“I’m Jason Miller and I’m the Sales Manager at Fremont Motors in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.”
Where were you born and raised?
“I was born and raised in little farm town named Liberty Center in the state of Ohio”
How long have you worked in the automotive industry?
“I’ve been in the automotive industry approx 5-6 years and I’ve been in management right around 3.”
How would you describe your job to a child?
“I would tell a child that I have a job where I’m able to help people find really nice cars.”
What is your favorite part of the job?
“My favorite part of the job is helping people being a positive impact in peoples lives, and helping people in favorable positions to find reliable transportation for themselves and their family.”
“Growing up as a child, I remember I wanted to be a boxer early, and then I wanted to be a professional wrestler like Hulk Hogan or Randy Macho Man Savage. I still have a little bit of time left, I can achieve that.”
When you’re not working, what are you doing?
“When I’m not working, I’m spending time with my family first and foremost. I have a 7-year-old, a 5-year-old and a 3-year-old. One girl, two boys. I love spending time with them. If I’m not with them, I enjoy exercise and spending time outside.”
Favorite music?
“My favorite music mostly is Christian music. I listen to a lot of praise and worship music. I am very diverse in my listening preferences, depending on if I’m excising or doing something like that, but it’s usually on Christian music.”
What about your favorite food?
“My favorite food is almost always things I shouldn’t eat. I love pizza, I love sweets, I just have to limit myself to those best I can!”
How about a favorite color?
“I don’t really have a favorite color, but my daughters favorite color is purple so I’ll say purple. It’s as good as I’ve got.”
Favorite movie line?
“My favorite line can be anything from the movie, Napoleon Dynamite. I love that movie.”
If you could be anyone else for a day, who would it be?
“If I could be anyone else? I really couldn’t answer that. This probably sounds cliche, but I enjoy being me and I love my life. I wouldn’t want to be any one else other than who I am with my family.”
What is the craziest thing you’ve ever done?
“I did serve in the United States Marine Corps, but I would say probably even more than that, I worked for the New Mexico State Prison. In the supermax facility, I was on the cell extraction and emergency response team. It would get a little crazy.
It’s nice to have that experience because hard days now aren’t near as hard when you keep it in perspective with past experiences.”
What was your first car?
“I had a 1984 Ford Ranger regular cab, stick shift that I bought from my older brother. I only wanted it because my brother had it and I wanted to be just like him.”
If money was no object, what vehicle would you own?
“If money was no object, and I could have any vehicle I want? I’m a pickup guy. I’m probably a little partial working for a Ford dealership, but I really think that they have the nicest pickup truck out there. Give me one those with some equipment and that would be me.”
Stop in at Fremont Motors Scottsbluff to say hi to Jason Miller, or send him an email.
Towing and trailering technology has really improved a lot in the last few years. Check out the Chevy Silverado 1500 Towing and Trailering packages available with great features to make towing easier.
The all-new 2019 Silverado 1500 will introduce four levels of towing features to provide customers more confidence, better visibility, easier hitching and improved connectivity between the truck and trailer.
It seems like only just a few years ago that integrated trailer brake controllers were added, but now there’s even more new technology for towing.
Jason Wagner and Casper College Automotive Technology instructor, Chris Raymond checking out the settings on the Dynamometer as the students patiently wait to see the Challenger Scat Pack on the dyno.
On a wet and snowy afternoon, myself and Jason Wagner (Service Manager at Casper Dodge) went for a trip to Casper College.
No, we weren’t going to sit in a math class, but instead took some cars to show students in the Automotive program at the college.
It was a demonstration with a purpose. For students to learn.
What better way to do that than put a Challenger Scat Pack on the dyno and a Charger Hellcat on the dyno!
What is a dynamometer?
A dyno (for short) is a piece of equipment that measures horsepower, torque, and rotational speed simultaneously.
There are two types of dyno’s; an engine dyno and a chassis dyno. For an engine dyno, the engine has to be removed from the car. A chassis dyno, also known as a rolling road, is where the car is placed on rollers in the ground. Within chassis dyno’s there are 2WD dyno’s and 4WD dyno’s.
Having a car go through a dyno test can tell us lots of information about the car. For example, if you have big plans to tune your car, you’ll need to know the starting point.
A dyno run for your car can also help a trained technician diagnose potential problems. Issues such as loss of power, engine surging, engine pinging, fuel problems, and poor gas mileage.
As a gear head, just feeling the vibrations from the car, hearing the loud exhaust notes and a V-8 rumble is a sensory journey of bliss not for the faint-hearted.
