John, As you well know, not only are cars designed by computers, they are built by them also. Everyone has seen production lines on film. The dash is assembled out of the car and swung in as a complete unit never to be touched again by those who built it. They figure when it poops you will go buy another. John Photakis John Bartell wrote: > Hi all, > Next time you're lying on your back, with your feet up and over the > front seat, your head under the dash, while working on something on your > Forward Look vehicle, think about how far technology has come. > A human brain actually thought about how all those parts had to fit > together back then. After changing side marker lights and the third > brake lights on our, ugh, Sable wagon, I'll bet a person can do an oil > change, grease job and wash the car faster than what it took me to > change four light bulbs. > Computers are real nice tools, they can figure right down to > .00000000???? of an inch of clearance. The problem lies with the warped > programmer who doesn't tell the computer a human hand has to fit in > there, or over this, or under that. Maybe my hands are just too big? > Well, now that I have confessed my sins, (Sable wagon) and expressed > too many sick and physically impossible things about the engineer while > changing the light bulbs, I will go lick my wounds while enjoying my > hobby, working on my FWDLK car! > John in WI
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