On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:25:00 +0100 (CET), George Orwell
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> wrote:
>I don't see the logic in bringing out "new" models every couple of years.
>Piper and Cessna don't and it's because once an aircraft design is
>perfected, there is no need to alter it for decades on end. Altering a
>perfected design can only make it worse. Cessna and Piper know that, but
>the losers at GM don't. (I'm referring to the all the ex-toilet bowl
>draftsmen now in charge of new product development)
No, the design is never perfected, and in aircraft if you change
something it can be taken as admitting there was a deficiency, which
in the lawyer infested world of aviation would be suicide.
>
>Making it worse is exactly what has happened to cars. My late GM sedan
>scrapes and bangs on every dip; the '55 models didn't. You could make
>emergency field repairs on a '55, but no mechanic in the world can do a
>fuel pump R & R on any of today's models since it's inaccessibly hidden
>inside the gas tank. Crash a car today and you throw it (the whole car!)
>because the frame will buckle thanks to the dimples and creases; even a
tap
>from the screw heads of a license plate holder will gouge the "bumpers"
>causing thousands in repairs.
Yes, all you say is true, but how many '55s went over 100,000 miles
without an engine rebuild. How many were rust free after 10 years in
the salt belt? And how many fuel pump and carb overhauls were required
over the average lifespan of a '55?
They don't make them like they used to you say? I say thank goodness.
Also, the crash survivability of even the smallest cars on the road is
etter than the big cars of the fifties. The car may have lived to see
another day, but many drivers and passengers did not.
I'll agree the cheap plastic bumpers are a bit of a joke, but they DO
have an impact on the lessening of injuries sustained y the occupants.
>
>What can the public do to bring the car makers to their senses? Stop
>buying their lousey products, that' what.
The only problem is all the manufacturers throw too many "goodies" on
all the cars - you cannot buy a "plain jane" any more.
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