appreciate japanese engineering

[6m459]

I have been working on a german car all day. Its a nice little car but man those folks like to have lots of little complicated parts that take a million steps to dismantle and ten hands to put back together !

 

I am really appreciating the simplicity of japanese engineering after todays travails!

 

Somehow, this:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdqZ8gRNjBk]Subaru commercial[/ame]

 

kept coming to mind as I contorted my self into strange positions and shapes to do the neccessaries.

 

Sorry, not really dissing, still a little punchy:starz: from standing on my head much of the day.

 

Brian H.

[GeorgeS]

Yup!! I had an old mid 70's MB with 6 cyl for a few years. I liked driveing the thing, but working on it !! Gezzzzzz !! I swore Never Again !!!

 

And never have. However my son has 2 of them. I refuse to help him work on those mechanical monsters. And the price of Parts !!!!!!!!!

[5bikes]

Just sold a unreliable 2000 Beemer. Took 1 hour to remove the fairing and 2 hours to reinstall. The electrical system is under the gas tank under the fairing inside a hardy accessible box. Changing out a Transmission seal was a 4 day project versus 1 hour on a Jap bike. Changing the dry clutch out when the clutch slave cylinder "will leak" onto it, added 1-2 more days. Had to do over 80 projects (hundreds of hours) to get to it semi-reliable enough to get rid of it.

Yes I love Jap Engineering (KISS).

[GigaWhiskey]

hey 5bikes, you related to Leno? lol

[5bikes]

Just wish I had his money... But I've got 7 bikes at my house right now.