Jordan Y: Interesting post. I think the key difference between ZeroShift and many other auto inventions is that we have set up the means to manufacture, distribute and sell INDEPENDENT of the car manufacturers. We don't 'need' a car manufacturer deal to survive which is precisely, and perhaps paradoxically, why we get deals. You can think of it like courting a lady - would you want to date a stranger who you knew was gonna hit on you for marriage all night because she couldn't pay the mortgage without you?? Good business has mutual benefit and good deals come from both parties being able to survive without the other. Co-dependence is OK, one-way dependence isn't healthy for either party. Like the message of the movie "Bruce Almighty", you can't mess with free will.
Since breaking cover last summer we've faced our share of skepticism which is fair enough. It's kind of what inventing is all about. Some people hang on to their preconceptions and send up the BS flag ... some people try to figure it out ... some people know about the precedents for certain aspects of zero-time shifting and realise we've probably unlocked the 'missing bit'. We're not challenging physics here, we are challenging preconceptions.
I'm not a scammer - my days of sending the apprentice to the auto store for a box of spark plug gaps or asking for a left-handed screwdriver are long past!