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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Cool on one hand but on the other. The Turbo 4 is a better engine as its torque is delivered lower, the V6 while having more HP, has only a smidge more torque than the 4 banger. They really need to stop the stupid design of high revving engines to create horsepower that is useless in most driving and give the torque that scoots off the line and up to speed and holds. Yea, the my engine is bigger than yours fans will still pay a premium for the V6, but I honestly do not see it as much of an improvement over the Turbo 4.
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    Interesting, I can see to offload Opel/Vauxhall that they would commit to having some auto's built in the European plants, but eventually I think this will wind down.
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    Hyundai and Kia have in the US and Korea plants to build their own engines especially for the Hyundai luxury line. but in the past and covering these years, doing a search seems to bring up a wide range of suppliers. Not sure if it is all accurate, but Mitsubishi is showing as a supplier as is Chrysler. Weird, hopefully someone knows more on this and can clarify for us.
  4. G. David Felt
    Agreed, Amazing that this type of manufacturing error happened today. Hopefully they can recoup the cost from the supplier of the motors.
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    G. David Felt - Staff Writer Alternative Energy - www.cheersandgears.com Hyundai and Kia possibly replacing 1.2 Million engines! According to a breaking story on King 5 News, Hyundai and Kia are recalling 1.2 million auto's for possible engine failure. 2013 - 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport & Sonata 2011 - 2014 Kia Sportage & Sorento Company has stated that debri from manufacturing was possibly left in the engine that will restrict oil flow to connecting rod bearings that will increase temperatures and cause premature wear and failure on the bearings. Dealerships will inspect engines and if wear is detected, will replace the block if needed at no cost. The Detroit Free Press also has this story but states that the recall is 1.4 million as they are also including Canada and South Korea models affected in this recall.
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    Interesting is that Green car is stating that Daimler is pretty much woken up to the fact that Hydrogen will not happen due to excessive costs of the infrastructure and production of Hydrogen. Plus the fact that you can go double the range on diesel and with battery tech farther on battery than you can with Fuel cell. http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1104842_early-mercedes-fuel-cell-drivers-sobering-assessment-to-industry http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1109713_did-mercedes-turn-its-back-on-hydrogen-fuel-cell-vehicles Clearly Daimler sees EV's as the full future right now.
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    Cruze Diesel Review by Green Car http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1109762_2017-chevrolet-cruze-diesel-first-drive Came across this review of the cruze diesel and have to say I was impressed by the writeup, pictures and found the following two quotes to be very telling of just how well Cheverolet nailed the new Diesel Cruze. Quote 1 Driving the Prius for mileage was an annoying affair, requiring me to putter away from stoplights and hang out in the slow lane on the freeway as other cars passed, just so I could come up short on the EPA-estimated freeway figure. It was tiring and tedious. Quote While the diesel engine deserves a lot of praise, the reality is that I'd be ignoring the sublime 9-speed automatic. GM has just nailed this transmission. Over all this guy says this auto was snappy, responsive and quieter than a cruze gas ICO version. GM needs to apply these same traits to all their product lines.
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    LOL, PSA, FCA, both the same mess different messed up leaders. Still question PSA game plan.
  9. G. David Felt
    No not that I read.
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    I still question Sergio's plan of action for economic self sustaining auto production.
  11. G. David Felt
    Sadly GM did away with the home page to their Monte Carlo SS Performance upgraded auto project but someone at montecarloss.com did capture all the pictures and info. http://www.montecarloss.com/community/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1003486&page=all Like the Impala, I would love a ride like this one. Freakin HOT!
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    unemployed

    G. David Felt replied to loki's topic in The Lounge

    @loki So NRE let you go? I checked out their web site: http://www.nre.com/about yet they do not say what NRE stands for? Wishing you the best in your search for new employment.
  13. G. David Felt
    @ccap41 Totally agree with you. Honda is weak and still not following. Their sheeple will still buy it, but it will be seeing plenty of tail lights from everyone else.
  14. G. David Felt
    Cmicasa might want these dice
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    This was sold recently at Barrett-Jackson http://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1966-CHEVROLET-IMPALA-SS-CUSTOM-2-DOOR-HARDTOP-137955 The rims are 18" front and 20" rear.
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    @Cmicasa the Great is this not what yours would look like?
  17. G. David Felt
    There are a number of Escalades around Seattle driven by the seahawks players where the cadillac dealership I go to has put on the Supercharger performance package so in essence building a V-Edition Escalade ESV. These rock with 600+ HP and Torque. True, It should have been an SS. I am thinking of the 6.2L with supercharger for the Yukon and Escalade. This way we have an Escalade V and a Yukon Typhoon edition?
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    Sweet Hopefully they are going to do the V edition on the Escalade and maybe some performance edition for the Yukon would be awesome too.
  19. G. David Felt
    If the STS rims are metric, then just use a metric to standard rim plate converter. Might make the tires stick out a bit farther now that I think about it. The rims on there are nice, but it seems everyone has those. I do like the Torque II best.
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    Awesome Ride!
  21. G. David Felt
    Very Cool, excited to hear how she fly's!
  22. G. David Felt
    Nice Numbers, the Standard GLC63 is decent looking. Hate the GLC63 Coupe, no need for these ugly car wannabe cuv's. Wonder how many will really sell world wide? I expect the pricing to be high and as such limited sales. Be interesting to see what all gets cut from the portfolio down the road to make room for the onslaught of CUV versions.
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    Here are the latest updated maps for the west coast EV highway 2017. West Coast Green Highway web site: http://westcoastgreenhighway.com/electrichighway.htm Washington & Oregon ElectricHwyMapREV_4-15.pdf California ev_charging_stations_ca2017.pdf
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    G. David Felt - Staff Writer Alternative Energy - www.cheersandgears.com Daimler Scales back Hydrogen, Focuses on EV! According to the story from Autoblog, Daimler has chosen to scale back R&D into Hydrogen auto's and focus on EV auto's. This will not stop them from rolling out a Hydrogen GLC in select markets around the world where Hydrogen fueling facilities are available according to Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche. According to Daimler, pushing out 10 EV models by 2022 will help with reducing the emission pressure on their ICE product line allowing them to minimize the pressure and costs of transitioning from an ICE product producer to one of alternative energy, be it EV or Hydrogen, only the future will tell. Yet, this is telling in more ways than one might expect. Yes GM and Honda have teamed up to bring in their next generation of Hydrogen auto to a global market, but you have Daimler, Toyota, VW, Ford and even Hyundai which sells their Tucson Fuel Cell move R&D dollars to the EV world as seen by the Ioniq Trio. Does this indicate vindication for Nissan Leaf and Tesla S / X? Daimler has decided to change the Smart label to a pure EV label. So just how far will the MB product road map change after 2022? Could by 2025-2030 ICE truly reduce to 50% or less of worldwide sales versus EV?
  25. G. David Felt
    Do you not think that if GM did a marketing campaign that focused on an active life style in the TourX it would help it sell more. I remember Subaru did not do that well with their station wagon till commercials started showing the AWD going all over dirt roads and camping in unusual places. Buick needs a focused marketing pitch that shows the versatility of the TourX and the benefits of why you would want to buy this auto.
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