Woodrobin
Veteran Member
Mr. Mann,
It seems to me that there are separate issues that are getting mixed together, and I'd like to clarify them. In my opinion, there are three main issues, only two of which are in dispute.
1. Does your invention work?
That is, will it burn CNG mixed with Diesel and make the car go from point A to point B without exploding, failing, or having any other immediate issues?
This is not in dispute. No one is doubting or disparaging your engineering skills, your creativity, your drive and desire to improve on an existing design (the TDI engine), nor your work ethic. Obviously, the design is functional. And obviously, it is praiseworthy to see a way to improve on something and do the hard work necessary to make your idea a reality.
2. Is your invention practical for someone wanting to purchase and install it in their own vehicle?
Here is where issues of return on investment come in. This does not question your ingenuity. People want to know how much this would cost because they like the idea and want to know what they would need to do to use it themselves. You would then need to let people know how much the kit would cost, how much labor it would require to install, how skilled the installer needs to be, how practical it is to acquire CNG, etc. That way, people would know if they could or should use this innovation in their own car.
Unfortunately, your responses here have not been as clear and complete as I hope they could be. This leads to the next issue.
3. Are you a reliable source of information, and by extension, does this invention do what you say it does the way you say it does it?
When people ask questions based on an at least tentative interest in buying something from you, and your answers are incomplete, illegible, non-responsive, confusing or misleading, people may be put off or become suspicious. People tend to interpret these kinds of answers, as well as hostility towards questions, as signs of either dishonesty ("this person doesn't want to tell me the truth") or disability ("this person can't respond to my questions in a way that is meaningful to me").
This doesn't mean that you are being dishonest, but it does mean that people are not getting the information they need to make a decision about whether they want to buy things from you. Since that seems, at least in part, to be your goal, taking steps to correct that issue would seem to serve your interests.
It seems to me that there are separate issues that are getting mixed together, and I'd like to clarify them. In my opinion, there are three main issues, only two of which are in dispute.
1. Does your invention work?
That is, will it burn CNG mixed with Diesel and make the car go from point A to point B without exploding, failing, or having any other immediate issues?
This is not in dispute. No one is doubting or disparaging your engineering skills, your creativity, your drive and desire to improve on an existing design (the TDI engine), nor your work ethic. Obviously, the design is functional. And obviously, it is praiseworthy to see a way to improve on something and do the hard work necessary to make your idea a reality.
2. Is your invention practical for someone wanting to purchase and install it in their own vehicle?
Here is where issues of return on investment come in. This does not question your ingenuity. People want to know how much this would cost because they like the idea and want to know what they would need to do to use it themselves. You would then need to let people know how much the kit would cost, how much labor it would require to install, how skilled the installer needs to be, how practical it is to acquire CNG, etc. That way, people would know if they could or should use this innovation in their own car.
Unfortunately, your responses here have not been as clear and complete as I hope they could be. This leads to the next issue.
3. Are you a reliable source of information, and by extension, does this invention do what you say it does the way you say it does it?
When people ask questions based on an at least tentative interest in buying something from you, and your answers are incomplete, illegible, non-responsive, confusing or misleading, people may be put off or become suspicious. People tend to interpret these kinds of answers, as well as hostility towards questions, as signs of either dishonesty ("this person doesn't want to tell me the truth") or disability ("this person can't respond to my questions in a way that is meaningful to me").
This doesn't mean that you are being dishonest, but it does mean that people are not getting the information they need to make a decision about whether they want to buy things from you. Since that seems, at least in part, to be your goal, taking steps to correct that issue would seem to serve your interests.
