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From: Noddy on 10 Mar 2010 19:10 "Brad" <optional(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote in message news:4b97a483(a)news.x-privat.org... > What's that about?? Are Australians just seen as suckers who will pay > through the nose for 'prestige' car brands or soemthing? Pretty much. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Noddy on 10 Mar 2010 19:25 "Doug Jewell" <ask(a)and.maybe.ill.tell.you> wrote in message news:qPidnTNe9Nk4kAXWnZ2dnUVZ_sSdnZ2d(a)westnet.com.au... > There is no reason for it to be bad. Aircraft have had fly-by-wire for > decades now, where it is controlling many more variables than just the > throttle. Of course there is the old adage "if it ain't Boeing i'm not > going", but Airbus's issues are to do with the programming of the FBW, not > the reliability of the hardware. I don't have a problem with the hardware per se', but the implementation of it in some cases is appalling and it would seem that the concept of "thorough testing" is taken more as "simulated" than actual real world by some manufacturers. I mean, there's no other way you could explain ridiculous "everyday" failures that should just never happen and would undoubtedly be discovered during "real world" physical testing. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Noddy on 10 Mar 2010 19:25 "John Tserkezis" <jt(a)techniciansyndrome.org.invalid> wrote in message news:4b98105d$0$5860$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au... > Is the Priarse dual redundant in its accelerator/brake controls? Or > ANYTHING for that matter? Not that I'm aware of. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: John Tserkezis on 10 Mar 2010 19:40 On 11/03/2010 9:24 AM, Clocky wrote: > Software updates are released very often in the automotive industry fact for > all sorts of fixes. Show me one driver that cares about software updates that fix everything, AFTER they've had their crash... When confidence in a product drops like that, who (well, anyone who HASN'T been living under a rock) is going to buy a Priarse now?
From: Noddy on 10 Mar 2010 19:36
"Trevor Wilson" <trevor(a)rageaudio.com.au> wrote in message news:7vqk4dF4s2U1(a)mid.individual.net... > **Coil packs are no different to the old ignition coils. 100 + year old > technology. No, they're not, but like everything else they never seem to last anywhere near as long as the older stuff. I could show you plenty of 1960's Falcons that are still running along fine on their original ignition systems (aside from the service components of course), but I'd struggle to find an EF or EL Falcon that had it's original coil pack in place. > As for the other stuff, perhaps I am lucky. More than likely. -- Regards, Noddy. |