"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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You'd think the domestic manufacturers would have the comon pickup truck
perfected by now.



Why? JC Penney ruined the design for perfectly good white cotton
undershirts. Why can't manufacturers just leave a good thing alone, if or
when they find a design that works?


In the engineering/design world it's called the "not invented here" syndrome
and mechanical design engineers are the worst of the lot. If a sub-section
of an assembly has been perfected over the years, works fine, lasts a long
time, but the current engineer was not responsible for it's development and
design, he/she will attempt to change it.

I fought that battle for years in the business I was in. My son continues
the battle to this day.

Eisboch