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Well my fellow readers, I am on the plane to Raleigh, NC. thanks to all of the Technicians and Shop Owners that attended my Mercedes Hands-On Diagnostics II Seminar!

Especially the Members of my EDR Technical Support Group that attended this class to continue to support my efforts. a BIG thank YOU!

A Thank You to Joe "The MBGuru" for the Field Feed on the Technical Side of the presentation. It made it easier for the Techs that have been struggling with some Mercedes issues.

Detroit News
February 3, 2011

The Detroit News reported today that a study by Indiana University says that the US is unlikely to meet President Obama's goal of putting 1 million electric vehicles on the roads by 2015.

Here's a bit from the story:

"The production intentions of automakers are currently insufficient to meet the 2015 goal, and even the current plans for production volume may not be met," the report released Wednesday said.

Well I must say getting back on the road after that 7 week respite felt great! And couldn't have picked a better place to go than Boston. I wish I did have the time to go and see a few more friends, but it seems that I am on the go when I hit the ground. NEVER enough time.

The Boston seminar was what I would call quite successful, thanks to Northside Imports, Baum Tools, and some real patient attendees. Seemed that there were some technical difficulties during the show, but we all chuckled and moved on. What a great crowd, and I think we all had a rather entertaining moment or two.

Well, the last time I came here, I distinctly remember and issue with a cab driver, and something else with the Car Commando........but that's for another time.

I hope that everyone that wants to know about the NEW Technology Diesels (Pumpe Duse & Common Rail Diesels) will be the topic of discussion and knowledge for this Training Seminar will be present on Saturday, the 29th in Watertown, MA. The class is all but full, but I'll make concessions for the techs that are just "fashionably late". Call the office and register with Joe:
888-890-9098

Several interesting stories today, here are short bits about three of them...

Toyota recalls 1.7 million vehicles worldwide, here we go again

We're not in Munich anymore Toto. What were they thinking? This is Detroit, guys.

Apparently the BMW contingent got a taste of Detroit when they left one of thier "concierge" BMW's running unattended outside the downtown Westin. Lets let Rueters tell it...

Two thieves drove away in a brand new $94,000 BMW 750i xDrive Sedan on Wednesday night that was left idling outside the Westin Book Cadillac, one of Detroit's major hotels.

The car was one of more than a dozen BMW sedans used to ferry executives and guests around town during the show.

"Around the world in 125 days". At the North American Auto Show in Detroit, Mercedes announced Monday an "unparalleled long-distance journey – the F-CELL World Drive". Mercedes will drive the B-Class F-CELL over four continents in 125 days; a demonstration of the viability of fuel cell vehicles. The cars will be driven in climates and on surfaces that Mercedes claims "would not be possible, using purely battery-powered electric vehicles."

To follow up an earlier post, Audi reported this week that it did indeed break it's US sales record in 2010, selling 101,629 vehicles.

Diesels are reported to be among the biggest sellers, so if you're not up to date on diesels you'd better start learning about them!

Here's the press release from Audi:

Audi shatters all-time U.S. sales record in 2010; brand expects momentum to continue into 2011

So yep, we're going to have some real quick information on these blogs for you first thing. How about the reset procedures for the Mercedes Service Reset??

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This is a good time to thank you for your support during our first few months on line. We're really excited about the upcoming year; we've got lot's of projects are in the works with loads of great information coming your way.

Be on the lookout here for new books as well as training and reference information in new formats that'll help you tackle even the most complicated problems! And keep your eyes open for more chances to win free tools!