappy built as they were before. Coworker bought one and it spends more time at the dealership than him driving it. 3) The New COMPASS will NOT make up for the death of Chrysler or the way out of date product on DODGE and the sales Loss. Once truck demand is met and I think that is becoming clear we are going to see a massive slow down as we always do. Our DEPRESSION of 2007 hurt many and only in the last year have people been forced to replace work trucks and finally have bought into new auto's. This huge year after year growth is not sustainable and we will see a drop that is going to hurt the weaker ones and that is FCA. 4) Considering that I do travel a bit more than most for work and I have seen very few Renegades on rental lots, I have to question this. I did see when it went on sale plenty of people buying them and Washington State is a big Jeep state, yet I also have heard from previous owners that they needed something with less problems and dealer visits. As is they traded in. so my gut tells me disappointed owners who are not hard core jeep fans but people who have bought into the legend of off trail off road coolness and were disappointed when they saw the reliability / fit n finish issues. IMHO, the company is screwed and we will see a breakup and sales in the next 5-10 years at the longest if not sooner.
  7. G. David Felt
    And as always you miss the point. MB is NOTjust a Luxury brand ANYLONGER! MB is a MASS brand now. They sell to everyone at every level. I DO NOT CARE, that they spend billions more on R&D as you always like to point out, that they built a $2 million dollar Hyper Car playing catch up to Porsche or that they sell Six Figure cars as Chevy does that TOO! MB sells commercial trucks to cheap ass FWD appliances and their E brand is the Taxi Queen of Europe. END RESULT, MB = Chevy, Toyota, Ford, etc. They are NOT a Luxury brand only, They are a MASS MARKET Builder.
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    And Toyota, Chevy, Ford, etc. have auto's in that same price range. So that tells us nothing but as MB and BMW have gone down stream, they have picked up people for the badge, these sales are not the same ones that bought MB when it was a true Luxury only auto company.
  9. G. David Felt
    Yup that side picture with all the camo and stuff, hard to say what the real size of it is.
  10. G. David Felt
    Very cool, I love the look, still hate the rear lights with that pull down thing in the corners.
  11. G. David Felt
    So can we do the Dump test again on both trucks beds to see which one holds up best? A pillar is well disguised, so not sure it is that much fatter based on that blurry picture.
  12. G. David Felt
    Love that for the cushy Float Auto's and back seats, but for the drivers, that is way too non-supportive. I think we can get a nice mix of comfy and relaxing with support. My 2006 Escalade seat meets that.
  13. G. David Felt
    Agree, at this point in time, kill off FCA, Let a well backed investment team scoop up the company, killing off the stupid products and clean house to those that should be kept. At this point in time, not sure if it is worth keeping Fiat/Alfa alive in the US. Also Chrysler with only 1 product a minivan, might as well be killed off. Put the Minivan into Dodge and focus the new company as DJR. A car company, a SUV company and a Truck company all in one dealership. Close down the excessive dealerships and clean up.
  14. G. David Felt
    FCA needs to be hit as hard as VW was. Make them pay for that BS cheating!
  15. G. David Felt
    I also love the 6.2L engine. I have used it in both the V8/V4 mode and turned it off to be in just V8 mode. I have to say, I understand the V4 thing, but the engine and driving is way better in V8 all the time mode. Seats are much firmer than in the past. I know many thought they were like a lazy boy, but for my 2006, they are awesome, firm enough to hold you in place and yet soft enough to make a long distance road trip very fun.
  16. G. David Felt
    BMW and MB growth has come at the expense to their Luxury status as the bulk of sales is now based on these posting in the Toyota, Ford, Chevy range. People who want others to think they are rich when they are not and so hoping a badge can give them additional look at me clought. The next few years, being by 2020 will tell if this pays off for them or not. Either way, interesting to watch and see the evolution of the auto industry.
  17. G. David Felt
    True they did, but that is not what was stated. Agree, Fiat and Alfa were more terrible than any other auto company and left as no one was willing to buy their crap. They came back in thinking people would have forgotten about the 60's and 70's and we have not. Crap then, Crap now and when Fiat could have built up Chrysler, Dodge, Ram and Jeep, instead they have stolen the billions to try and bring back Alfa "FAILED" and to prop up Fiat. If Sergio had half a brain, he would have dumped the low end of Chrysler and built it to be a true luxury competitor, continued to improve and grow Dodge, Jeep and Ram and with solid products from those 4, then replace and improve Fiat and the rest. Instead he choose to take the billions, lie and bring back a pathetic Alfa that does not sell and keep Fiat building the same crap that people buy and dump on the market before they have 10,000 miles on them.
