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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Bummer, RIP Nauti, All the best to you and your family Moltie.
  2. G. David Felt
    Why do I see this as a model that would compete with Mini and Fiat500L but not to forget the Jeep Renegade.
  3. G. David Felt
    Cool HP numbers, but the look has left me not impressed.
  4. G. David Felt
    Home Run Hit, the exterior is as sexy as the interior.
  5. G. David Felt
    Nice looking Minivan, I see clues to the shape of the old CUV Pacifica. Disagree with their Marketing who changed names. They had history that was solid for leading the way with minivans. If they think they can get more CUV buyers to go to the minivan by changing names they are wrong and it is a failure for the name. Interior is nice but does not look as well made as the Honda or Hyundai minivan. The seats look thin which I know is the new trend but also very uncomfortable. I do not see any comfort there for a road trip. Over all like the outside design and fluid flow but the interior is only a B rating.
  6. G. David Felt
    YAWH,,,,,,,,,,, Same model look for the last 15 years, can you say DATED! I knew you could. Interior is nice, hate the light, white interiors though as it shows all the dirt and marks and is just a mess over the long haul if you are not OCD about cleaning. Love the dark brown accent. Dash looks the same as all other models now. My gut tells me MB is hurting for money and playing clam shell games of accounting to hide the real facts as they have a huge assortments of autos that all look the same inside and especially outside with a dated look. Kinda reminds me of the mid 80's cadillac approach to shell games just before they imploded and went cheap.
  7. G. David Felt
    Slimy foods
  8. G. David Felt
    The range does not make it one of the best Luxury sedans, but it does make it one of the best compact eco cars competing with the Cruze diesel. They are in the same boat.
  9. G. David Felt
    Mercedes-Benz is not just a luxury car maker, they gave up that title when they created their cheaper lines to compete against Chevy and started to sell vans and other work and commercial related autos on the same lot as their lofty S Series as well as the rest. You cannot just be a luxury maker when you have the Sprinter vans sitting only feet away.
  10. G. David Felt
    Interesting observation on the tires: BMW i3 - 19 x 5 155/70 all season low resistance tires. MB B Class EV - 17 x 7.5 225/45R17 All season Extended Mobility tires. Chevy Bolt - It appears based on looking at pictures that the size is very much like MB. Chevy and MB seem to have gone with a realistic tire in comparison to BMW.
  11. G. David Felt
    SMK you are totally out of touch with the world. FWD/RWD no body cares for the bulk of the world. If they can afford a car they are either a badge snob or just look for an appliance they like to get from point A to B and back. If they love out door activities, then AWD or 4x4 depending on how they grew up. In the next 10 years as most baby boomers die off, you will have a new group of folks and their penchant for old ways of driving will be very different. If this auto is built of high quality and hits the right feel and comfort inside, they will steal sales from everyone including your German brands.
  12. G. David Felt
    Yes your talking about the B-Class Electric Drive. 177HP 251lbs of torque. 0-60 in 7.9 secs. 132 kW electric motor. 87 miles range at 50F degrees. MSRP $41,450 http://www.mbusa.com/mercedes/vehicles/class/class-B/bodystyle-EDV I have seen actually more of these around Seattle than the i3 which is sitting on dealer lots. At least it has decent interior and probably would do better if it had a 200+ mile range.
  13. G. David Felt
    Very Conservative body design. Will appeal to some but not everyone. Be interesting to see how they market this.
  14. G. David Felt
    Very interesting, if MB is so great then how for 4 years in a row does BMW beat MB. Love to hear SMK explain that.
  15. G. David Felt
    Get a Jet chip, They work well on all grades of gas even when the chip is tuned for performance. Been very impressed with the Jet chips. You are the only person I've seen back the jet chip. Everyone says they're total bunk, and that's what I'd assume reading their ridiculous ads. Regardless, an actual tune made by a human is vastly superior to a one-size-fits-all chip. Trifecta offers a tune at any level of power you want, including low octane safe. Having built many V8s myself, I usually supply all the engine specs and they then plug it into their computer and write a chip. Once I get it it has always been amazing how well the engines run with the Jet Chips. So my experiance is with custom chips that have worked very well, I can only assume if the engineers are doing their job at fine tuning the engine you should be able to get a chip that does improve the over all performance of the engine with a slight bump in HP and Torque.
  16. G. David Felt
    Balthazar pick up a converted Duramax Suburban. http://duramaxsuburbans.com/ Those are good for long life, plenty of space to haul and lots of fun.
  17. G. David Felt
    Awesome you guys ROCK! Cheers to you all!
  18. G. David Felt
    Get a Jet chip, They work well on all grades of gas even when the chip is tuned for performance. Been very impressed with the Jet chips.
  19. G. David Felt
    Here is to hoping they bring back the Escalade EST!
  20. G. David Felt
    Diesel in Trucks for hauling or full size SUVs have a place in America, but with Hybrids and electric, Diesel days in auto's are limited. This guy needs to focus on where the public is looking now and move forward, they lost their diesel bet on lying to the public and that will be hard to overcome.
  21. G. David Felt
    No. They were not well over 400HP. And the 4.3L was not based off the LT1. The 4.3L V-6 came out in 1985. The same year as the L98 There was no LT1 in 1985 to base the 4.3L Vortec off of. The Syclone was rated at 280HP 350 pounds of torque. The Typhoon was 280hp 360 pounds of torque. Yet with aftermarket parts they could go over 800hp.
  22. G. David Felt
    -1, I totally disagree with you. This is priced at the sweet spot and beats Tesla model 3 vaporwear. It is superior in every way over the BMW i3. This will force all the others to lower their prices even. The car is what most people want, Good for you, everyone around you and the planet.
  23. G. David Felt
    For instance, the best selling car in the world......Focus. And may the fleas of a thousand Greek goats infest your jockey shorts. The key word here is world not US market. The real challenge here is that this car has to sell in the US market a market not really big on Hatchbacks. In todays market most people if given a choice of a car like this or say an Encore of Trax optioned similar at the same price the American will take the CUV. The CUV rules in this market as the higher roofs and higher sitting vehicle appeal to people here. If they can't have it bigger they want it taller. The Focus sales are global and that is why it does well. Opel also does well with the hatch but it is in Europe. That is why I think a OPC based Buick would be a better move here than a 4 door hatch Chevy. The lower volume can be leveraged over several markets. Just look at the price of the top performance Ford Hatch and the volume of the performance version here. The numbers are low enough that with out the help of global sales they may not have had a business case for it. The Buick Opel would enjoy the similar volumes global. The new Civic will also enjoy the same volumes as it is also global. But here in the states they will be not a car you will see daily. Then factor in the Camaro and Mustang. The cheaper cars with smaller engines are good buys and as fast as the V8 cars of just a couple years ago. Makes even a hatch SS or even the Focus a hard choice when you can get the power in RWD and a sporty coupe. You don't even have to remove the interior to make it faster. This is why GMC needs to squeeze the Twin Turbo into the Terrain and have a New Typhoon AWD!
  24. G. David Felt
    Love my Trailblazer SS AWD with 400 ponies. It moves and is lovely to drive.
  25. G. David Felt
    So Chevy has updated their BOLT web site and it now seems that in average temp climates we should expect well over 200 MPC or Mile Per Charge. With a 9hr charge time to full battery and the stated 25 miles per hr charged, that equals 225 miles on a battery pack. 80% charged if you use a rapid DC Fast charger in less than an hr. Be interesting to see what the EPA ends up rating this at.
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