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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    I've already been seeing web ads for attorneys these past few days. Actually, so have I. Sleazy scum in most cases, I would hope a judge would require this to all be wrapped up into a class action lawsuit rather than multiple little ones that will draw things out.
  2. G. David Felt
    Sounds like the Lawyers are lining up to file lawsuits on the 11 million owners of Diesel VW/Audi/Porsche owners who just saw their car value plummet!
  3. G. David Felt
    Who ever said Motor Trend could build let alone sell anything of quality. After all it is a Magazine company.
  4. G. David Felt
    Will not matter much as we have seen extreme greed and still after prison they get out and still have millions to live very comfy. They need to take the CEO's take EVERYTHING from them and return them to the public as a poor person who has to work to support themselves. I agree being fired and leaving with a 30 million bonus is not right.
  5. G. David Felt
    GM should use their skateboard concept for a battery pack and then put in a large ass electric and let the good times silently fly by. 200 to 250 miles with a electric engine that has 1000lbs of torque and 500 hp and can just spin away and boom, death to mustangs and challengers all over.
  6. G. David Felt
    Not sure why, I am usually always a fan of auto's even little sports cars but this just is ugly to me and not very inspiring.
  7. G. David Felt
    So still an ugly little POS.
  8. G. David Felt
    OUCH, Now it seems VW and Tesla are affected with the airbag issue also. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-28/u-s-regulator-considers-order-to-expand-takata-air-bag-recalls This is going to kill the Takata company I think.
  9. G. David Felt
    Yup, Bloomberg is reporting 2.1 million auto's affected by Audi! http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-28/audi-says-2-1-million-diesel-cars-affected-by-emissions-software
  10. G. David Felt
    According to this Bloomberg report, Mercedes-Benz is overstating the MPG on their auto's with MPG exceeding 50% on their new A, C & E class auto's. This report by Brussels-based Transport & Environment also seems to imply that Mercedes-Benz also has a NOx problem with their own diesel fleet. Mercedes-Benz is pushing for a universal world wide light vehicle test procedure that would measure tail pipe emissions and MPG / MPK so that a single standard is built for the world wide market that they would like to take place in 2017.
  11. G. David Felt
    Agreed, this could be the opening GM needs to grow Opel into a profitable auto group.
  12. G. David Felt
    About time, the EPA should be real world testing the auto's rather than using preset levels under preset conditions that do not relate to real life. If the EPA tested all auto's I doubt they would find more than a 1/3 of them that actually produce the stated MPG on the sticker.
  13. G. David Felt
    WOW, thanks for posting the links to the stories, if Banks are putting a stop on funding of sales / leases and buying up VW auto loans / leases, this could be very hard for VW. On top of Bosch telling them this software would be legal for testing on R&D but not for production. Someone inside made a HUGE mistake. OUCH!
  14. G. David Felt
    By the same token, I can't believe the Lincoln Navigator... aw, forget it. You know I'm a FoMoCo guy but that right there is funny! Hahahahaha OMG that's great! You want a great use for Urinal pucks? You can get them pressed with just about any emblem in them. At the Husky Football games, people will bring in urinal pucks with the Oregon Ducks or Beavers image pressed into them and put them in the bathrooms. So then you can pee on a Duck or Beaver. Yup, College Football rocks! Course I could see having them made with peoples images on them and people having them there to pee on. LOL
  15. G. David Felt
    I have to agree with what you have stated. In regards to TV / Movies, I like Home Theater, but I do not have TV, so no I do not watch TV shows or much of anything. Pretty much enjoy working out with the wife, doing activities with my 28 year old son or 32 year old daughter. Travel and of course work in the computer industry. In regards to the Politicians, I think ALL City, County, State and Fed workers should be rolled over into Social Security and Medicaid and be part of the same system that the working folks of this country are in. Term limits for all politicians like the president, Senate and house only get two 4 year terms and back to the private sector. In regards to what Balthazar has posted about lighted hood emblems, I think this is an outstanding idea especially with LEDs now being able to be well built and controlled on light output. I think auto companies could do some very cool things to promote their logo. I HATE auto dealers that have to put their own stickers on a car they just sold. That is a deal killer for me. They are not paying me to advertise their dealership.
