Tom,
I think that is a weight reduction to lower average fuel consumption, or at
least that is what I was told by Firestone.


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:48:40 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

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...

You laugh - did you know on the newer Ford mid-size cars and smaller
like the Focus, that you can't just remove the brake rotors and turn
them? They have to be replaced? The last time I did the brakes on
the F-250, it was cheaper to buy new rotors rather than have the old
ones turned.

Marketing run amok, my friends. :)