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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    220V is the same outlet that is used by electric stoves or an electric dryer in your laundry room. This is a single line from your breaker box to where ever you want this outlet. Running the line and electrical plug is pretty cheap usually a $300-$500 and then you can use the auto 220V power cord to charge your auto. Course you have a wide range of options. You can start with just using the basic 110 outlet to do a slow charge and then look at dedicated with built in conditioner and filter 220V or 440V fast charger for your garage. Most of the fast chargers will run you from $500 to $3000 installed, certified and ready to go. Long term they pay for themselves. Some places to check out for seeing the variety: http://www.evsolutions.com/ If your willing to hire your own electrician, then Amazon has some great deals. http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=ev+charger&tag=mh0b-20&index=aps&hvadid=3485810303&hvqmt=b&hvbmt=bb&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_3dhnnxnw4_b Here is a good Read on using Solar charging to recharge your EV. http://www.homepower.com/solar-charging-ev The ChargePoint web site is awesome as it covers North America, give info on how to get charging at businesses or homes, products, etc. http://www.chargepoint.com/ Best part is if you click the ChargePoint Home, it gives a great assortment of info on install, Tips for Electricians, datasheets, etc. Enjoy the info.
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    Diesel passenger auto sales for January 2016 were only 225 as reported by automakers. This is in comparison to between 4800 to 9500 a month for the first 8 months of 2015. http://www.wsj.com/articles/diesel-car-sales-slow-significantly-1455825746 Worse yet is a US Law Firm has filed suit against Mercedes-Benz for having their Diesel emissions system turn off their emissions clean up during cold weather. MB denies this but does seem to make it appear that Passenger Diesels are going to be looked at much more closely than in the past. The story is also stating that low gas prices has dented the added cost of Diesel for many who are looking at buying a new auto. Great editorial on why VW should just buy back all the auto's and how it would allow them to move forward faster and rebuild their image. http://blogs.reuters.com/breakingviews/2016/02/23/vw-car-buyback-would-speed-emissions-scandal-exit/ Some very good reading on this. So the buy back would affect the 325,000 diesels that have NO emissions system and would be more expensive to fix than buy back and crush. This would still leave another 255,000 autos to either fix or to buy back that does have an emissions system.
  3. G. David Felt
    Wish they had a Nascar SUV race! I would love to see a bunch of suburbans, Expeditions, Armada, Land Cruiser race around a track.
  4. G. David Felt
    Be careful doing that, my boy. Carpal tunnel syndrome is no one's life goal. Neither is a Smoky Tail Pipe!
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    Gm was pushed with the VOLT, VW will be pushed with EV and infrastructure. Others need to watch as they could end up in the same camp of paying to help flip the change over to a greener solution. I agree with you all that I also wish the gov would but out, but you do have strong groups pushing the gov to do this and California is leading the way no matter how Messed up that socialist cesspool of a state is.
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    Sorry blu but I have to totally disagree with you, VW has a niche market of people who love the weird TDi. If it really was the all end ultimate auto then they would be selling hundreds of thousands in the US alone. They are not, it is a small group and right now they are in the dog house due to a World Wide Cheating Scandal. I know you hate EV's, Everyone know you do but in this case, VW needs to suck up spending a few million to make the political BS Morons in DC happy and build an EV or two to get going again. You can resist all you want but to quote the Borg, resistance is futile! The future is hybrid / EV. Enjoy your truck and find your peace with the fact that many will love the EVs and those like you will hate them. Over all I accept all as they all have a place, but I do know that the days are numbered for CNG and BioDiesel as well as traditional Diesel and Petrol cars as you know them.
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    That custom built truck ROCKS! It is sad that we do not find many people building custom rides, but at the pass today when I was heading down to pack up and call it a day from Skiing I came across this little beauty of a 4x4!
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    While cool looking, this is DOA. No headroom in the back, the whole 4 door coupe thing is so over killed that is needs to die. CUV/SUVs are where it is at right now with cheap oil and 200+ mile EV's. While lots to like about this, I have to agree that this would sell in very small numbers and cost more than it makes. Next!
  9. G. David Felt
    This would be good as it could really push the US to move to a complete EV auto industry. Be interesting if they would be fast DC chargers, 220 or 110 chargers? Looking forward to the EPA's plan for this.
  10. G. David Felt
    WOW, this is going to really hurt them long term.
