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Feel free to forward any class 5 and above truck stuff to me if you need industry input. Especially class 8 and transit buses.
Please Please Please send a blurb for the book. If you send me the PDF I’ll write it for you. I want the Autopian on the back cover.
I wonder if the company looking for a shuttle bus is interested in an RTS? lol
I was going to say…based on some of the staff’s adventures, it’s not THAT unreasonable for them to assume you either a) have or b) want a shuttle or a dump truck.
Likewise, forwarding their RFQ on a dump truck to Galpin wouldn’t be nearly as nonsensical if they needed it anywhere near Southern California but even on mobile I can see the picture of the letter says Virginia.
Of course, if you can get content from driving it out to them…
We get these. You have “auto” in your name so they take their best shot. I’m pretty sure these are variations of the scams that came around about two decades ago, where we would get a request via fax for something like 3000 NGK spark plugs of a specific number. The way it works is once you’ve sourced them and sent them off, they pay you with a card that turns out to be fraudulent, that is, if you’ve been dumb enough not to wonder why a person in the middle east would need to bother contacting a NAPA store in Illinois. I actually heard of people falling for this, as amazing as that sounds.
Autopartopian! I always enjoy your commentary Matt – such a cool side of the automotive enthusiast world that doesn’t get enough visibility in my book.
It’s rather ironic the promoter from a publisher with IQ in their name can’t figure out their target market.
There is no point to any of it. These kinds of messages are being sent out to millions of email addresses with no regard whatsoever as to what any recipient actually does. No doubt you are part of some globally scraped list of “email addresses in the automotive industry”. I get dozens of emails a day that are only peripherally related to my consulting business, as well as many more that have absolutely no relationship to it whatsoever.
In all seriousness, that’s a really great note from the SAE – mazel!
Especially liked the thanks for “saying the things I can’t” !
“a potential backup option for your supply chain”
Talk about a soft-sell
But, still no RFPs for V8 motorcycle frames, I guess that’s progress.
The Monetizing Jesus book might have some relevance, there are certainly shady used car dealers and unscrupulous mechanics out there who think putting a cross or a dove on their sign will make them appear trustworthy.It isn’t unique to automotive-related businesses, of course, but it does happen
And theologians agree Jesus drove a Honda but wasn’t a Honda fanboy. “For He spoke not of his own Accord.”
God the Father was a Mopar man, having driven Adam and Eve from the garden in his Fury.
It’s apocryphally believed that Satan drove a Kia bought from a private seller, certainly there are plenty of references to someone having sold their Soul to the devil.
That’s the blurb right there.