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Chevy Performance Parts 1LE Suspension Kit Questions | 29 | 80.56% | |
Is the 3.6L CAI + ECM flash offered for 2018 models like it is for 2016 & 2017? | 0 | 0% | |
Is Stealth exhaust mode damaging at the track? | 7 | 19.44% | |
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11-07-2018, 07:39 PM | #29 | |
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11-07-2018, 08:23 PM | #30 | |
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I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but we're probably missing out on some great questions because people aren't motivated to write 'em if only a couple per year get answered. I really want Ask Al to be successful, and I appreciate the Camaro team voluntarily agreeing to participate. I fully understand they don't have to answer any questions. As a business owner though, if I tell one of my customers I'm going to do something, I don't drag my feet doing it. Even if it's something I'm not obligated to do at all, my response is timely. It just seems like they'd be a little more motivated to interact with their most loyal customers. I get the feeling Ask Al has become a burden to them.
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11-09-2018, 07:18 PM | #31 | |
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this "idea" of a sub-forum was AWESOME and I truly think me and everyone on this forums appreciates the hard work you mods do behind the scenes. Getting this going was also freaking awesome. But this was just honestly a massive let down, period... We are all passionate about the car and when we have serious questions, would love answers from the man(s) himself; this sub-forum was our chance to get the truth we seek. I saw this as the opportunity to come here full of anger because my car XYZ issue, ask Al and get an awesome response as to why my 6th gen doesnt have front facing camera. Leave going "Damn, i never would have thought of that. I'm glad he explained it.".... Instead it genuinely became extremely confusing on getting a question to "win" the CHANCE to get answered, then that question gets submitted, then we wait... If we are lucky we would get 12 questions answered a year.. Seriously? 12? Steve Jobs answered 12 questions a DAY... This was a marketing ploy for them and they quickly got cold feet IMO. Now add to it the B.S marketing responses I feel we have gotten and now the lack of interaction from the Camaro team. I can honestly say that they aren't answering because they are busy. I find that to be a very weak excuse. No man is every too busy to take 5 minutes out of his day to answer some questions on a board. Not only that, Al has an ENTIRE team working with him. One of those folks can jump in at any time... What I think is going on is 1-They saw the amount of "anger" coming out of these questions. (They probably expected this to be a marketing play and in return got more questions in a anger category than they expected) 2-Have way too much approval process to get a single question answered.... I genuinely believe Al and his team monitor these forums for un-solicited feedback but also to keep tabs on possible issues with the car. I hope this turns around and Al and his team create an account and just come in here and start answering questions themselves, that would be a real winner. |
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11-10-2018, 08:57 AM | #32 |
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↑↑↑ So how much of this impatience is due to so much other information being instantly available via internet search, or at worst (generally) a day or two for questions posted in other sections of this very site?
Al and the team have to do better than simply offer opinion on a knee-jerk basis. Norm
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11-10-2018, 09:05 AM | #33 | |
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At some point it doesn't make sense to continue defending the delays. The implication that Al and his team need months to provide a quality response is nonsense. Just call it what it is and quit making excuses.
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11-10-2018, 09:50 AM | #34 | |
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Regarding Tadge's responses vs. Al's, if we hone in on just the first question answered (regarding how no-lift shift works), both chief engineers answered this same question, but Al's response was much more thorough and actually gave details in how it's calibrated. I was hesitant to use the feature before his response, but now that I know how it's supposed to work and is tuned, I use it all the time at the track and can feel the benefit of it. For this suspension kit question, if they are actually going off and collecting lap time data for us (as mlee has mentioned), I'd gladly take any delay associated with that as I think the answer will be much more meaningful and thorough if back to back comparison tests are conducted on the different kits. Especially with the weather now, I'm in no rush to upgrade the suspension.
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11-10-2018, 11:18 AM | #35 |
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I was talking about near-instant forum replies.
Al and Tadge do have to put a bit more thought into their answers than that. Norm
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11-12-2018, 05:22 PM | #36 | |
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Again, some questions on here don't require more than a few lines from the masterminds; others, I can understand are a bit more in depth and should be thoroughly vetted by the team before being posted. |
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11-12-2018, 05:24 PM | #37 | |
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I think a good reason for this is maybe the legal department over at Chevy. Having worked corporate before, it should come as no surprise that most of the time creatives and those who want to speak, are surpressed by tiers of approvals. |
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11-16-2018, 06:20 AM | #38 |
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12-03-2018, 09:57 AM | #39 |
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What's Ask Tadge? Is that another subforum or something?
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12-03-2018, 10:07 AM | #40 |
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It was the inspiration for Ask Al. Tadge is Tadge Jeuchter, lead engineer for the Corvette. He answers questions, like Al does here, asked by the members on CorvetteForum.com. Thats a completely different site than ours (unlike Corvette7), not a subforum or anything.
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12-03-2018, 12:47 PM | #41 | |
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