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Everything posted by G. David Felt
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BS, I call BS on the Executives stating that it was only a few people in groups that allowed this to happen. The ousted CEO knew damn well about this as he wanted to be the worlds biggest auto company and screw the laws to do it. Took his millions and left a mess. VW needs to take back his gold payout and let the prosecutors take him through the courts. Use him to set the example of why cheating is not a good thing.
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Question for you all, I have never done this myself, but a coworker and I was talking and he swears by this. He says it is easier on the engine and faster to lubricate by filling up the new oil filter with clean oil before installing. Wonder what others think of this?
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G. David Felt Staff Writer Alternative Energy - www.CheersandGears.com Sand into Fuel, Reality or Fiction? We have all dreamed of the ultimate dream, how to drive the auto's we love without having to pay through the nose for fuel. Especially for performance, premium fuel can really hit the wallet and many of us have been forced to decide, our dream auto, or commuter car? Lately, I have noticed many Motley Fool stories about unlimited free fuel from sand. There have been other web sites and like the Motley, they are all long speeches without getting to what this new fuel is or how to make money on them. Most people today want you to get to the point so these monotone 15 min speeches loose interest after 3 minutes. Dr. Peter Plichta, a German who studied and received degrees in chemistry, physics and nuclear chemistry in Cologne Germany. This interesting man looked at how we could use long change silanes which uses hydrogen and oxygen to burn and produce energy. He released a book in 2001 Benzin aus Sand. The amazing thing is how he says we need to revolutionize our thinking of how we power things. This fuel is more stable and better for use in Space Exploration as well as in autos that would benefit from using turbine or Wankel motors. The Doctors web site is in German here. His paper on converting Sand into Fuel is found here if you can read German. Lucky for us, another individual Sepp Hasslberger who has a passion for technology has written a much more detailed overview here. He gets into the chemestry of burning silanes and how this can be done. Check it out, then sound off. Does this seem feasible? Should we be looking at making a radical change that could bankrupt the existing oil companies and OPEC moving to a cleaner, much less expensive fuel? I will say people mention that this would be free, but there is always a cost to converting a substance into fuel.
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Yea, flames to reduce bagpipes to ashes is a good thing. Saves the screech on the ears.
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Tesla Increases Lobbying Efforts To Break Into Michigan
G. David Felt replied to William Maley's topic in Tesla
But Gullwing doors were the rage in Demolition man. All the Cop cars had them!- 196 replies
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Biking only makes sense if you do not live in an area with constant rain, snow, etc. Bike riding is mostly a warm weather or at least dry weather area. Not one to have to get soaked riding to work, then need to take a shower before I can work and have to take one when I get home. PASS, rather drive an auto or sleep on a bus while someone else drive me to work.
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Subaru News: Rumorpile: Next Subaru WRX STI Could Go Hybrid
G. David Felt replied to William Maley's topic in Subaru
This does not surprise me. With the amount of torque one can get from electric motors, the future is going to Hybrids and pure electric.- 1 reply
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Hyundai News:Hyundai's Genesis Brand Unveils the G90 Flagship
G. David Felt replied to William Maley's topic in Genesis
I will say it is a nice looking car, it looks massive in size and the interior is pretty sweet to boot. I do wonder how easy those floating rear screen will pop off. -
Buick News: Buick Envision Is Coming To The U.S. Next Summer
G. David Felt replied to William Maley's topic in Buick
^, without ANC you can really hear the sausage being made Thanks I needed a good laugh!- 44 replies
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^ Good to know, so it is an add on module to their CUE system.
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Public Transportation will only work if Politicians stop playing games of wasting on pie in the sky projects and takes a common sense approach to mass transit. Right now that is not happening and we have the worst mass transit in the world compared to Europe or Asian rim.
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The video at the bottom of this story about the Honda Jet to go into productions in 2016 is a rough assessment about Honda and their product lines. Honda only earned 2.6% profit last year on their product lines especially their autos. It is worth watching as he really rips Honda. http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/faa-approval-near-hondas-business-jet-is-about-to-hit-the-market/ar-AAgaIFl
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It is interesting to see how many people from various states and countries have gone to the climate change meeting in France and are jumping in with little knowledge. Over all I think we should have hybrids and EVs that can easily cover 200-300 miles by 2050 so banning all petrol autos for the citizens is understandable. I question if this can be done for police, fire, businesses, etc.
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I thought the new system for Android and apple phones would replace CUE next year. So is this the 2017 models sold in 2016 or what?
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GM should look at if the hardware can plug in and work with older auto's I am sure many people would love to buy a new NAV system for their older auto's. If I could figure out how to put in the current NAV that is in the SRX into my Trailblazer I would as it is a very nice system. Then again, that is what the 3rd party manufactures are for. http://www.radio-upgrade.com http://www.sonicelectronix.com/cat_i466_factory-radio-improvement.html http://www.oemautopartsco.com/collections/ram-navigation Thanks for the pointers, sadly they do not offer any 2008 Trailblazer nav upgrades. Will have to see what Car Toys has or keep looking around.
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Interesting as you have totally also described MB and BMW with all their crazy cross over of models and packages. So based on this, Cadillac has nailed the German Driving Machine of Luxury.
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GM should look at if the hardware can plug in and work with older auto's I am sure many people would love to buy a new NAV system for their older auto's. If I could figure out how to put in the current NAV that is in the SRX into my Trailblazer I would as it is a very nice system. Then again, that is what the 3rd party manufactures are for.
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Buick News: Buick Envision Is Coming To The U.S. Next Summer
G. David Felt replied to William Maley's topic in Buick
Well 95% of the GMC dealers are Buick dealers with a new short wheel base Envision. I think my GMC dealer here is one of the very few that is stand alone. Note they also are one of the most productive with an average transaction price around $62,000. I know... but you and I are smarter than the average consumer. GM has noticed there are still generally strong feelings one way or the other over GMC and Buick as brands. Drew is right, amazing how many people still have strong feelings especially about Buick as an old persons auto. I have changed many when they went and test drove the Encore and ended up buying it. I have had more people buy the Encore trading in old Subarus. Clearly the car clicks with the 20-30 age crowd.- 44 replies
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Tell your awful dealership experiences here
G. David Felt replied to Drew Dowdell's topic in The Lounge
I have always found it interesting that sales tends to fail to train the basics of successful selling. 1) Great the customer, be friendly and open. If they tell you they just want to look, let them look and back off, but watch them. 2) Inquire what they are interested in. LISTEN TO THE CUSTOMER! 3) Trial Close to see if they are interested in moving to a solid buy. 4) Overcome objections, enough facts to satisfy them but not to much to drown them. 5) Take them to the bank with a solid closing deal. I have found when you listen to the customer and address their few needs, you end up moving very close to a closing deal. This allows you to skip or minimize the overcome objections stage.