That was most probably Willy Sutton...
Ken Waller wrote:
>> It scares me a bit that they would need thay type of engineering
>> expertise,
>> I suppose it is inevitable though.
>>
>
> Welcome to today's world of big business, lawyers & lack of personal
> responsibilities.
> Its a fact of life - kind of like what Dillinger (?) said when asked why he
> robbed banks - "it where the money is".
>
> Most large firms employ technical advisors to assist in product litigation.
> I had that job due to my 40 years of experience in the auto industry
> covering all aspects of design, development, manufacturing & service.
>
>
>> Operator error is unavoidable, manufacuterers need to take this into
>> account, especially when peoples lives depend on their error not killing
>> them.
>> Most 4x4s fail miserably in this regard.
>>
>
> How about operators not understanding that vehicles like the Explorer are
> not like other vehicles. The high ground clearance is there for a reason &
> it produces operating characheristice different than the common car.
>
>
> Kenneth Waller
> http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Ford claims ownership of images
>
>
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ken Waller"
>> Subject: Re: Ford claims ownership of images
>>
>>
>>
>>> Believe what you want.
>>> I worked as a Mechanical Engineer in the design analysis group @ Ford for
>>> over 18 years. My function was to investigate vehicles involved in
>>> product
>>> litigation, assist in technical defense, attend depositions & trials
>>> (expert
>>> witness).
>>>
>> It scares me a bit that they would need thay type of engineering
>> expertise,
>> I suppose it is inevitable though.
>>
>>
>>> While I only handled a few of the Explorer rollovers cases, it was
>>> obvious
>>> that most of the events were due to operator inexperience/operator error
>>> like improper maintained (tire inflation)/lack of driving instruction
>>> (controlling a vehicle with a blowout).
>>>
>> Operator error is unavoidable, manufacuterers need to take this into
>> account, especially when peoples lives depend on their error not killing
>> them.
>> Most 4x4s fail miserably in this regard.
>> In construction, we have a term called variance. This is what could be
>> termed the margin of error. For example, when installing roof trusses, the
>> ideal situation is to have the truss completely covering the top plate of
>> the wall. On a 2x4 construction, you can have perhaps an inch of top plate
>> showing on the outside of the truss. Any more than that, and the structure
>> is compromised, since the wall can now only shift another inch or so under
>> the truss before there is a very real risk of failure of the truss system.
>> My understanding with the tire thing is that Ford took away almost all the
>> variance by recommending tire pressures that were very close to
>> underinflation.
>> Tire failure is inevitable at highway speeds with a loaded vehicle and
>> soft
>> tires.
>>
>>
>>> ABTW, my parents did own a 61 Corvair Monza, a great vehicle that GM
>>> killed
>>> prematurely IMHO.
>>>
>> It probably could have been a great vehicle, had it actually been
>> reliable.
>> My dad's Corvair spent almost all of it's short life (he only kept it for
>> a
>> year before he tired of it's reliability issues) in the shop, and when he
>> went to trade it, discovered that it had almost no residual value at the
>> GM
>> dealership.
>> The thing was so bad that GM didn't want it back on a trade-in.
>> This was a fairly common fate with the Corvair in this part of the world.
>>
>> William Robb
>>
>>
>>
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