  16. G. David Felt
    Looks like an Infinity with a Maserati Badge slapped on it. Can you say tiny tires with oversize sheet metal? Over priced, over rated garbage that will sell due to badge snobs.
  17. G. David Felt
    The start of a cleaning of the house, reduction in the number of highly paid executives, managers, etc. and a reorganization that will allow VW/Audi/Porsche to reduce cost even more is what I think will happen along with the single pane of glass visibility to wine over folks.
  18. G. David Felt
    And this is just the beginning of the Purge to dump high salary folks, restructure the company and purge excessive costs to get VW/Audi/Porsche even more profitable if done right.
  19. G. David Felt
    G-Wagon, one of the oldest Pieces of Sh$t MB still makes and barely sells. Must be the military contracts and the idiots that pay crazy amounts for them as a few hundred a month does not justify the support.
  20. G. David Felt
    I have to say I have mixed emotions about the new grill. Not really a fan of it. Still like the waterfall grill best.
  21. G. David Felt
    And then we have those that are trying to say this is no different than Ford with their MPG adjustments they had to make. WRONG, the cares did not make the MPG but the exhaust pollution was still the same. VW on the other hand purposely changed their computer to pollute more rather than actually build the proper engines to meet the spec. Some countries are saying they will investigate and consider fines plus required engine swaps. Can you imagine if VW has to replace 11 million engines or buy back the autos? This will be very hard on them. Good thing the fired CEO is 68 and able to retire, I doubt anyone would hire him.
  22. G. David Felt
    This was to good not to copy from the other discussion thread from jalopnik.
  23. G. David Felt
    Disagree with you on Unimog, they are capable offroads, but they do not make the Hummer weak. I will take a Hummer over a Unimog any day. Testing has proven that the Unimog higher center of gravity causes more issues than the Hummer and the Hummer can be IED proof, have not seen one single Unimog as a military IED proof ride.
  24. G. David Felt
    No matter what we all think, Bloomberg is now saying that VW is stating this actually affects 11 million auto's they made. Their stock has dropped 25% in the last 2 days so a Market loss of 25 Billion Euros in value. VW estimates 6.8 Billion Euros to fix. The following countries have now stated they will investigate and possibly fine VW. Germany, France, South Korea and Italy on top of the US and Canada. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-22/vw-to-set-aside-7-3-billion-as-diesel-emissions-scandal-widens Porsche is now saying that this VW mess will have a drastic affect on them as they own 51% of VW. So Sum this up on what VW has Lost and could cost: 25 Billion Euros Value lost in Stock price 6.5 Billion Euros cost to fix the issue US says possibly as much as 18 Billion fine. Germany, France, South Korea, Italy, and Canada Additional Fines of unknown value. End Result, VW will survive but be hurt bad by this mess financially Diesel will get a worse rap as the medical communities and govs will attack it even more. EV will probably get the biggest push ever. China will probably lead a revolution of moving to electric auto's.
  25. G. David Felt
    The same reason some manufacturers got busted for lying about FE-their marketing folks wrote checks the engineers couldn't cash. My truck uses urea. Still gets awesome FE. Urea usage is pretty modest too I don't think it was as much of a lie as it was their internal testing procedure was just wrong, for all of them that had to make adjustments. But that's just my opinion. No matter what we all think, Bloomberg is now saying that VW is stating this actually affects 11 million auto's they made. Their stock has dropped 25% in the last 2 days so a Market loss of 25 Billion Euros in value. VW estimates 6.8 Billion Euros to fix. The following countries have now stated they will investigate and possibly fine VW. Germany, France, South Korea and Italy on top of the US and Canada. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-22/vw-to-set-aside-7-3-billion-as-diesel-emissions-scandal-widens
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