GM techs know that we know more then them!!
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I wish.....
that we had the same on the Corvetteforum.com. Over on the Solstice.com forum, one of the moderators(MomsSol) is Steve Padilla, the Ride, Handling and Steering development engineer for the kappa platform. He is active on the forum and answers all types of questions on the Solstice.
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that we had the same on the Corvetteforum.com. Over on the Solstice.com forum, one of the moderators(MomsSol) is Steve Padilla, the Ride, Handling and Steering development engineer for the kappa platform. He is active on the forum and answers all types of questions on the Solstice.
Fortunately, our Forum does have "Shopdog" who is extremely knowledgeable and can give you an answer to just about anything. And when there is something that he does not know (which is indeed rare), he will tell you so rather than make up some garbage and pass it along as gospel truth.
"Shopdog" had some health concerns recently and has not been posting as often as he used to. Hopefully, he will recover completely and join us on a more regular basis.
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Fortunately, our Forum does have "Shopdog" who is extremely knowledgeable and can give you an answer to just about anything. And when there is something that he does not know (which is indeed rare), he will tell you so rather than make up some garbage and pass it along as gospel truth.
"Shopdog" had some health concerns recently and has not been posting as often as he used to. Hopefully, he will recover completely and join us on a more regular basis.
"Shopdog" had some health concerns recently and has not been posting as often as he used to. Hopefully, he will recover completely and join us on a more regular basis.
While I'm a retired manufacturing engineer and manager, and a senior member of the SME, I'm not about to put forth my name, former employers, etc on a public forum. I never worked for a auto manufacturer, but early in my engineering career(60's) the company I worked for was a OEM supplier to Chrysler, and the union in my plant was the UAW. I have visited several automotive plants(that are not open to the public) as a member of the SME, have purchased million's of dollars in machine tools, etc from the same vendors that sell to the Big 3, have talked for hours with Big 3 manufacturing engineers, blah, blah, blah, but I'm still a keyboard warrior.
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While a GM engineer is certainly a qualifier, we do have a bunch of qualified, knowledgeable guys here as well. "On The Job" engineers! Also, alot of engineers don't know what's going wrong until we tell them.
Also, alot of engineers don't know what's going wrong until we tell them.
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Some of those "engineers that don't know what's going wrong until we tell them" have to answer to their employer and are not about to put their careers on the line if their employer doesn't want certain information released. I'm not talking about a pseudo engineer.
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There are many more qualified engineers here from both current and former GM positions and supply chain than you apparently know. I'm very surprised that 1) a GM engineer identified himself on that other forum and 2) that he has allowed himself to get in to a position of moderation there. It is discouraged.
You are correct, I am not employed as a GM engineer.
Sadly, Gannet has to be awarded the prize for the most accurate post of all in this thread.
I wouldn't be so quick to discount information that you receive here on the forum. Just because someone doesn't or can't display their employment or their source of information, it doesn't mean that it is any less accurate or valid.
You are correct, I am not employed as a GM engineer.
Sadly, Gannet has to be awarded the prize for the most accurate post of all in this thread.
I wouldn't be so quick to discount information that you receive here on the forum. Just because someone doesn't or can't display their employment or their source of information, it doesn't mean that it is any less accurate or valid.
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There are many more qualified engineers here from both current and former GM positions and supply chain than you apparently know. I'm very surprised that 1) a GM engineer identified himself on that other forum and 2) that he has allowed himself to get in to a position of moderation there. It is discouraged.
You are correct, I am not employed as a GM engineer.
Sadly, Gannet has to be awarded the prize for the most accurate post of all in this thread.
I wouldn't be so quick to discount information that you receive here on the forum. Just because someone doesn't or can't display their employment or their source of information, it doesn't mean that it is any less accurate or valid.
You are correct, I am not employed as a GM engineer.
Sadly, Gannet has to be awarded the prize for the most accurate post of all in this thread.
I wouldn't be so quick to discount information that you receive here on the forum. Just because someone doesn't or can't display their employment or their source of information, it doesn't mean that it is any less accurate or valid.
Paul, all 20 dollar bills are counterfeit until you verify they are for real. Saves getting burned. Every "expert" who hides behind a computer monitor is countefeit until you can verify they are for real.
PS- I have a friend and fellow club member who is a retired GM engineer on the Corvette. He is not about to come on this forum, or any forum, and give out any private information about himself. He just reads and laughs.
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Paul, all 20 dollar bills are counterfeit until you verify they are for real. Saves getting burned. Every "expert" who hides behind a computer monitor is countefeit until you can verify they are for real.
PS- I have a friend and fellow club member who is a retired GM engineer on the Corvette. He is not about to come on this forum, or any forum, and give out any private information about himself. He just reads and laughs.
PS- I have a friend and fellow club member who is a retired GM engineer on the Corvette. He is not about to come on this forum, or any forum, and give out any private information about himself. He just reads and laughs.
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I don't claim to be an expert in automotive engineering, but in my field, I am highly regarded by my peers. I have authored several technical articles(not about automobiles, but dealing with railroad rolling stock, etc,) and for every article I've written, I can back up everything stated with proof. But, my real name is published with the article(no hiding behind a monitor), and my peers can easily try to disprove anything I've written providing they also put fourth proof of their claims, along with their true name and qualificaions. Otherwise their "expert" opinion don't mean jack $hit.
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I would think that there could be potential legal issues if someone were to announce their GM status and then go on to assist people. We live in an almost otherworldly litigious society. You know some advice would be given by the GM employee/expert that for whatever reason wouldn't work out and then the recipient of this on-line advice would sue claiming they thought GM was telling them to do this our that.
As wonderful as the internet is, it also has opened the doors to people whom lack a shred of common sense or personal responsibility. GM has enough problems without exposing themselves even further.
As wonderful as the internet is, it also has opened the doors to people whom lack a shred of common sense or personal responsibility. GM has enough problems without exposing themselves even further.
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That was not my intent, Paul, just as I'm not about to stop my posting because I am hiding behind my monitor. People have to weigh the responses they see recognizing that while some may be highly qualified to respond to a post, there are plenty of pseudo "experts" that should go to bed.
In fact, that is no different than people that we encounter in person. Honestly, the mis-information is a lot more prevelant on other forums than it is here. It is the internet, it is public. While I agree that there are plenty of "keyboard commando's" around there are plenty more people that have accurate information and are simply able to provide factual information to rebutt. It is what it is. What's nice here is that we have a collection from all walks of the automotive population. That I know of, we have folks from Corvette sales, Corvette service, Engineering in all forms (Quality, reliability, manufacturing, design and development) both current and former. We also have members from program management and product marketing that all frequent the forums. Some post, most can't. The list is simply too long to list regarding the folks that are here from the supply chain and all bring pertinent, first hand knowledge about the products they supply and service on the Corvette and other platforms and marques.
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I would put my money on Paul over any GM engineer. Maybe if Paul (Talon 90) was involved in the engineering of the C6 we wouldn't be having the problems which have been plaguing the Vettes, creaking tops, grinding rear axles etc.
We have great people here who are respected not for their titles but their vast knowledge and the willingness to help others.
I tip my hat to guys like:
Talon90
Shopdog
Spinmonster
Lou of LG Motorsports
and others who help people by being here to help other members.
We have great people here who are respected not for their titles but their vast knowledge and the willingness to help others.
I tip my hat to guys like:
Talon90
Shopdog
Spinmonster
Lou of LG Motorsports
and others who help people by being here to help other members.