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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Nice looking exterior, interior is just a Meh to me.
  2. G. David Felt
    ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 2017 is my year for family life as I am truly the parent to my parents. Doctor called my mom in for consultation on Sunday. Seems she has two masses that showed up in her cat scan on Saturday as they released her from the hospital after her strokes to go home. Taking her to a specialist now later this week. Doctor was talking to my parents and my dad was asking questions that the doctor had just answered and so he did a quick check on him and told me and my sister he has concerns so a cat scan will be done on him today. Suspect Dementia or Alzheimer's. Gonna try to be positive about this and I do appreciate all the kind words from everyone, but this is not how I expected 2017 to go as my parents are only in their mid 70's. WTF is with 2017?
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    WOW, Had no Idea how small the AU market was till I read some of the stories on the links and got pointers to the 2016 final numbers for Holden. They placed 4th dropping out of the top 3 positions with only 94K auto sold. They lost 3rd place by just a few more Camry that were sold, first time ever Toyota beat Holden in AU. Holden responded that this was due to the shift from cars to CUV/SUVs and that their Dec numbers placed them above Toyota solid in the #3 spot and that their shift from a car dominance to a CUV/SUV will allow them to take back their market share and best brand sold in AU. Gonna be interesting is all I can say! The Final product line of V8 RWD inspired Local built Holdens are hot! https://www.wheelsmag.com.au/news/1701/sprung-hsvs-final-model-line-up-caught-in-the-wild Love the Ute, too bad it never made it here.
  4. G. David Felt
    Just the fact that it is based on a Fiat should make people run like hell.
  5. G. David Felt
    Soap Drop
  6. G. David Felt
    Woman Rights
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    ^
  8. G. David Felt
    Thanks that was a good response and yes we need real performance based AWD / 4x4 trucks and SUV's. Caddy needs the wannabe's on V for the added profits it helps the company with, but no reason to not also let the CUV have some fun. I agree that I hate the BMW Coupe X series, ugly, useless in regards to the examples you supplied. But then I would never take my SS off road and I doubt anyone would take their GC SRT off road also. Kinda like the Porsche SUV.
  9. G. David Felt
    What is wrong with a corvette based SUV? Trailblazer AWD SS that I own is a blast to drive. The GMC Typhoon was a blast. We need a V series Escalade. That would get me to trade in my current one. For those of us not fitting into performance cars, we need performance SUVs.
  10. G. David Felt
    New York Daily News Published UPDATED list of Takata Airbag Recall Auto's Pretty cool that here is the updated list of all affected auto's talk about a crazy long list. Interesting that the Toyota HighLander is not on the list. http://www.nydailynews.com/autos/news/takata-airbag-recall-list-cars-article-1.2602999 Seems GM products are limited to the full size trucks and SUVs only unlike Dodge and MB have everything listed.
  11. G. David Felt
    Very cool, maybe Holden can then apply the performance part to get us a new SS / performance AWD CUV for Chevy and GMC.
  12. G. David Felt
    1986 Monte Carlo SS 1986 Monte Carlo Aera SS 2008 Trailblazer SS AWD 2017 Escalade
  13. G. David Felt
    Howdy all, So doctors are coming in a bit to tell us the game plan. I totally agree about taking care of myself. I have already built a schedule for family and friends that have offered to stay with my mom in 8hr shifts. I am sleeping tonight and since I did the bulk of the stay with mom, everyone told me to take tomorrow off. So Skiing I go to get a good burn and work out. To bed tonight for a decent night sleep, ski and then after I get back home check in with the family. Wishing you all the best with your own family and Friends and hoping for a better flow as we move on with 2017.
  14. G. David Felt
    EV and Hybrid should be in everyone's plans moving forward.
