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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Plus keep in mind that Japan is all about being a team player and not rocking the boat. Most employees would go along with their boss who says this is awesome, the best, etc. I doubt anyone was willing to rock the boat and go against the upper executives who seem to be fine with the style, name, ultra conservative blah style of forgettable auto's.
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    Over priced garbage. PASS.
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    Truly a parts car unless you have the money to invest in restoring it, but wow talk about the work. I just enjoy the old pic and pass. Good luck with doing that.
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    Depends as with small auto's I have no problem with small engines, still not won over for turbo petro except for Turbo Diesels, my experience with turbo petro auto's shows they still will not go the distance in comparison to larger V6 or V8 engines. For trucks and full / mid size SUV's only V8. Nothing smaller has won me over for longevity of life and towing or a Diesel. I still see far more people complain about how the V6 in the trucks does NOT deliver MPG unless you baby it while driving. Real world testing of MPG needs to happen on all auto's rather than computer simulation or estimation based on select formulas. Depends as with small auto's I have no problem with small engines, still not won over for turbo petro except for Turbo Diesels, my experience with turbo petro auto's shows they still will not go the distance in comparison to larger V6 or V8 engines. For trucks and full / mid size SUV's only V8. Nothing smaller has won me over for longevity of life and towing or a Diesel. I still see far more people complain about how the V6 in the trucks does NOT deliver MPG unless you baby it while driving. Real world testing of MPG needs to happen on all auto's rather than computer simulation or estimation based on select formulas.
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    Infinity problem starts with the name, there is nothing here to last for ever. They really do need a new reboot of name, badging, design language, etc.
  6. G. David Felt
    So 1967 is a VERY HARD year to choose just one auto. Daily Driver 1967 GMC Suburban Fall & Winter Weekend Driver 1967 GTO Spring & Summer Weekend Driver 1967 Camero Pace Car
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    Yup Inheritance that should never have happened. What a waste of a nice SL on him. We'll the US and Canada have been screwed for more and less. Till term limits are in place and the gov's start to focus on the people and stop wasting time on trying to push agendas across the pond we will always be screwed.
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    RIP, Canada is truly Screwed! What stupidity causes people to allow a class system to come back into existence.
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    Happens to me all the time. Ive gotten many speeding tickets this way in which I just mash the peddle to get away from them as Im soooo bloody disgusted and mad and I dont want to be road ragin' because If I keep seeing them whether in front of me, beside me or in my rear view mirror, Id be ragin' and low and behold, a speed trap further down the highway...and if they would just be in the correct bloody lane to begin with...Id also be in the correct lane, yes left lane for me and right lane for them, Id be going the bloody speed limit to begin with therefore NO SPEEDING TICKET!!!! IM GLAD THAT IN CERTAIN STATES and in ONTARIO, they actually give tickets to people that are in the left lane but NOT going the maximum speed limit or passing anybody...but not in Quebec though....Quebec likes to be backwards! Washington state just passed a law that says you cannot be in the left lane if you are going more than 10mph below the posted speed limit. I am hoping this gets many scared drivers out of the left lane where they do not belong.
  10. G. David Felt
    No matter how one try's to say it was not corporate greed, this kind of story just continues to point to Corporate Greed.
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    So love to see the OEMs stepping up and doing this immediately. Give me much more confidence in them.
  12. G. David Felt
    Drove 350 miles on Saturday to see the fall colors and it was beautiful including the E63 AMG that was totaled. Hopefully no one was hurt but the smug idiot that was constantly passing everyone on the mountain road, Blewett Pass ended up clipping the rear end of a minivan and biting it. Hate to see people hurt but it is even more irritating to see idiots like this one drive so recklessly. Karma gets you in the end.
  13. G. David Felt
    That is one ugly car.
  14. G. David Felt
    Best thing they could do is force them to admit it, and correct it.
  15. G. David Felt
    Very cool picture of the Alpha for Lost In Space! Robbi the Robot. Looks like one of the early prototypes for seadiving.Very cool pic.
  16. G. David Felt
    Add me at 48 years old as saying self driving auto's are for those that should never have been allowed to drive anyway as their facebook and twitter is more important to them than enjoying the thrill of driving. I have to wonder just how many new auto's are in my future as I am not a fan of all the safety crap that takes control of your auto and would rather enjoy driving a true auto with no self braking, self driving, etc.