Horsepower
When manufacturers quote horsepower figures, they will usually quote the horsepower at the flywheel or crank (bhp).
This is a different number than the horsepower that actually meets the road through the wheels and tires. Referred to as wheel horsepower (whp).
Confusing a little yes, because flywheel has the word ‘wheel’ in it, but when referring to whp, it means the wheels with tires.
A chassis dyno like the one at Casper College will tell us how much horsepower the car has to the wheels (whp).
Horsepower to the wheels is less than horsepower to the flywheel as power is lost through the driveline, transmission (and 4WD system if it’s 4WD).
Challenger Scat Pack on the dyno
The Dodge Challenger 392 Scat Pack with 6.4L HEMI V-8 specs are 485 hp and 475 lb-ft of torque.
The Challenger Scat Pack on the dyno tested at 331 whp (to the wheels) and 421 lb-ft of torque. These numbers are pretty close to where they should be given the year, mileage, high altitude, traction control characteristics, and dyno set up.
Dodge Charger Hellcat on the dyno
Specs for the Dodge Charger Hellcat with a supercharged 6.2L V-8 from the factory are 707 hp and 650 lb-ft of torque.
The Dodge Charger Hellcat on the dyno tested at 508 hp and 534 lb-ft of torque. Again these numbers are close to where they should be given the age, mileage, high altitude, and dyno set-up.
Saturday, June 1st at the Central Wyoming Fairgrounds in Casper, is the 2019 Annual Oil City Gumbo Cook-Off.
Fleet and Commercial Manager for Fremont Motors Casper, Brett Osborne and his wife Tammy ( Smokin’ Hot Butts BBQ Competition Team ) will compete for the 6th year.
Each team can compete in the competition with either a meat gumbo, a seafood gumbo or both.
Brett will be competing with a Meat Gumbo recipe, whilst his wife prepares a seafood gumbo. There is a prize for each gumbo type, as well as a peoples choice prize.
Gumbo is the official state dish of Louisiana. A soup based Creole recipe made from stock, meat or fish, and vegetables.
Gumbo
Judging criteria for the contest takes into account factor such the aroma, consistency, taste, aftertaste, and color.
Judge the gumbo entries for yourself and choose your favorite for the peoples choice award. Entry fee is $10 or $5 for veteran and children under 6 are free.
Proceeds will benefit the Wyoming Foundation for Cancer Care.
Gates open at 11 am, gumbo tasting starts at 11.30 and the winners are announced at 3 pm.
Jalan Crosslands. Photo: Tess Anderson
Live music from Jalan Crossland, a singer-songwriter, banjo, and guitar player will start at 11am. Bret Andrew and Quinlan Valdez will also play live music throughout the day.
Car Show at the Gumbo Cook-Off
A motorcycle, tractor and car show will take place and vendors will also be there.
On a Buick, if you have the semi-circle button on your keyfob, you have remote start.
Remote start functionality gives you the ability to start your vehicle remotely with the touch of a button.
This allows you to heat up the car in the winter or cool it down in the summer before getting in.
Looking to buy a 2019 Buick Encore, but need remote start? Check out our tables below which tell you the trim levels that have, don’t have or could possibly have remote start.
Where it says ‘available’, this means it’s an option to either add it or not when the vehicle is ordered from the factory by the dealership.
For those specific trim levels, you will have to either order direct from Buick through a dealer or find one already equipped. This can be done by contacting the dealership, reading the description on their website or checking the photos.
Hopefully, the selling dealership has photos of they keyfob and this will be the easiest and fastest way to determine if the Buick Encore has remote start or not.
FWD Buick Encore’s with remote start
2019 Buick Encore trim levels
Remote start?
Preferred
Available (as an extra when ordering from the factory)
Encore 1SV
Not Available
Sport Touring
Yes- standard
Essence
Yes-standard
New technology means the car can be started from your smartphone using the MyBuick app. It can also be locked and unlocked using this feature along with other cool features.
2019 Buick Encore
AWD Buick Encore’s with remote start
2019 Buick Encore trim levels
Remote start?
Preferred
Available (as an extra when ordering from the factory)
Sport Touring
Available (as an extra when ordering from the factory)
Essence
Yes-standard
The traditional way to remote start a vehicle is with the key fob. On a Buick, if you have the semi-circle button on your keyfob, you have remote start.
How to remote start a Buick Encore
To activate the remote start push the lock button twice, then push and hold the semi-circle button. Using the keyfob, you will have to fairly close to the vehicle to activate the remote start.
2019 Buick Encore
Remote start on a Buick can be done 3 times in a row with key fob before the key needs to be inside the vehicle.
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