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> The shit build quality has less to do with being American I'm not suggesting they're shit because they're American. I'm just saying it's nice to see them liv
by stephenr 3y ago
> The shit build quality has less to do with being American
I'm not suggesting they're shit because they're American. I'm just saying it's nice to see them living up to the existing standard of shitness set by the existing American manufacturers.
I'm sure each American car manufacturer has their own unique and interesting reasons for having reliably shit build quality compared to European or Japanese manufacturers.
- boilerupnc 3y agoI posted an HN comment [0] a while back that is one example from prior work experience. It shares how specification differences between the domestics and Japanese auto-makers impacts downstream and overall system reliability/quality. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25627762 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25627762
- gavinray 3y agoNothing as reliable as a Honda Civic or Toyota Prius.
- nradov 3y agoSome people love to claim that electric cars will be more reliable due to mechanical simplicity. And yet somehow the highly complex Prius is still far more reliable and durable than any Tesla. It turns out that simplicity doesn't help if your engineers and assembly workers are incompetent and badly managed.
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- slaw 3y agoToyota Prius is one of the simplest currently made ICE cars. There is nothing simpler and more reliable than port injection inline 4 engine and eCVT transmission. Edit: And naturally aspirated engine.
- djbusby 3y agoAmerican build quality "documented" in the movie "Gung Ho"
- yafbum 3y agoI was hesitant about buying a Chevy Bolt EV for similar reasons, but honestly, zero complaints. Well made, pleasure to drive. They did have a battery recall but that was due to defects introduced at an LG factory in Korea IIRC