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    Actually, I don't think those "e-core"(as they are called, if I remember correctly) don't have the anti-drain valve. Those are the cheapest of the cheap. I would HOPE they would still use the regular PFXX filter if he's paying for an $80 oil change but that doesn't reall mean anything other than they could take an extra couple bucks by using the "e-core". Well I started a thread over at Bobistheoilguy.com because I'm on that forum as well.. I'll see if anybody has anything other than what I was thinking. Confirming or disproving. I wasn't guessing, I know they have the drain back valve. Like I said I have researched and made a thread somewhere about this. E-core on the left. Standard ACDelco in the middle. Premium filter (rebadged Mobil 1 EP) on the right. So I will admit that I use GM and AC Delco interchangeably. I am working from home today so I went out to check and sure enough on both vehicles, they have the blue AC Delco or what I call a GM filter on the. Was not aware of the black premium AC Delco filter. Will have to see if I can get that on the auto when I do the next oil change and see how that affects the morning tap.
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    So other than the last sentence you drop MB and now just say Germans are better at everything, yet they built crap in the 70's, 80's and a portion of the 90's where they finally flipped into being the leader in the luxury segment. It takes time to build an Army and Cadillac is just getting going with quality products and time will grow and get bigger and better. You know that NO ONE even your Loved MB better than anything can build and turn out a product in only a few months or a year. It takes time to fill in all the nooks and crannies. So instead of pounding a dead drum, find something else to review and comment about rather than dragging out the same old post reworded over and over and over again.
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    OUCH! Hate to say it but at this Point I suspect the EPA and other countries will stick it to VW. Expect much bigger fines now and I bet they will need anadditional 2-3 billion to settle this.
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    I understand what you are saying, will look at some aftermarket filters and talk with the dealership more. Thank you
  21. G. David Felt
    That knocking sounds more like an oil filter issue not an oil issue. Cheap filters with cheap anti-drain back valves or none at all will allow more oil to drain back and you'll start your vehicle with little to no oil already in the system. What oil filter do you use? GM, My wife drives it mostly since I take the bus into work, so the local Cadillac dealership who also does my Escalade which also has the same knock does both Mobil 1 synthetic oil changes. $79 dollars everything else checked, washed, vacuumed and ready to go. The wife likes it so why bother with Grease monkey or Oil Can Henry. For the small difference, might as well keep it GM serviced. Not trying to be a jerk but that had nothing to do with what oil filter you're using. If it is their standard "pro" filter then it might not have any anti-drain back value. If it is the conventional one you can buy off any Walmart shelf then by the time you change your oil the valve may have wore out the slightest and allows oil to slowly drain over night while it is parked for extended periods. I understand what you are saying, I do know as I did crawl under both and check that they are stamped GM on the filters, so they are not a 3rd party filter, but the actual GM filter for the vehicle. Figure in todays world, might as well keep GM accountable for my auto.
  22. G. David Felt
    Isn't the vehicle basically 9/10ths of a half ton anyway? Fantastic freakin' mileage. And as a truck I think the low end would just be how a truck should be driven anyway. Trucks shouldn't have 7000rpm redlines but a boat load of torque under 3000rpm. Yes, I agree that while this is not a full size, it is about 8 to 9 tenths of the way there, close enough that this is a huge improvement. My gut tells me this is not only a rock solid product for this truck line, but a test bed of what they might bring to the full size line also.
  23. G. David Felt
    That knocking sounds more like an oil filter issue not an oil issue. Cheap filters with cheap anti-drain back valves or none at all will allow more oil to drain back and you'll start your vehicle with little to no oil already in the system. What oil filter do you use? GM, My wife drives it mostly since I take the bus into work, so the local Cadillac dealership who also does my Escalade which also has the same knock does both Mobil 1 synthetic oil changes. $79 dollars everything else checked, washed, vacuumed and ready to go. The wife likes it so why bother with Grease monkey or Oil Can Henry. For the small difference, might as well keep it GM serviced.
  24. G. David Felt
    Based on these figures, updating the chart that was on the other web site we now see the Duramax versus Ecodiesel as follows: This Rocks!!!
  25. G. David Felt
    Rolls only exists for the 1/10 of 1% that can afford bloated over rated auto's like this. Course the Rappers also seem to love to waste money on these auto's. Reality, you as well as I know that the S series beats the Rolls as do many other 1% level luxury auto's. The next 10-15 years will be interesting to see who survives and who dies as I think with the Chinese coming on, we will see a glut of auto choices from the lowly sub sub compact to the ubber luxury and some will have to go into the history books as they cannot all survive.
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