OMG, you are so right about the dance with the dealer. The first new car I ever bought was a 1972 Camaro. Had my list ready a week after I took delivery. They “fixed” most of the items, but just ignored the body work. My 1989 Capri (Mustang) was the same but worse. I lost track of the times it had to be TOWED back to…

And they never have money for pay raises? Imagine that.

If only.

Exactly.

You are so right. I too went there in the 70s and it was a great venue and great racing. But way too far from NYC for the F1 teams. The teams never were and are still not about racing, its all money, how much and how fast. I went to the Detroit race and it was hilarious how bad the whole experience was. I find it sad…

They need the Punkin Chunkin guys to consult.

Anyone else see a Cyclops:)?

So, if the analysis is good enough to show the 6% weld reduction is OK, why did the analysis show that they were needed in the first place? My guess is that some target was relaxed - safety, stiffness, ?. I also know from a career in engineering, most (all?) engineering decisions like this are made by a…

The dirty factory just means the demise will be longer, slower and more painful. But you just can not build machinery in an environment like that and expect a good outcome.

Well, my first car was a 1963 Monza. Sorry to say, no real good memories. That interesting 90 degree bend fan belt had a tendency to fly off. I always carried a spare & needed it. The rear weight bias & swing arm suspension was NOT GOOD. This has been discussed for 40 years, no news here. It was twitchy, unstable and…