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Mon, 20 Feb 2006 There was a moment yesterday in which I realized why Japanese cars are just better. That moment occurred as I was finishing up a brake job that, on a Bimmer, would have taken the better part of three hours. That's because BMW doesn't design their cars to be quickly and easily maintainable. Acura (or their parent company, Honda, really), on the other hand, most assuredly does; as a result it took all of 10 minutes per wheel, including pulling off the wheels and putting them back on. As Matt points out, designing your cars not to fail (as the Germans claim to) is just not as effective as designing them to be quickly and cheaply repaired if they do fail—Gauss and Poisson just aren't on your side. [ permalink | 0 comments (add one you lazy bastard!) ] |
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