Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:56:19 -0500 From: "The Malt Hound" <ma_twainnospamo.com> wrote in message news:41E60050.8020906nospamo.com... > Perhaps some manager told the engineer to design the component to fail > around 100,000 miles. That way, the company could either make money > selling the part and service or convince the customer to buy a new car. I > know its a long stretch to think that a company like GM for example would > even think of designing a car or component to fail at a certain point just > to get the customer to buy the newer model or pay for an expensive repair > . . . > That part was not a GM design. It has been in the SAAB engines since BGM.
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