"jim beam" <spamvortex@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> but for stuff like that, i don't think you should be paying - you should
> have one of the allison design team down there resolving your problem.
> from a manufacturer perspective, they need as much field service
feedback
> as possible to make sure your stuff works properly. if nobody bothers
to
> let the design team know [not the service tech] that their filters clog
> outside of the lab, they'll never deal with it. here in san francisco,
a
> number of the taxi companies run fleets sponsored by auto makers so we
> have all the latest and greatest of their vehicles in taxi livery
charging
> up and down the badly pot-holed streets, hills, etc. they do this so
they
> can install "black box" data recorders in them and find out how their
> vehicles perform in "real world" for a hilly city. they do it in las
> vegas too for heat. if they have the data, they can design accordingly.
> no data, inadequate design.
I do understand what you are saying, but a small fleet of trucks
doesn't
seem to draw their attention. I would think that one truck having problems
with their product would garner attention, but not yet.
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