what happened to taking pride in your work
The wife and I 150 miles one way yesterday to check out the Keystone dealer with a good selection. We had a certain floor plan we wanted and they had it. Now I know Montana isn't really top of the lin...
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laknox wrote:
Apples and oranges. Most of our pickups couldn't carry that engine in the bed, let alone under the hood. They are long-stroke, high-torque, low-speed engines, designed to be run at constant speeds for long periods.
Explains why current technology 4 cylinder engines are better. But those pickups are marketed to people who love what is obsolete and low performance technology. Big engine with a loud exhaust is sold on a psychology of a big "hanging member" (a perfectly acceptable word gets computer erased). Louder exhaust is also a symptom of low performance and obsolete technology.
What engine is preferred in continents where conditions are more severe and engines must operate longer without failure? Where engine failure can even mean death? 4 cylinders from other countries where management believes in better products. Where management was not taught that a company's purpose is to enrich top management.
What defines better quality? Management that comes from where the work gets done. When management is driven by personal gain and short term profits (at the expense of long term profits and a healthy economy), then low quality (ie poor workmanship) is a first and obvious symptom.
Why did Ford shutdown two assembly lines in Mahwah NJ. Ford management was so cost controlling (so destructive) that drug use was widespread and rampant. Ford dealers in that NYC region even refused to accept products from that factory. Normal would be a car with a half eaten sandwich inside the door. Low quality directly is traceable to management that did not come from where the work got done. Quality defined by the attitude even of Ford's top man - Henry Ford.
Curiously, cars that have low performance engines also tend to have other failures such as broken door hardware, failed dashboard switches, and even faster tire wear. Curiously, low performance engines are often found in products that have other poor workmanship.
Subject is product quality. Better quality cars more often have higher performance engines. Those highest performance are 4 cylinders doing more (ie mileage, reliability, power) than obsolete technology V-8s once did.
