G. David Felt

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Thanks for the Pointer Balthazar, so in essence, a Shooting brake body style is just a station wagon. Who knew!

This would be a good start for the updated Wrangler, but then they should also have a Turbo V6 to have a performance model like all the other products.

LOL, Yes, I was 6 ft tall at age 12, totally a mess in coordination and my dad took me to the Washington state body building competition which is now the Washington State Natural Body building competition. Saw Arnold and fell in love with the sport. I did everything I could to build myself and eventually bought his Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding and never looked back. Highly Recommend this book: ArnoldBible.jpg Even if you do not want to be a full blown body building but just to tone and shape up, this shows step by step the safest ways I know to lift free weights and build your body into a strong solid frame. At 48 years Old, I ski harder than most teens and 20's according to my son. Still hit the parks, jumps, etc. I truly believe being a Gym Rat is an important part of long life with little down time. Drew, best way to ease back into it when the Gym has not been a consistent part of your life is to have some dumb bells at home, not 20, 30 40 lbs, but simple 3,5 & 8 pound dumb bells, so you can do bicep curls and tricep presses while watching TV. Forearm curls to help strengthen and keep from having issues with your fingers and forearms for those of us at the computer all day. You can also then use these same dumb bells to do lungs while watching TV or a movie. Standing squats if you want to get a bit heavier dumbbells can be done also. This will get you into a routine and then you can slide back into the gym. So yes, a fellow Gym Rat and now hopefully people can understand why I find anything other than a full size SUV at 6'6" tall and 280 lbs to be a small comfy auto for me. Happy LIfting! How do you get around the pre-existing exhaustion? Drew, This is a mental game, a exhausted work out of lite weights is better than nothing at all. Start by taking a book to read and walk the tread mill to get going. Once your body is going the adrenaline kicks in and you get more energy. A quote Arnold made at his 3rd world championship win "An exhausted work out in the gym is better than no work out!" Even when I am tired, I still move my butt and go do even 30 min as that is better than the 30 min in front of the tube. I can relate at 48 that at times I just want to crash, but it is still better to get up and move than to veg into a bigger blob. Want to follow this up with reinforcing what CCAP has stated as food also plays a big roll in your energy level and I want to state that Breakfast should be your biggest meal of the day. Better to go to sleep a little hungry than on a full tummy. Minimize carbs, eat Protein and dairy as it will carry you through the day. Common as people get older, I am not hungry in the morning or coffee and a muffin is all I need. Actually your body will perform better as you slept all night, it processed and does burn so you need energy in the morning, this is why breakfast is so important and you will not feel tired by mid day. If you are working out twice a day, then eating a big dinner will not hurt you much, try to keep it to veggies and protein reducing carbs. Keep the carbs to breakfast and lunch as much as possible. This way you help your body stay lean rather than pack on fat as carbs at night convert to fat usually around the mid section.

Codpiece was a very common part back in history during the 14th & 15th century as a way to impart that the man was bigger than others. French took it to extremes in competition. Yet we all know men come in different sizes, colors, shapes, etc. but the codpiece was a funny part of history. This started out as one item and by the 16th century,we officially had the codpiece and all manners of silliness. Check out the wiki pages below on ancient dress. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1400%E2%80%931500_in_European_fashion#Men.27s_fashion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codpiece I do believe in some circles this is still used today, but that is another topic far from the auto's we discuss here.

Supercharging an engine I believe is superior to turbocharging. No lag, smoother power delivery and just a superior engine note.

Very cool feedback, nice to know the CT6 is that impressive.

Do you lift, dfelt???? Am I talking to a fellow gym rat and didn't know this whole time??? Need you both to kick my butt into the habit once I'm done all of this travel at the end of the month. I was taught to never ski while tired or you'll end up hurting yourself, and I imagine the same is true for lifting. I can't get over the exhaustion to go make myself more exhausted at the moment. LOL, Yes, I was 6 ft tall at age 12, totally a mess in coordination and my dad took me to the Washington state body building competition which is now the Washington State Natural Body building competition. Saw Arnold and fell in love with the sport. I did everything I could to build myself and eventually bought his Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding and never looked back. Highly Recommend this book: ArnoldBible.jpg Even if you do not want to be a full blown body building but just to tone and shape up, this shows step by step the safest ways I know to lift free weights and build your body into a strong solid frame. At 48 years Old, I ski harder than most teens and 20's according to my son. Still hit the parks, jumps, etc. I truly believe being a Gym Rat is an important part of long life with little down time. Drew, best way to ease back into it when the Gym has not been a consistent part of your life is to have some dumb bells at home, not 20, 30 40 lbs, but simple 3,5 & 8 pound dumb bells, so you can do bicep curls and tricep presses while watching TV. Forearm curls to help strengthen and keep from having issues with your fingers and forearms for those of us at the computer all day. You can also then use these same dumb bells to do lungs while watching TV or a movie. Standing squats if you want to get a bit heavier dumbbells can be done also. This will get you into a routine and then you can slide back into the gym. So yes, a fellow Gym Rat and now hopefully people can understand why I find anything other than a full size SUV at 6'6" tall and 280 lbs to be a small comfy auto for me. Happy LIfting! How do you get around the pre-existing exhaustion? Drew, This is a mental game, a exhausted work out of lite weights is better than nothing at all. Start by taking a book to read and walk the tread mill to get going. Once your body is going the adrenaline kicks in and you get more energy. A quote Arnold made at his 3rd world championship win "An exhausted work out in the gym is better than no work out!" Even when I am tired, I still move my butt and go do even 30 min as that is better than the 30 min in front of the tube. I can relate at 48 that at times I just want to crash, but it is still better to get up and move than to veg into a bigger blob.

