Na, I read other posts besides my own, I just try to avoid reading yours whenever possible.
Defects are largely based on what people bring back and complain about. It's as much to do with owner expectations, as it is about a quality product. Most guys how guy a new S Class are probably going to be a little pickier than a guy who buys a Camry. As for the 993 being a zero defects car, it was far from that. If you think it is, go and buy the best one you can find and live with it for awhile. Blow an engine up a newer porsche, under warranty, and they won't even try to rebuild it, they'll just plug a new one in.. Nothing wrong with a Boxster, I've spend lots of time in them, but many of the parts look like they were supplied by IKEA, and some of the engineering, is just, well, crap! Porsche is making lots of money and stying healthy. Good for them, just means I'll be more likely to be able to get factory parts of my old beaters in the years to come. As for Mercedes, the new S550 also came out with near zero defects. Having said that, most are probably leased for 3-4 years, so if dumping the car in a few years, maybe the driver doesn't look as close as the guy 20 years ago who wrote out the big cheque, and planned to live with the car for 15 years or 400,000 kms does. Lets see what the near zero defect S looks like in 10 years. Ed 300E, and other stuff too. On 14/11/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <<they just sent some guys to Japan to show them how to make them faster > and > cheaper. :-)>> > > Ed, this is what happens when all you read are your own posts. > > As I posted some time back, more than twelve years ago Porsche openly > hired a > Japanese consulting company to come in and redesign the factory (from the > "German" way of doing things) to lower costs and raise efficiency. > > As a result, production cost of the 993 was cut by a third and soon after, > the first zero defects car was built in the company's history. And today, > Porsche's profit per unit is the highest in the industry, worldwide. > > Which is also why I bought a new Mercedes instead of a Boxster or Cayman. > > RLE > > > ************************************** > See what's new at http://www.aol.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
