Hi, Guest
Geez guys, you weren't supposed to notice! :lol: I'm not kidding, Ford have a Material Cost Reduction program, and it was said that they would eliminate things that customers wouldn't notice.
I can't believe some of the things they've gotten rid of.
None of this surprises me one bit.
"Hey, lets get rid of rear seat heat ducts, I bet nobody notices."
"But then we'd need to redesign the duct system to eliminate the flow, and that will cost more money than we're going to save."
"Naw, just don't put the ducts on. The air will just blow around in the console and nobody will notice."
"But the console will get hot, people might notice, maybe we should test it?"
This goes on and on for a few months. Meanwhile, nobody tells the marketting people who need to prepare materials early.
Finally, as 04 Job 1 approaches, some manager somewhere realizes he hasn't hit his MCR target for the year. He won't get his bonus! So, he snaps his fingers and tells everyone to institute their MCR's.
It takes a few months for the info to trickle down to the marketting people.
I remember changing the oil on my wife's 01 ZTS, I noticed their was a bolt loose, one of the ones bolting the tranny to the engine. It was just about ready to fall out. However, nothing went wrong, so is it really needed? :lol: I was going to write an MCR to eliminate that bolt. :lol:
I can't believe some of the things they've gotten rid of.
None of this surprises me one bit.
"Hey, lets get rid of rear seat heat ducts, I bet nobody notices."
"But then we'd need to redesign the duct system to eliminate the flow, and that will cost more money than we're going to save."
"Naw, just don't put the ducts on. The air will just blow around in the console and nobody will notice."
"But the console will get hot, people might notice, maybe we should test it?"
This goes on and on for a few months. Meanwhile, nobody tells the marketting people who need to prepare materials early.
Finally, as 04 Job 1 approaches, some manager somewhere realizes he hasn't hit his MCR target for the year. He won't get his bonus! So, he snaps his fingers and tells everyone to institute their MCR's.
It takes a few months for the info to trickle down to the marketting people.
I remember changing the oil on my wife's 01 ZTS, I noticed their was a bolt loose, one of the ones bolting the tranny to the engine. It was just about ready to fall out. However, nothing went wrong, so is it really needed? :lol: I was going to write an MCR to eliminate that bolt. :lol: