a comment. there are probably retired EV enthusiasts who know way more than any sales rep at an auto dealership. find a dealership close by and tell them to hire you on comission and you will sell EV's only, that you have years/decades of real world experience and knowlege and you could make more foot traffic at their dealership because you have expertise they don't, would need little training etc etc. instead of testing the dealership about their knowlege, become their knowlege and EVangelize in the process and increase the number of EV's out there
--- On Mon, 4/15/13, Bruce EVangel Parmenter <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bruce EVangel Parmenter <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [EVDL] Chargeabout: ... disappearing sales reps To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, April 15, 2013, 4:12 PM I am glad to hear that there are better dealerships. And likely if I were to go to each dealership in my area, I would also find 'better-ones' like Rick did. If that Ford Focus EV had not been prep'd for an immediate customer sell (yay!), I would have asked to sit in it (gawd, it has been way-too long since I have gotten my EV-fix). I physically fit in the Focus EV better than a Leaf EV. On that point, when Toyota had their compliance RAV4-EV (rev2) at the Silicon Valley Rally last year (2012), I fit much better in that vehicle. So, it is understandable that I look forward to when Nissan starts selling their NV200 van EV. When they do, I will go to a different Nissan dealership than I posted about. ... [Fuel, ice, and pih discussions are generally OT on the evdl, but Rick posted a pih/phev experience, so there is some over-lap. Lets just not let this OT discussion go on too long] Rick is likely already aware of this, but I will mention it encase others are not. For those pih drivers that like to drive mostly in EV-mode (using the on-board ice as little as possible), be sure to record when you added fuel to the tank. That way you can keep track of how old it is getting. In a regularly used ice, the fuel does not have the chance to get old/break-down/get-gummy as it is burned off. But fuel that sits for long periods of time in the fuel system can & will leave deposits/mess things up. If you have not already, I suggest you check with the vehicle's manual and ask your vehicle's forum if your pih has the same programing the Volt pih has: to routinely run the ice for short periods to burn off some fuel (that not only moves fuel through the fuel lines/system, but eventually burns off old fuel out of the tank). If I were in Rick's pih situation, I would wait to burn off as much fuel as possible before adding fresh fuel to the tank. If a long trip comes up, you could plan to stop at a station just outside of town when your fuel is safely at its lowest. {brucedp.150m.com} - On Mon, Apr 15, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Rick Beebe wrote: > ... I do love driving this [pih] in EV > mode. I have 585 miles on it, 410 of which are electric, and still have > half a tank of gas. We bought it on Good Friday and almost immediately > made a 150 mile round trip on Easter Sunday. Since then it's been almost > exclusively electric. - -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
