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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    So you saying VW is withdrawing from the US?
  2. G. David Felt
    I agree EVs are here to stay, who will be the main supplier is another thing and yes the US is a bit behind Europe in the roads that do charge the car as it drives. But the problem with that idea is you limit where you can go if you are low on power or use minimal battery just so the auto can get to the highway. I want a 600 mile range battery pack in a wrangler so I can go off road and not worry about it.
  3. G. David Felt
    Car is a fail for everyone, this is just for the stupid 1/10th of 1% crowd. Next!
  4. G. David Felt
    Your days for V12, V10 Even V8 are limited. Emissions, hybrid and pure electric will replace it in the next 10-15 years I believe. You monster engines will be a V8 top with supercharger or turbo. Eventually even MB and BMW will drop those 10 & 12 cylinder engines.
  5. G. David Felt
    I will say that the OEM tires that came on my Trailblazer were just OK, but for my AWD SS beast, the Bridgestone Duelers are awesome. Rain, Snow, hot sun, they just grip and wear very well.
  6. G. David Felt
    Bigger issue is why GM has their start that I bet has Tesla trembling in the Bolt, China is also pushing hard to bring out EV's from entry level to Tesla level. They are going to have to turn a profit and quickly grow or sell out and merge with someone to survive.
  7. G. David Felt
    Triple Tread design might be the Rage, but the Jury is still out on whether you truly get better traction, comfort and tire life. Some auto's seem to eat these types of tires up.
  8. G. David Felt
    It can be done though. The last gen Camaro was a heavy beast compared to the Stang but offered similar and sometimes better performance in some trims. We will see what Ford does over the next few years. Maybe they will take a page from the 222Zombie Mustang and do an EV with 1000lbs of Torque and 500HP with a 168mph top speed. Then we will have a fast exciting pony!
  9. G. David Felt
    So not a fan of any of these minicars but if I had to I would look to some of the other alternatives like the Elio or VW concept.
  10. G. David Felt
    Exactly, and would you pay a premium for them? Me? Depends what that premium is and if they are actually a good tire. I would have to imagine manufacturers would be lined up for these if they are any good. LRR plus whatever this tech is called.. CAFE is hanging over everybody's head. Yet these fins on the the side wall , so with most people hitting curbs so it scrapes the tire wall down roughing up the tire, I see this benefit being gone fast and all you have is an over priced tire that does nothing really. Lets get them into real world testing and see if they hold up. Right now the low resistant rolling tires suck in wet weather. Great if you live south where mostly dry, but up north they are terrible tires.
  11. G. David Felt
    ftfy OK, you move to England where the student use text shorthand so the rest of us old goats do not understand you? I had to bing ftfy, why not just say fix it for you. Everyone can understand from the start rather than WTF, one of the few I know.
  12. G. David Felt
    Like This?
  13. G. David Felt
    weird that the link did not work for you as I clicked on it and it took me to the Costco page for Grape Solar systems. Cool to know you are spotting places that companies can address to reduce waste and improve efficiency.
  14. G. David Felt
    Look for signs like these next time your out and about.
  15. G. David Felt
    West cost range is not as big of an issue due to the Electric Highway. I wrote about it here: http://www.cheersandgears.com/topic/84688-electric-highway-west-coast-style/ There is also what is considered 1 of the top 10 drives in the country a 440 mile highway that is electrified and connects to the West Coast Electric Highway, so you can drive, enjoy the beauty and not worry about getting stuck due to all the quick chargers. http://www.cheersandgears.com/topic/85161-440-mile-washington-cascade-scenic-loop-highway-is-ev-ready/ Examples of what you find all over the west coast for EV charging.
  16. G. David Felt
    This is a step in the right direction, 300 models, I bet a number of them was just to keep production lines going and not necessarily contributing profits.
  17. G. David Felt
    That depends. Any reason it couldn't ride on the same frame as a crew cab pickup? might need stiffer springs but nothing drastic in the suspension. Front clip, doors, dash, seats, ... everything forward of the backside of the second row could all carry over. Full Size SUV that would have a Diesel, something us GM fans have wanted like FOREVER! They could get my business if they did it right with a Diesel. That would truly take business from GM and Ford.
  18. G. David Felt
    Drew, the solar solutions you do are they other than size that much different than a solution you would do on a home? Also what are your thoughts on the solar solutions that are currently being sold such as by Costco? http://www.costco.com/CatalogSearch?catalogId=10701&langId=-1&keyword=solar&storeId=10301&refine=13223%2b
  19. G. David Felt
    I will have to disagree with you. While I think the smart move is and will be for businesses to move to CNG and it could be a hit with people at home who could refill their auto with time filled over night fueling of CNG, Electric is totally quiet which most people want. You can get a quick charger at home and this then comes down to range. Like anything a change in auto's has to cover a very important point, you have to have range, people do not want to worry about if they will get stuck out on the road. This explains the real lack of EV's taking off as 40 to 60 miles of range in a Leaf, Spark EV, 500EV, etc is just not enough when people do not want to have to think of plugging in every night. The story I did on EV conversions shows that it is expensive. Yet I can get a 200 mile range battery pack covering one section of the undercarriage. I could also get 400 mile range and even higher if I put a battery pack where the gas tank goes behind the rear tires. Sadly the thing holding up a 600 mile range battery solution is cost. About $90,000 on batteries alone. Once the cost comes down, all will be good and I can see EV's taking off as you have no emissions so people will love that.
  20. G. David Felt
    Oh, and SuperChargers were never intended to replace regular charging at home. They are a courtesy add-on. What was tacky was people parking there all day or using it for all of their fill-ups. Very true Drew, I have found many rich Tesla owners think they are entitled to everything free as they are better than the rest. It was and always will be tacky for someone to abuse a system meant for everyone.
  21. G. David Felt
    Very cool to hear about your initial impressions of the CT6, I like many have high hopes for the car. Very Cool Indeed.
  22. G. David Felt
    Very true, If Cadillac had the balls to do this right, they would take and put in one of the readily available 500+hp and over 700lbs of Torque electric engines with a slew of 400Ah battery cells into the bottom of the Escalade and have a 300 to 400 mile range Luxury SUV that people would line up to buy and spend money on and it would Hurt Tesla. This would do nicely, as a starting point for an EV Escalade. 420HP, 560 Lbs of Torque. with awd, this would move.
  23. G. David Felt
    The thing is, while Lutz could be counted on to get engineers to do the right thing in a typical car, the market is quickly leaving him behind. He'd be the man behind the development of the world's greatest flip phone and doesn't understand what all this Apple fad is about. Guess that does make me officially old as I have yet to figure out the apple fad. The product is over priced, the design is for small hands only and the interface is a messed up jumble of Icons that does not communicate to me what it is supposed to do. On the other hand I am young and bleeding edge with my Samsung Note, Linux and windows machines that make sense to me and the world of Scale Out Software based Storage like EMC ScaleIO and Isilon. Nerd is still alive in me, let me think and use my brain, no thank you to the apple interface.
  24. G. David Felt
    What is going on in Japan, the auto's are getting uglier and uglier every year.
  25. G. David Felt
    It does have the Big Mouth Billy Bass look to it.
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