Thursday, April 16, 2009

Episode 8, Precious Automotive Fluids and How To Check Them

Back again after a little hiatus to bring yet another episode to you. I've been busy with work some of it was filmed for future videos and the rest was just making a living. I hope I was missed. It won't be that long before the next installment. It will cover octane ratings and why they are important as well as a little background on the 4 stroke cycle, look for it in the next week or so.

Lets talk about this video for now. I got the idea when archiving some of the movies in my collection one of which was "Dr. Strangelove". I thought the tie in with the movie and checking automotive fluids was too much to pass up. I've had some ideas on how to make the production of these videos go a little smoother. I find with the current methods that things can get lost and critical details missed, I'm not here to make unclear videos, I wish to educate so being accurate is very important to me. Perhaps a script would be useful, up to this point I haven't used them, the future will be a little different. I've shot some of the latest videos with this in mind so you will be seeing a change in the style in the next few videos. If I don't understand or want to watch the video how can I expect you to stay interested? Look for those starting with the next video.

I've also recently obtained some new software that will allow me to make the EricTheCarGuy website a little more dynamic. Up to this point I've just used the website tools that come with my hosting service which is adequate but not what I had envisioned. Look for changes to the site in the next couple of months. I will also be incorporating a page for the videos I plan to sell as downloads and DVD's. I'm hoping to have this off the ground by the end of the summer. From there I have other plans that I won't go into just yet, lets just say, "stay tuned".

As always you can visit the EricTheCarGuy site for the latest videos and post questions or request service via e-mail.

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Till then, be safe and stay dirty.

ETCG