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Why Some Cars Don't Survive, I Can't Find The Original Post |
windforfun |
Feb 4 2021, 08:42 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,956 Joined: 17-December 07 From: Blackhawk, CA Member No.: 8,476 Region Association: None |
Porsche has always used the highest quality materials. Also, the 914 design was in a class by itself. The British & Italian cars in a similar price range were really pieces of junk (no offense intended), but they were. Brand new Jags at the dealership would have drip pans under them. They may have been faster, but they haven't stood the test of time. This is where material science & reliability statistics have come into play. The Japanese auto industry have the statistician Deming, who trained Taguchi at the end of WWII, to thank for their success. We sent Deming over to Japan at the end of WWII to help them get their shit together. I took many statistics & probability theory courses in college & grad school. One such course was taught by Prof. Bonus who used to work on the reliability of Cadillac engines. I would typically attend his classes while tripping on LSD. His course was lots of fun. I think my final grade was a B. FYI. Cheers.
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gereed75 |
Feb 5 2021, 10:25 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,286 Joined: 19-March 13 From: Pittsburgh PA Member No.: 15,674 Region Association: North East States |
As an ex Navy helo driver, don’t get me started. Let’s just say lots of moving parts flying in close formation, all of which have to keep working or you are in deep doodoo
Later involved in making parts in the aerospace supply chain with a descent familiarity with Boeing, Rockwell, McD, gE, Pratt Whitney, Airbus and others. Got to watch first hand the disassembly of that industry and deconstruction/adaptation of their disparate quality programs as they transitioned from “makers” to “assemblers”. All in all an interesting look into what was once the incredible manufacturing might of America. With the experience of all our members here might be an interesting topic for discussion in the sandbox. In the mean time, my take on cars was: American best mass produced quality with cost and sales and volume the over riding drivers Italian elegant engineering, worst materials British just quirky, one step above cottage industry Japanese very fast learners driven by high standards of design and engineering and materials German really good engineering and the absolute best materials. Hard combo to beat I think what you always have to consider is the volume of the market that these industries were serving at the time ( I assume we are talking 70’s 914 contemporary era) |
windforfun |
Feb 5 2021, 06:44 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,956 Joined: 17-December 07 From: Blackhawk, CA Member No.: 8,476 Region Association: None |
As an ex Navy helo driver, don’t get me started. Let’s just say lots of moving parts flying in close formation, all of which have to keep working or you are in deep doodoo Later involved in making parts in the aerospace supply chain with a descent familiarity with Boeing, Rockwell, McD, gE, Pratt Whitney, Airbus and others. Got to watch first hand the disassembly of that industry and deconstruction/adaptation of their disparate quality programs as they transitioned from “makers” to “assemblers”. All in all an interesting look into what was once the incredible manufacturing might of America. With the experience of all our members here might be an interesting topic for discussion in the sandbox. In the mean time, my take on cars was: American best mass produced quality with cost and sales and volume the over riding drivers Italian elegant engineering, worst materials British just quirky, one step above cottage industry Japanese very fast learners driven by high standards of design and engineering and materials German really good engineering and the absolute best materials. Hard combo to beat I think what you always have to consider is the volume of the market that these industries were serving at the time ( I assume we are talking 70’s 914 contemporary era) I used to work for MD in the "80's doing optical data storage R&D for MDEC's flight simulators. I'll never forget visiting the MD80 assembly line in St Louis. WOW!!! Plus, when I stepped out of the hanger there was an AV8B hovering over the runway about 50 yards away. SUPER WOW!!! MD was a great company to work for. There was also a F15 suspended from the ceiling in a lab near the assembly line. There were all these cables attached to it to permit strain vs. stress testing. SUPER WOW AGAIN!!! It might have been a F18. I can't remember anymore. Finally, there wasn't a ladies bathroom next to the BOD's conference room. Those were different times for sure. |
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