Robert, Great suggestion! I hope that we have some takers, and that we see several "advocates" pop up at these dealerships. -Tom
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 5:17 AM, robert winfield <[email protected]>wrote: > 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) > > -- Remember, it is not that the glass is half empty, in reality, the glass is merely twice the size that it needs to be! -TNT'82 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130416/1f16efc4/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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)