  18. G. David Felt
    Interesting, yes the HP and Torque of Turbo'd engines possibly could move what is needed on Full size Trucks. Will the Good O'l Boy network accept it? That is the big question. I myself see the need for this, but am not sold that this is the way to go. Be interesting to see.
  19. G. David Felt
    I find it interesting that muslim countries have such a low literacy rate and yet Sony still makes billions selling cassette decks / walkman there since the religious nuts record their fire and brimstone and then have the illiterate population listen to it and act stupidly. The ban is just stupid IMHO. So many more places should be on the list then if you really want to become closed and a horse with blinders on. Having a better vetting process is GOOD, shutting the borders to a select group of places, BAD! Can we better deal with our immigration? Sure!!! Will it happen? Probably not, to many IDIOTS in DC have alternative agendas rather than fixing the problems. Lets leave the Political Debates in the Political Forum PLEASE! SO BACK ON TOPIC, What does others think about Escalades Seats based on the photo's I posted above?
  20. G. David Felt
    BS, Believe it when we see it. Segio is a lying sack of Sh$t. He took the billions out hurting the US brands to bring back his Italian Garbage Alfa and proved it was a mess as he has failed to deliver on anything he has stated. Now the only way to save face is to then push out his Alfa crap onto the rest of the brands to try and justify his incompetence. Face it Sergio, Alfa should have stayed Dead and Fiat could be killed and no one would shed a tear except the Italians. "Garbage in Garbage out" a term that never fit a company so well as it does Fiat! US should have Never let Fiat buy Chrysler, Jeep, Ram, Dodge. I would have rather merged GM and Chrysler than let Fiat buy them and screw it up even worse.
  21. G. David Felt
    Drug Abuse is Sad! Yet it is a form of population control since many abuse themselves before being able to reproduce and die young.
  22. G. David Felt
    Yup, better quality than Fiat but not great, but they have generated Billions that Sergio took to bring back from death Alfa and make him look like superman in Italy since it created jobs there, but in essence, it was a short vision thinking as it is killing the goose that laid the golden egg and now the American Brands are just about dead. Since Alfa generates ZERO Profits and is a black hole sucking down money, how will it survive once people stop buying Chrysler and Dodge products cause they are so old in comparison to the rest of the auto world. SERGIO = IDIOT, NO VISION, STUPID, Should have been fired long ago if it was not for his manipulation of numbers to keep the board employed also. They are only looking for a way to get to retirement and not about long life of the company or jobs. IMHO
  23. G. David Felt
    More Stupidity and waste from FCA by killing the American brands to try and bring back the terrible quality Alfa crap.
  24. G. David Felt
    Arghhhhhh Alphabet soup just screws my brain over. So hate the whole naming thing be it numbers or letters. So I assume you mean this? • XTC (noun) Sense 1 XTC [BACK TO TOP] Meaning: Street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine Classified under: Nouns denoting man-made objects Synonyms: cristal; disco biscuit; hug drug; XTC; go; Adam; ecstasy; X Hypernyms ("XTC" is a kind of...): MDMA; methylenedioxymethamphetamine (a stimulant drug that is chemically related to mescaline and amphetamine and is used illicitly for its euphoric and hallucinogenic effects; it was formerly used in psychotherapy but in 1985 it was declared illegal in the United States)
  25. G. David Felt
    For Cadillac, I see the line up as follows: ATS = CT3 CTS = CT5 CT6, 7, 9 all in base trim, Luxury, Premium Luxury, Platinum, V-Sport & V editions. This would cover their 2 door coupes, 2 door convertibles, 4 door sedans. XT3, 5, 7, 9 all in base trim, Luxury, Premium Luxury, Platinum, V-Sport & V editions. Escalade in regular and ESV versions. All in base trim, Luxury, Premium Luxury, Platinum, V-Sport & V editions. This is a complete Luxury Lineup with no need for sub compacts or ultra compacts or any other low end version. If someone wants that, Welcome to Buick! Under Trump, you have to have your cheap working staff! Midgets, the new minority! I fully endorse this SARCASM and Non Politically Correct Comment!
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