This would go a long way to reduce their current image of just plain jane, boring reliable auto's. They need to move towards this sooner rather than later.

So true, the best thing us auto people can do is to flip the questions back at the asker. After all, what we think is best, what we like and what works for us is very different for others and unless the asker knows what they want and can objectively come to the asking questions of based on reviews and reliability, what are my options for this class, this type of auto, it is a mess to give any advice.

I believe Tesla will hit 250K units by 2018 only half of his prediction and I think late 2018 to early 2019 for Tesla 3 models to be delivered. I also will state that GM Chevy BOLT will eat MANY of the Pre Orders once it is out and people can drive it.

I will admit you are an MB fan just as I am a GM fan. Difference is I know GM has flaws and always will and need to work on them. You have yet to ever admit that MB is far from perfect and not the second coming of Christ.

G. David Felt Staff Writer Alternative Energy - www.CheersandGears.com Should Apple buy Tesla? I came across this story posted in LinkedIn "What if Elon Musk ran Apple?" and this got me to thinking about the pros and cons of if this happened what would Apple become and what would Tesla become? The story states Apple has $200 Billion in cash on hand and could easily pay the current $33 billion market price for Tesla. Story has a mistake as they talk about Tesla $20 billion on the books for the 400,000 Tesla 3 on pre order. This is actually only $13 Billion worth at the $35,000 stated price. Yet they do point out that Elon has built a couple electric auto's, new battery storage for the home, flew a space ship to the international space station and back and now can land it upright on a floating platform and he is now working on a hyperloop mass transit system for california. The story does state that Apple seems to have lost it's mojo for innovation and even with the current competent Business focused CEO, Apple is slipping off their peak of success. So SHOULD APPLE BUY TESLA? Would this be a better way for Apple to go with their own electric self driving auto than building from scratch? List out your Pro's and Con's for what you think?

Honest question, why do they call this a shooting brake? Second, who the hell let Thor hit the car with a lite smack of his hammer as the auto looks squished?

Lol. Show me an N/A GM V8 that makes 800hp with a tune and supporting bolt-ons. If this were a Cadillac with this engine, you and others would be creaming themselves. Nope, do not need to cream myself or be excited as I have never cared for Turbos, Supercharged yes but not turbo's. Oh wait, that is right GM already has a naturally aspirated V8 with a bolt on Supercharger and cooler that can easily be tuned to 800HP! -1 on your comment.

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Do you lift, dfelt???? Am I talking to a fellow gym rat and didn't know this whole time??? Need you both to kick my butt into the habit once I'm done all of this travel at the end of the month. I was taught to never ski while tired or you'll end up hurting yourself, and I imagine the same is true for lifting. I can't get over the exhaustion to go make myself more exhausted at the moment. LOL, Yes, I was 6 ft tall at age 12, totally a mess in coordination and my dad took me to the Washington state body building competition which is now the Washington State Natural Body building competition. Saw Arnold and fell in love with the sport. I did everything I could to build myself and eventually bought his Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding and never looked back. Highly Recommend this book: Even if you do not want to be a full blown body building but just to tone and shape up, this shows step by step the safest ways I know to lift free weights and build your body into a strong solid frame. At 48 years Old, I ski harder than most teens and 20's according to my son. Still hit the parks, jumps, etc. I truly believe being a Gym Rat is an important part of long life with little down time. Drew, best way to ease back into it when the Gym has not been a consistent part of your life is to have some dumb bells at home, not 20, 30 40 lbs, but simple 3,5 & 8 pound dumb bells, so you can do bicep curls and tricep presses while watching TV. Forearm curls to help strengthen and keep from having issues with your fingers and forearms for those of us at the computer all day. You can also then use these same dumb bells to do lungs while watching TV or a movie. Standing squats if you want to get a bit heavier dumbbells can be done also. This will get you into a routine and then you can slide back into the gym. So yes, a fellow Gym Rat and now hopefully people can understand why I find anything other than a full size SUV at 6'6" tall and 280 lbs to be a small comfy auto for me. Happy LIfting!

Not all Start/Stop technologies are the same. GM's is just a down-tuned version of their old eAssist without the assist. Much smoother than the Benz version. That is good to know as after spending a week in Vegas and out on the strip at night, I am not impressed with the germans start/stop system that makes the auto sound cheap. Totally agree about watching yourself while pumping iron, you totally get buzzed to push and pump more. So addictive to the natural body adrenaline high.

WOW, I am actually just amazed at how UNDERWHELMING these TTV8 engines are in HP and Torque. GM does this with natural V8's so what is so hard about others doing it also. You have the added weight of the turbo system, probably the stupid overhead cam crap and GM has forever been showing you can already do this with a proper Pushrod setup. FAILED! that is what this is. Bloated under performing V8 engine with excessive weight and complexity.

wow, price is crazy high like what I would see from MB and BMW.

Simple Choice, Corvette, The MB is not even in competition.

WINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yummy so many reds to drink, so little time!

Cool, so close to seeing it run!

^ Radical Bad Ass Pissed Looking Ride!

Doubt it was profitable or ever will be. They stole billions from the american name plates and 60 cares cannot turn a profit on the 4 billion they spent so far on the over rated garbage.