Mark Stielow needs our help...EDIT: Mark Won!!

[ccracin]

Congrats on the contest win Mark and the car looked fantastic. It was nice to finally meet you in person and talk for few minutes. I hope we can catch up at an event. I want to see one of your creations in action!

[GregWeld]

But...... but..... wait!!


I want my car to be just as cool as your car.... but I don't want to do any of the work or spend any money. How the world am I ever going to do that if you don't tell me everything I need to know?!?



Good post Mark! There's a name for this phenomena...... we call them "askholes". LOL

[DOOM]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

But...... but..... wait!!


I want my car to be just as cool as your car.... but I don't want to do any of the work or spend any money. How the world am I ever going to do that if you don't tell me everything I need to know?!?



Good post Mark! There's a name for this phenomena...... we call them "askholes". LOL

Okay as usual you said it better!

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by DOOM

Okay as usual you said it better!

It's not a bad name like calling the person something.... it is however a perfect description for what Mark was describing. One question requires 6 more - which requires writing a book.... thus Ask HOLE ..... the hole just gets bigger and deeper... Done in a forum setting - the one question turns into dozens!

[SSLance]

Great reply Mark...

I hope the few #DlotHellfire posts I made were the ones that pushed you over the top. It sounds like I feel the same way you do about car shows though. If you make it to KC this summer, I promise to not ask you to drive my car!

[DOOM]

Mark I wasn't going to comment on this because it's not worth the drama. I personally don't think you needed to reply to that statement. But the fact that you did speaks volumes to who you are. Hell I have your personal phone number and wouldn't even think about calling you , there is plenty of information on this board to answer any question one might have. Your not a vendor here selling anything so I don't understand why someone thinks you owe them a reply. Just ''MY OPINION'' thats all I have to say.

[Stielow]

Originally Posted by DOOM

Mark I wasn't going to comment on this because it's not worth the drama. I personally don't think you needed to reply to that statement. But the fact that you did speaks volumes to who you are. Hell I have your personal phone number and wouldn't even think about calling you , there is plenty of information on this board to answer any question one might have. Your not a vendor here selling anything so I don't understand why someone thinks you owe them a reply. Just ''MY OPINION'' thats all I have to say.

I have a lot of freinds from this site and I don't mind a phone call, if I can save someone time and money. I have gotten a ton of help from a lot of people over the years and value to help and support. I drive Dave Mikels crazy with questions. But, we have done that for 20 years and he knows when to blow me off. lol Dave is the big part as to why my cars go fast. When someone asks me a question then I have to go ask Dave. So to get to the bottom of a lot of these issues is hard.

I reached out to Jody on this car show #tag deal and he help me.

I do my fair share of asking for help also. Sometimes it is good to ask someone who has done it.

Mark

[GregWeld]

Will you email me better pictures of the trophy? With dimensions? With the girl in the paper dress (and her number)... How will you get that home? Will you share it with the owner or keep it all for yourself? How many trophy's do you have? Is this a good show to go to? I hate shows - what do you think of them?

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by Stielow

If you want play in this space do some homework.

Key words right there.

The number of times that people have asked a question on this forum without even lifting a finger to do a simple Google search or forum search leaves me...........

Yet they obviously expect others to make an effort for their cause.

[68Cuda]

Originally Posted by Stielow

To ask a favor to make a one off cal is unreasonable.

Hey - any time someone who does this stuff for a living wants to help the rest of us out it is appreciated, or should be. But, it should not be expected.

I work a full time job, have a family, and I try to find time to work on the car on the side. I have a Masters in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Dynamic Systems and Controls. I have spent a better part of the last 18+ years working on multi-million dollar machines making them work, making them better, and sometimes I get to decompress and work on my "simple" little car. Before I wandered off to college I worked as a mechanic. I went through the Army's Light Wheel school, then, as a reservist I went through my local tech college, received an Associates and started working. Before long I was an ASE Certified Master Tech running a shop and helping out a few friends with their race cars. As for the automotive stuff, at least I feel like I know enough to understand the depth of my ignorance.

What drives me crazy is people I work with find out I used to be a mechanic and they want me to work on their car, for free of course... are you kidding me. If I had free time I would use it to spend more time with my kids or working on my own car. I pay people to do maintenance on my daily drivers so I can have the time to do things I want to do otherwise.

The other thing, as Mark points out, this stuff is sometimes a WHOLE lot more complicated than people think it is. It would involve a commitment to answer some of these questions. People, for the most part, don't even know what questions to ask or what they are asking for. If you do not understand the sensors, the control systems, how they interact with the mechanical systems and all the other moving parts involved, if I answered your question would you understand the answer and the other implications - probably not. Would you half understand and make a bad decision - why would someone want to take that risk?