  11. G. David Felt
    I hate when people confuse 'rebadge' with 'platform sharing'. This may share a platform with the new Alfa SUV, but it's not a rebadge--probably not a single exterior panel in common. Call it what you want but after seeing the pictures of the Alfa, when I saw this, I saw the alfa first with a different nose clip. Yes some subtle changes, but you can see they are on the same platform, not that much difference than you are stating. So you have seen the new Alfa Romeo SUV in person before anyone else? I'm highly doubting that. Nope just the pictures you guys posted but after seeing the Alfa first, then seeing this, I see the alfa with some small tweeks to the body and the front clip changed out. For a label like Maserati it should have been better I think.
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    I take no offense my friend, I think what I did not expand on is what you hit on which is we both feel the money Sergio steals out of Jeep, RAM, Dodge, Chrysler should have been put back into those brands to continue to improve and build excellent auto's that could be sold globally. Fiat should be killed off, Alfa should never have had money spent on it, just a vapor ware way for them to steal money and Maserati either needs distinct true Luxury items that set it apart from the competition. Right now I sit in one and hate to say it but feel they are nothing more than an over priced Buick, Acura, Lincoln, Lexus, Infiniti competitor. FCA is FAILING as they should be building a Global Platform that all brands can use to improve their existing lines rather than trying to revive a History note on Automobiles.
  13. G. David Felt
    Very cool, I look forward to seeing it with the new tires and wheel flares!
  14. G. David Felt
    Reviewing this made me realize that the dash which I really love is a knock off of the Tesla Dash, they went with a long rectangle Touch screen to control the bulk of the auto. Interesting!
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    I also see this is clearly a rebadge of the Alfa. Nothing new here at all.
  16. G. David Felt
    Very true and I agree with everything you say except the GOV LIED, This was not a GREAT RECESSION, This was GREAT DEPRESSION #2. The gov can say all they want about we came out of this after 1 1/2 years in 2009, yet we still had record foreclosures and lost jobs through 2012 before it start and eventually returned to normal levels in 2013. This was our DEPRESSION just like our grandparents. END OF SOAP BOX. Sorry but this whole thing about recession still pisses me off. RACE on Sunday - BUY on Monday is very much needed to get young people back into Auto's and recapture the passion of driving, the freedom of the road and actually talk with people face to face and see America rather than be a # in the cloud of their phone.
  17. G. David Felt
    Very cool, Who does not see that Chevy will offer more DAYTONA Packages on their performance lines and SS versions. I can see this happening. Ford should do this for the Raptor at the Baha Races. Pick up your new Raptor at the Baha race and get X amount of time with a professional driver on how to drive it off road there. Hell, GMC should do this with a Hummer Package that comes with the BF Goodrich A/T tires and have buyers for a small fee get a very exciting package to pick up their truck there.
  18. G. David Felt
    Just proves BMW and MB are going after Chevy, Ford and Chrysler / Dodge. They are diluting their luxury image.
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    So would it not make sense to take Nascar as well as all sports and say you have to hit X miles per hour speed, X Fuel consumption and you only get X amount of gallons of fuel for the whole race. This would be how I would approach EV racing, you have to hit X efficiency in having your charges last X amount of time. I think this Drag race is valid for Tesla, both auto's have their benefits and detractors and while the S should beat the X all the time, experience of the driver will affect how one goes down the track. Over all the speed plus the time for a quarter mile in either the S or X Tesla is pretty amazing I think. This proves that EV auto's can hold their own and we are at the beginning of where this could take the sports. The fact that you can get a 500HP / 1000lbs of Torque EV engine is amazing and if you put two in an EV like a Fisker, it would blow Tesla out of the water. In fact I bet you would have to have software to help with launch just due to having a 1000HP and 2000 lbs of torque in an auto. Like to see Bugatti or any of the over priced exotic speed cars do that. We are in interesting times!
  20. G. David Felt
    Not impressed with the suv, the whole money spending on Alfa is a waste of time and resources that should be focused on the rest of the existing product line. Another Sergio screw up.
  21. G. David Felt
    ^^^ Outstanding analogy.
