Aston Martin Recall
Feb 7, 2014 16:58:33 #
Imagine this - you spend almost $300,000 on a nice car, an Aston Martin, to present to your daughter as a high graduation gift. Then you learn that it's being recalled. It turns out a Chinese company was using "counterfeit plastic material" in part of the gas pedal. Counterfeit plastic?! They couldn't use real plastic? This sound like Saturday Night Live sketch.
Was Aston Martin trying to keep the price of these cars down so they could give their customers a break? Can't anyone in England produce a small plastic part? Apparently they can, because A-M is now having this part made in the UK. Hopefully, they'll be using genuine plastic.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-26058905
Was Aston Martin trying to keep the price of these cars down so they could give their customers a break? Can't anyone in England produce a small plastic part? Apparently they can, because A-M is now having this part made in the UK. Hopefully, they'll be using genuine plastic.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-26058905
Feb 8, 2014 08:04:39 #
Well....
Now I understand why "Bond, James Bond" started to drive BMWs
Now I understand why "Bond, James Bond" started to drive BMWs
Feb 8, 2014 11:18:24 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Imagine this - you spend almost $300,000 on a nice... (show quote)
Come on Jerry. What do you expect? $200,000 doesn't buy what it used to....
Feb 8, 2014 11:24:17 #
346pak wrote:
Come on Jerry. What do you expect? $200,000 doesn't buy what it used to....
Right, but you might have noticed that most of their cars now cost over $275,000. That's different!
Feb 8, 2014 23:54:46 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Right, but you might have noticed that most of their cars now cost over $275,000. That's different!
Let me get this straight: a bogus Chinese plastic part in an Indian owned automobile, made in England......hmmmmm
Feb 9, 2014 01:37:04 #
China companies put plastic in dog food...what else is new?
Feb 9, 2014 07:03:14 #
346pak wrote:
Let me get this straight: a bogus Chinese plastic part in an Indian owned automobile, made in England......hmmmmm
counterfeit plastic!
Feb 9, 2014 07:03:57 #
Sierracoyote wrote:
China companies put plastic in dog food...what else is new?
If only plastic were the least harmful additive.
Feb 9, 2014 09:17:51 #
jerryc41 wrote:
counterfeit plastic!
Potato Patato. Still a recipe for disaster. And we are teaching the Chinese rocket and aerospace technologies. How smart are we?
Feb 9, 2014 10:53:29 #
346pak wrote:
Potato Patato. Still a recipe for disaster. And we are teaching the Chinese rocket and aerospace technologies. How smart are we?
Teaching? More like providing a means to steal our "secrets." The Chinese and Russians have a long history of copying our designs. See the Russian space shuttle below.
Feb 14, 2014 10:43:38 #
346pak wrote:
Let me get this straight: a bogus Chinese plastic part in an Indian owned automobile, made in England......hmmmmm
A lot of things "made in England" are of foreign derivetion, (Chinese Indian etc.)
Feb 14, 2014 11:43:44 #
lateron wrote:
A lot of things "made in England" are of foreign derivetion, (Chinese Indian etc.)
I remember when things used to labeled "Made in USA." Now it might say "Assembled in USA with Parts Made in China."
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