On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:36:53 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

Should we assume the Ford engineers also knew plastic could melt?

Someone did an analysis that showed the plastic would not melt until a
month after the warranty expired. After being hailed as a cost saving
genius, they were promoted into senior management to look for other
similar "opportunities". And so another once great industry slid into
decline...