  22. G. David Felt
    Came across this, the Auto Insurance Industry released their list of the top most ticketed auto's. The winner is. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEXUS ES 300 CARS WITH THE MOST TICKETS (car, percentage of drivers ticketed) Lexus ES 300, 33% Nissan 350Z, 33% Dodge Charger SE/SXT, 32% Volkswagen Jetta GL, 31 Chevrolet Monte Carlo LS/LT, 31% Mazda 3S, 30% Volkswagen GTI, 30% Dodge Stratus SXT, 30% Acura 3.0s, 30% Toyota Tacoma, 30% Mazda Tribute, 30% Subaru Impreza WRX, 30% Lexus LS 400 Series, 30% Subaru Impreza 2.5i, 30% Mercedes-Benz C300 4 Matic, 30% Chevrolet Malibu 2LT, 29% Lincoln LS, 29% Ford Fusion S, 29% Mazda 3i, 29% Chevrolet Tahoe K1500, 29% http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/18/drive-a-lexus-it-may-be-the-most-ticketed-car.html
  23. G. David Felt
    Came across this, the Auto Insurance Industry released their list of the top most ticketed auto's. The winner i. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEXUS ES 300 CARS WITH THE MOST TICKETS (car, percentage of drivers ticketed) Lexus ES 300, 33% Nissan 350Z, 33% Dodge Charger SE/SXT, 32% Volkswagen Jetta GL, 31 Chevrolet Monte Carlo LS/LT, 31% Mazda 3S, 30% Volkswagen GTI, 30% Dodge Stratus SXT, 30% Acura 3.0s, 30% Toyota Tacoma, 30% Mazda Tribute, 30% Subaru Impreza WRX, 30% Lexus LS 400 Series, 30% Subaru Impreza 2.5i, 30% Mercedes-Benz C300 4 Matic, 30% Chevrolet Malibu 2LT, 29% Lincoln LS, 29% Ford Fusion S, 29% Mazda 3i, 29% Chevrolet Tahoe K1500, 29%
  24. G. David Felt
    Me too...me too. But electric power also gets me hot and bothered... Im conflicted... However, Im not fighting the pain in my brain...Ive learned to love both at the same time... As you know CCAP, Im a muscle car guy through and through...and at the basic level...what does that mean actually? Gobs and gobs of torque at low RPMs. Well, electric power has all of its torque...and its a shyte load...INSTANTANEOUS at ANY RPM... Its hard for a muscle car guy NOT to love electric sport sedans...for the FEEL of you being pushed to the back of your seat when your foot presses the accelator pedal... Yeah.."feel"...we've seen that word before.... My partner's Model S...Oh, what a feeling! TESLA! (yeah..I stole that line from a certain Japanese automobile manufacturer) Love Torque too! Just think of having your partner, spouse on your lap when you hit the accelerator! Deep fast fun! Yes my mind is in the gutter today!
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    Instantaneous torque... What is there NOT to love? Although I like those V8 gasoline fumes...I miss it... From time to time, an old school muscle car will drive right in front of me and I take a deeeep breath just to smell those fumes... But...a BIG but, I cant wait for the day when the internal combustion engine is laid out to pasture. It may not be in my lifetime...but Im certainly ready to embrace the next generation of the horseless carriage... Im so ready, that if I ever build myself a muscle car in my retirement...a 1970 Oldsmobile 442, I might just swap the A-Body frame for an electric Tesla platform frame...or hopefully a GM engineered 100% battery platform and slide the 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass body on top of it... Something like this... We visit Tesla (in this case) for their Tesla Model S frame with the battery packs... And instead of mating the Model S body unto it... We order a Dynacorn A-Body Shell from Year One And through miracle blacksmith fabrication (it CAN be done...the Hot Rod movement is a testament to what I wanna do...hey...if I could dream a little dream and maybe make it come true, maybe Id be making Hot Rod history in the meantime too...) I fit the 1970 A-Body on it...then we proceed to make it look like a 442... with all the Tesla software AND hardware...just the skin on the outside will be Oldsmobile 442... The first 4 could represent Tesla, Oldsmobile, GM and Dynacorn/Year One The second 4 could represent 4 wheel drive. The 2 could represent 2 door coupe. And Voila, I got myself my dream car...but fit for the 21st Century! Of course I havent researched if both wheelbases fit for this marriage...but you get the idea... If I cant do it with a 1970 A-Body...perhaps a Mopar 1970s E-Body...a Challenger or a 'Cuda perhaps...something...a mid-sized muscle car from the 1960s or early 1970s...I WILL find one that will fit the Model S frame wheelbase! +1, that is what I expect to see over the on coming years is people taking cool 1960's to 1990's auto body's and putting EV powertrains under them.
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