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That is easily done. Here in Seattle many have added solar panels to fuel their house and EV auto. Costco has some awesome solar panel kits you can buy and either install yourself or pay to be professionally installed. -
Liking the idea of an EV auto more and more. Plus better torque.
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Looks like a good tire, like the sipping it has for getting water out of the way and for better traction. Having never had cooper, what is the life expectancy? I know I can always count on my BG Goodrich tires to get me between 85-100K miles. Though I do monitor air pressure and make sure everything is where it should be far more than most. Was looking at my receipt due to what you have stated as $1K price for 4 of the BFG for your truck. What is your tire size? For my Durango, it is 31 x 10.50 - 15 Which is $161 per tire mounted, balanced, road hazard, etc. With Washington State sales tax it was $705.18 at Discount Tire. These by the way are more expensive than the KO2 tires which were $157.00 each.
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Middle Earth
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Manual Trans, Woman versus Men! Are Men becoming soft?
G. David Felt replied to G. David Felt's topic in Opinion
I have to agree, both my kids learned to drive manuals but work and live in the city so auto's they have especially with all the hills around Seattle. I love manuals but find with everything else going on in life, auto's are the best solution and the manual is what I would want for a cruiser weekend auto. Sadly what limited selection there is has be reduced to having auto's in everything now. -
WOW, still ugly as ever. Guess Sergio is into S&M as that is a lot of Latex rubber covering that ugly beast.
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This is an AWESOME Post! +1 from me! Well Done! Arctic beaver? Like...snow bunnies? Yeah...I like to gnaw on snow bunnies also....especially the Arctic Beaver part... That is a Sweet 5 Pack of Snow Bunnies. I would enjoy gnawing on them too!
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Wasn't that the first car with radar cruise control or something like that? I think it's ugly but in a cool, unique, and innovative way. I could be wrong but from my research yes it was as far as I can tell but hopefully Balthy will pop in and confirm as the master of all things well aged!
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Bummer, I would love to see what you built but cannot for some strange reason. Did it still never show up for you? Sadly no, I still see it as above and I have checked from both home and work. Not sure why some pics show up this way. Very weird.
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I hope not., The ability of that thing is nothing to write home about. Very true, the i3 is ugly on top of awefull. Having a neighbor with one, I was not impressed at all with it and just short of 1 year he traded it in as it never lived up to the expectations BMW marketed it as. The i8 on the other hand is nice and exciting but as a hand crafted car, it is also another nightmare that BMW mechanics hate to work on. Clearly not a well thought out car.
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So what did you not get out of the half moons that you get out of crushed? Easier to chew? I have family members that have also flipped back n forth between cube or crushed and never understood why. I have been a cube person all my life so I am truly interested as to why a person likes crushed over cubed?
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I have to say he led some very exciting designs at GM. I loved this concept even though many had mixed feelings about it. 1959 Cadillac Cyclone Concept Wonder if GMC got the Syclone name from this beast? I would also love to see sliding doors on modern cars today as it allows one to park in tight spots and the ease of entry and exit is awesome. No not a Cadillac Minivan, but have the CT and XT doors open like this.
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Common Sense would be that GM create a Carbon Fiber base that is used by Corvette, Camaro, as well as a halo car for Buick and Cadillac. There would be no sense to spend $1 Billion alone on Cadillac and I suspect that BMW did not spend this amount for their own Carbon Fiber structure and body panels. I can also see the VOLT moving to the Carbon Fiber replacing many steel areas and using just a select amount of high strength steel with mostly carbon Fiber.
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G. David Felt Staff Writer Alternative Energy - www.CheersandGears.com Manual Trans, Woman versus Men! Are Men becoming soft? Came across this story on Autoblog. After more than 50,000+ leases reviewed at swapalease.com shows that woman more than men enjoy driving a manual trans. Sadly this seems to point to the save the manual campaign as failing as manual auto purchases are a dying breed. According to the data, leases on Manual auto's have dropped by 22%. In 2012 85.4% of Manual Trans leases were by men, 2015 that number had dropped to 81.2%. Woman on the other hand in 2012 was 14.6% of their leases were a manual transmission but in 2015 that number has rose to 18.8%. Now more and more editorials are clarifying that as a road trip car, manuals are more fun, but as a daily driver for work, they are terrible. So what do you guys think. Is this a trend that Manuals could disappear from the roads of North America in the near future or will they survive but only in select performance based auto's or what? Sound Off
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Inductive charging is already available now so I can see small rural towns having their own pads in their driveway allowing charging of their auto and at the same time when needed pulling power from the car during a storm that takes out power. Has to start somewhere and with BOLT and about a year after Chevy Nissan having Gen 2 Leaf with a 200+ mile battery also, I think we will see more EV auto's in the next 18-24 months. Tesla will also help this grow with the T3.
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This is one AWESOME Dodge Dart! http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/a-daring-dodge-dart-for-the-win/ar-BBrrXZa?li=BBnb4R5&ocid=UP94DHP#image=BBrrSXM|1
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That is a very sexy car and I love the disco era. Course I grew up in it poking holes in the sky!
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Jaguar News: Jaguar's SVR Badge Is Not Exclusive To V8 Engines
G. David Felt replied to William Maley's topic in Jaguar
Very Cool about looking at options, but interesting the point he makes about the super low emissions on the Bi-Turbo V8 compared to BMW going to I6 turbo. Interesting, -
This isn't Alfa Romeo. Jeep at least has a much better track record. Very True, But Sergio can still mess it up.
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Kicking off since I did not see an April Car spotting thread. Was over picking up my Durango as the Trans needed rebuilding. I got 223,000 miles on it before I had to rebuild it. Saw this Cherry of a Buick at the shop.
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Bolt advertised 200 miles and then GM clearly states that the battery takes 9hrs to fully charge at 25 miles per hour so the battery is really a 225 mile range battery. Tesla states 215 miles but has not stated anything else about actual charging time or amount of miles per charge. Yes I know you say you do not like any EV but that the BOLT is less desirable so you imply the Tesla is, so you like the tesla more than the bolt. The reader is the one who will be left with the implied meaning based on how one writes their words.
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Believe it when we see it!
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Hopefully the truck and suv lines can pick up the folks. Sucks to be laid off.
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What Would Buy Instead- Dodge Journey Edition
G. David Felt replied to Frisky Dingo's topic in The Lounge
Easy, while the Journey is nice, I would rather own a GMC Terrain. -
I understand the points you are stating and no one would compare an ATS to the Focus. The point I am making is that the Tesla 3 is a compact RWD Sedan EV and the BOLT is a Compact FWD CUV EV. Right now the Tesla is NOT the cheaper of the two as they will not have any fed discount.Yes the BOLT will have some options but for the most part GM has said it would be pretty much loaded from the start $37,500 or $30,000 with fed discount. Tesla 3 on the other hand will be stripped at $35,000 and you option it up to $45,000 from the info they have released. Also no where do I read that GM is only making this as a compliance car. The BOLT is what forced Tesla's hand to finally deliver the model 3 after years of delays and GM has forced Nissan to move up their Generation 2 Leaf that will have between a 200- 250 mile battery. How do you figure this is compliance only and not game changer when others are responding with like auto's in range and pure EV powertrain? Nissan and Toyota never built out any infrastructure and while Tesla Supercharge locations are stated as being available to everyone, I know that the locations in Seattle are clearly marked as Tesla owners only. So I have not seen any true public infrastructure by Tesla. Now yes West Coast is ahead of much of the US in terms of building out public charging setups but that has not stopped many other auto companies from building or announcing EV's that are coming. So this takes away your Compliance issue also. Tesla is a Niche Player that is growing much like Apple, but their are far more people who do not use Apple and there will be far more people that will not use Tesla for various reasons. You like Tesla 3 style, Great go for buying one and enjoy supporting an American Auto company. I like BOLT style and will support another great American auto company. Either way America wins.
