When I was working with Marion Hovermale, he said 27% of Delco-Remy's income was derived from out-of-warranty parts replacement sales. Incredibly extensive service life studies were done on Remy components and they would not dream of a component upgrade unless it had the possibility of impinging on warranty territory. A CONTRA-GREEN philosophy that ------ me off now as it did 30-years ago.
This is what happens when the Robert McNamara's of the world captain the ships of industry. Until the USA sheds itself of trashcan engineering the Chinese are going to continue to eat our lunch. Why can't the USA build a HONDA grade generator? Wages in Japan are not cheap. Think about it. It's a national atrocity. Some political candidate is trumpeting the wrong tune.