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Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena
And I think ALL car manufacturers intentionally....whatever.
I can't tell you how many times I have worked on a car and said out loud to the person who designed it, "Did you EVER f*cking work on an actual car yourself? EVER turn an f*cking wrench, you moron!"
Of course these designers heard me and have mended their ways..............yeah right!
In the large civil construction industry, we actually have things called "constructability reviews" so that senior level management (and that is the fly in the ointment) can actually tell us IF you can build it the way it is designed. Anyone know if the automotive industry has something like a "Serviceability Review" or some such?
Legion, BTW in my experience the friggin bolt head snaps off flush with the part it is in. Fun times were had by all!
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I'm in the civil construction industry. It is crystal clear that just because something can be drawn does not mean it can be built. Design/Build is considered a new approach to construction, but really it isn't. It is simply an overt recognition that the design phase of a project isn't finished until the construction work is done. Craft workers regularly point out construction impossibilities and, in an ideal world, also explain to the engineer and architect how the problem will need to be resolved. This is a case of guys who have not completed high school offering instruction to guys with Masters degrees.
Porsche is different from all the other car manufacturers. We wish that all manufacturers required their design engineers to spend a couple of months each year working on the components they designed. Not only do Porsche engineers work on the cars, they do in in a pit area where they are in a hurry. Working on a Porsche 911 is VERY different from working on a Lexus. VERY different.