03-29-2005, 08:41 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Outside Miami,
FL
Cobra Make, Engine: Several
Posts: 949
|
|
Not Ranked
Cut them a little slack, will ya'. So, he shouldn't have gloated about their new designs quite so much. Pretty mild compared to CS for the last almost 40 years.
Any bright bulb knows that various materials strengths can be uniquely utilized with appropriate designs. It isn't like they switch back and forth from noodles to potatos and back just to confuse us.
Steel vs Alloy vs forged alloy vs billet vs forged steel vs paneled steel weldments all have advantages and disadvantages, depending on the design and materials particulars.
Viz: Early GT40's were steel, then alloy panels; all shaped differently.
More precisely:
(purpose)(weight)(strength)(materials)(Cost)
(fabrication limits)(service life)(style) = f(design)
Gloating, even with some humorous intent, certainly doesn't help reduce the ever-present buyer's remorse, of course.
But, then again, it is also hard to decide when to buy the 'latest' computer without feeling 'screwed' in about 6 weeks (or the next monday) after the much better design or price become available.
__________________
"A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government."
George Washington
Last edited by What'saCobra?; 03-29-2005 at 08:44 PM..
|
Threaded Mode