  15. G. David Felt
    Thank you all for your wishes and my heart out to you all dealing with senior parents. Never easy. Just got home from the hospital. The MRI's have shown she had a total of 3 mini strokes. Doctors say she will fully recover with therapy and that it was caused by the stints they put in which causes minor blood vessels to reopen breaking the calcification causing the strokes. They are monitoring her to make sure no more complications as they also start therapy. Off to shower and back to work and plenty of caffeine. Crash this weekend when my sister stay with her. Sadly neither of my sisters can push through multiple days of staying awake with caffeine like me. Have a great Day to those excited for the new Prez and my condolences to those that feel this is a Dumb and Dumber Inauguration.
  16. G. David Felt
    I see your point you are making and will agree to disagree. He was an obsessive controller, he know what he wanted and to hell with everyone else. It might never have come to him in email or letter form or any group presentation, but he would want to know the details of how they were getting this done and when it would be ready. I doubt he was that blind to it. Can VW get his outrageous golden parachute returned as they will need it to help pay the fines.
  17. G. David Felt
    Fully expected this. Time to move on.
  18. G. David Felt
    Brand New Tesla X today, Fit and Finish leaves much to be desired. Check out the door alignment!
  19. G. David Felt
    I get what you are saying and yes many products require Oil to be made. Still pissed with the Oil companies but I do get the point your making about pricing for Oil and currency manipulation. Still do not like it, but understand it.
  20. G. David Felt
    OK, I am putting EVERYONE on notice that My 2017 officially SUCKS! If I am short or snippy it is because I spent last weekend at the Hospital after my mom had a heart issue and got two stints. Just got to work as my sisters took over after I spent the night at the hospital again as my mom had a stroke yesterday. Fuck 2017! This year officially SUCKS!
  21. G. David Felt
    Diesel, Diesel and Diesel!
  22. G. David Felt
    I think all auto companies are rethinking their Diesel strategy and I believe this could be the last go around by those that do get their EPA certification. Was looking at Def and shocked that MB on their Diesels charge $317 to refill the DEF tank which is needed to be filled twice a year based on 12,000 miles driven. Costs are much higher than they used to be for driving Diesel and I do not see the MPG off setting that cost much. I think Hybrid and EV's will clearly replace the so called benefit of having a Diesel car or SUV. I really only see value in having a Diesel in the trucks or FULL SIze SUV's like a suburban. The torque could be well used there. Course EV's once Batteries get better will replace that too.
  23. G. David Felt
    Cool, not a mini van person but still very cool! Will be a hit for the Pot head Crowd! Guess that covers much of Washington, Colorado, California!
  24. G. David Felt
    Interesting!
  25. G. David Felt
    Good Question, I wonder who could answer who is using the MB Pee Solution versus building their own pee solution or an afterburner solution which is how I believe GM is doing it. GM's on PDF is an interesting read: http://www.chevrolet.com/content/dam/Chevrolet/northamerica/usa/nscwebsite/en/Home/Ownership/Manuals and Videos/02_pdf/SilveradoHD_DEF.pdf Wikipedia and Yes I know take it with a grain of salt states that VW is now licensing their BluTec solution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlueTec Interesting Read on the EPA and their emission testing: http://www.autonews.com/article/20160927/OEM11/160929847/the-car-emissions-sleuth-whos-costing-fiat-chrysler-5-billion Interesting emissions story about VW and the rest of the auto industry with a good chart showing real emissions in testing. http://www.which.co.uk/news/2015/09/vw-diesel-emissions---its-only-half-the-story-416730/ 2007 based but good paper on Diesel emissions and control solutions: http://www.meca.org/galleries/files/MECA_Diesel_White_Paper_12-07-07_final.pdf Cool Info on Detroits DEF solution for their Class 8 Semi's https://demanddetroit.com/why-detroit/emissions/ Interesting info on the Wiki page about Emissions for the US auto market. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_emission_standards Some very good info on DEF. http://ppcdefsolutions.com/ Still I could not find a listing of who has built their own DEF exhaust solution versus licensing from MB the original DEF emissions solution builder.
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