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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    G-Wagon, one of the oldest Pieces of Sh$t MB still makes and barely sells. Must be the military contracts and the idiots that pay crazy amounts for them as a few hundred a month does not justify the support.
  2. G. David Felt
    I have to say I have mixed emotions about the new grill. Not really a fan of it. Still like the waterfall grill best.
  3. G. David Felt
    And then we have those that are trying to say this is no different than Ford with their MPG adjustments they had to make. WRONG, the cares did not make the MPG but the exhaust pollution was still the same. VW on the other hand purposely changed their computer to pollute more rather than actually build the proper engines to meet the spec. Some countries are saying they will investigate and consider fines plus required engine swaps. Can you imagine if VW has to replace 11 million engines or buy back the autos? This will be very hard on them. Good thing the fired CEO is 68 and able to retire, I doubt anyone would hire him.
  4. G. David Felt
    This was to good not to copy from the other discussion thread from jalopnik.
  5. G. David Felt
    Disagree with you on Unimog, they are capable offroads, but they do not make the Hummer weak. I will take a Hummer over a Unimog any day. Testing has proven that the Unimog higher center of gravity causes more issues than the Hummer and the Hummer can be IED proof, have not seen one single Unimog as a military IED proof ride.
  6. G. David Felt
    No matter what we all think, Bloomberg is now saying that VW is stating this actually affects 11 million auto's they made. Their stock has dropped 25% in the last 2 days so a Market loss of 25 Billion Euros in value. VW estimates 6.8 Billion Euros to fix. The following countries have now stated they will investigate and possibly fine VW. Germany, France, South Korea and Italy on top of the US and Canada. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-22/vw-to-set-aside-7-3-billion-as-diesel-emissions-scandal-widens Porsche is now saying that this VW mess will have a drastic affect on them as they own 51% of VW. So Sum this up on what VW has Lost and could cost: 25 Billion Euros Value lost in Stock price 6.5 Billion Euros cost to fix the issue US says possibly as much as 18 Billion fine. Germany, France, South Korea, Italy, and Canada Additional Fines of unknown value. End Result, VW will survive but be hurt bad by this mess financially Diesel will get a worse rap as the medical communities and govs will attack it even more. EV will probably get the biggest push ever. China will probably lead a revolution of moving to electric auto's.
  7. G. David Felt
    The same reason some manufacturers got busted for lying about FE-their marketing folks wrote checks the engineers couldn't cash. My truck uses urea. Still gets awesome FE. Urea usage is pretty modest too I don't think it was as much of a lie as it was their internal testing procedure was just wrong, for all of them that had to make adjustments. But that's just my opinion. No matter what we all think, Bloomberg is now saying that VW is stating this actually affects 11 million auto's they made. Their stock has dropped 25% in the last 2 days so a Market loss of 25 Billion Euros in value. VW estimates 6.8 Billion Euros to fix. The following countries have now stated they will investigate and possibly fine VW. Germany, France, South Korea and Italy on top of the US and Canada. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-22/vw-to-set-aside-7-3-billion-as-diesel-emissions-scandal-widens
  8. G. David Felt
    Another reason to hold onto your older cars to keep your freedom. No need for Big Brother monitoring your every move.
  9. G. David Felt
    Ugh can you imagine the overpriced G-Wagon crap they would build to compete? Guess lack of any sense or ability to build something that is actually sensible is missing from this company and the customers. More money than brains.
  10. G. David Felt
    This is DROP DEAD SEXY!!!
  11. G. David Felt
    FAILURE, We do not need Apple or Google building cars. Autonomous garbage. Leave them to their software. They lack passion for auto's and only see it as a tool to get from A to B.
  12. G. David Felt
    Uhhhhh... DOOOHHHHHH Talk about totally missing the word External. I could have sworn when I read it, it was an internal investigation. Glad to see external.
  13. G. David Felt
    G. David Felt Staff Writer Alternative Energy - www.CheersandGears.com This the Future of Performance Pony Cars? So much has been discussed and debated about the V8, Turbo 4 and 6 cylinder engines as well as Supercharged 4 and 6 cylinder engines that it makes one think what would a performance Pony car be if it was pure electric? Zombie 222 EV Mustang Blood Shed Motors is building what they believe is the ultimate tire shredding Mustang and they can do it for any of the pony cars. You can purchase what they call the Apocalyse Class package. All eletric twin 11" motors/controllers drive train LiPo Prismatic Pouch High Tech Systems Racing Battery 40 to 140 mile range based on pack selection 800+HP & 1800lb.ft. Torque 0-60 in 2.4 seconds Bilstein coil over front suspension SOT Floating 3 Link rear with Watts bar Strange PRF180 Aluminum HD section Flaming River rack and pinion steering 13" Brembo disk brakes on all wheels Interior by Mustangs to Fear and Corbeau Designed for street and or track competition The reviews have been pretty amazing and here is a video review of one who got to drive this car. Here is their attempt at breaking 200mph in the worlds fastest EV pony car. Pictures of the Zombie 222
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    Dear VW, You want to overcome your back room dealing Nazi past and lying to the public till now, then hire an INDEPENDENT 3rd party company to investigate and state what should be done. Then incorporate it and FIRE all involved in this play.
  16. G. David Felt
    Totally Agree, +1, I think the CR-V is very overrated and the Patriot got a bad rap due to them not paying Consumer reports to Spew their this is the best crap.
  17. G. David Felt
    +1 Totally agree! Media is Agenda driven regardless if conservative or liberal. The days of Integrity and honor in reporting the news to allow the public to know the facts are gone.
  18. G. David Felt
    Pretty ugly no matter how you re-badge it!
  19. G. David Felt
    Lets also not forget the history of BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche. They have very dirty past.
  20. G. David Felt
    Outstanding assessment and I wish the news would cover these cases in this manner. The sensationalism to get ratings has made most reporters have no honor nor any integrity.
  21. G. David Felt
    Nope most so called professional sports teams are over paid and clearly over valued. Plenty of lazy people in it for a quick buck and return on investment to the fans. Plenty of games this weekend showed this.
  22. G. David Felt
    But this probably gets better gas mileage than all their others.
  23. G. David Felt
    Seattle is raining and I love it!
  24. G. David Felt
    Sorry wings, I have to disagree the car is ugly. Terrible rear headroom and a loss of internal cargo space all for the stupid coupe look in a station wagon.
  25. G. David Felt
    So it would seem that VW was wanting to show the best HP / Torque / MPG on the market but they would have fallen short if they had used DEF. Seems like this came down to how much could they skirt the law to give Executives better bonuses while not really following the law. I hope both Europe and the US fine VW heavily for this 3 Billion plus would do it for the damage done.
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