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Hhhmmm, …a comment. And no suggested topic. This is going to be tough.
Uh, I admire the way you fearlessly crawl under those rusted out cars and take them apart. The road salt up there must make that process a nightmare.
I also noticed you had the hood up on that Sonoma. I have high hopes for videos of that project. I have my own disassembled and feel like a monkey staring at the Space Odessy Monolith. …..Stay Dirty.oh! oh! me! pick meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!! You’re not going to pick me, are you? drat! Well then at least tell me how to get this damn engine back together 🙁
oh! oh! me! pick meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!! You’re not going to pick me, are you? drat! Well then at least tell me how to get this damn engine back together 🙁
Not what I wanted to hear but thanks for the reply. When every nut, connector, plug and bolt fights you tooth and nail to get a job done, my admiration for mechanics rises all the time…lol
Not what I wanted to hear but thanks for the reply. When every nut, connector, plug and bolt fights you tooth and nail to get a job done, my admiration for mechanics rises all the time…lol
An author who has achieved some level of fame eventually has to tell fans “I’m sorry, I can’t read your manuscript.” Frankly I’m surprised you even attempt to answer every automotive question that comes in. After a forum takes hold it takes on a life of its own. People who hang out there will answer each others questions. You put the machine in place and throw the switch, the rest takes care of itself. Of course you want to keep tabs on it…read over the feedback; every now and then throw in a token response to let everyone know you’re paying attention, but trying to micro-manage it all isn’t going to be possible…especially if you’re planning on growing the show even more.
If I were you I wouldn’t answer Emails and let everyone know you just can’t do it. Celebrities can’t answer fan letters without a staff and you’re building something of a celebrity status. What do you think would happen if you blasted off a question through an Email to Mick Jagger? Of course you’re not exactly Mick but as those ‘views’ add up you’re going to have the same problems on a miniature scale.
So yeah, dance with the one that brung ya. Concentrate on the videos and send the viewers over here. They’ll answer each others questions. You have only one mandate and that’s to make better and better videos and bring in the numbers…oh, and to hundreds of hours working on that little red Sonoma with lots of video so I can get my little red S10 nightmare out of my tractor barn….lol Go get’m Mick!An author who has achieved some level of fame eventually has to tell fans “I’m sorry, I can’t read your manuscript.” Frankly I’m surprised you even attempt to answer every automotive question that comes in. After a forum takes hold it takes on a life of its own. People who hang out there will answer each others questions. You put the machine in place and throw the switch, the rest takes care of itself. Of course you want to keep tabs on it…read over the feedback; every now and then throw in a token response to let everyone know you’re paying attention, but trying to micro-manage it all isn’t going to be possible…especially if you’re planning on growing the show even more.
If I were you I wouldn’t answer Emails and let everyone know you just can’t do it. Celebrities can’t answer fan letters without a staff and you’re building something of a celebrity status. What do you think would happen if you blasted off a question through an Email to Mick Jagger? Of course you’re not exactly Mick but as those ‘views’ add up you’re going to have the same problems on a miniature scale.
So yeah, dance with the one that brung ya. Concentrate on the videos and send the viewers over here. They’ll answer each others questions. You have only one mandate and that’s to make better and better videos and bring in the numbers…oh, and to hundreds of hours working on that little red Sonoma with lots of video so I can get my little red S10 nightmare out of my tractor barn….lol Go get’m Mick!Of course I don’t have the level of understanding that you would as to what it takes to get the job done. I was just trying to shoot a perspective from a viewer on a need that the ‘how to’s are missing.
A thousand times I’ve just wanted someone to throw open a hood, point at a “PCV valve”,etc, (…fill in esoteric here), say that’s what it is, that’s where it is, they cost about four bucks and your mechanic shouldn’t be charging you $500 bucks to replace it. I’ve watched a lot of backyard hillbillies drink beer and tear down rust buckets to finally get to that information on Youtube. (not talking about you but just do a search)
Of course the real shop guys can’t get enough of the ‘in depth’ stuff…I can’t either. But there are a lot more of the ‘other folks’ than there are of the dedicated gearheads. I’m just thinking that there’s a lot more profitability to including the 50 thousand of them as opposed to exclusively catering to the 500 of us. Just my thoughts on maybe not missing any opportunities outside the box.Of course I don’t have the level of understanding that you would as to what it takes to get the job done. I was just trying to shoot a perspective from a viewer on a need that the ‘how to’s are missing.
A thousand times I’ve just wanted someone to throw open a hood, point at a “PCV valve”,etc, (…fill in esoteric here), say that’s what it is, that’s where it is, they cost about four bucks and your mechanic shouldn’t be charging you $500 bucks to replace it. I’ve watched a lot of backyard hillbillies drink beer and tear down rust buckets to finally get to that information on Youtube. (not talking about you but just do a search)
Of course the real shop guys can’t get enough of the ‘in depth’ stuff…I can’t either. But there are a lot more of the ‘other folks’ than there are of the dedicated gearheads. I’m just thinking that there’s a lot more profitability to including the 50 thousand of them as opposed to exclusively catering to the 500 of us. Just my thoughts on maybe not missing any opportunities outside the box.