Turbocharged
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Joined: Sat Sep 07, 2013 11:27 am
Location: Prescott, ON, CAN
Cars: 2003 VW golf gls
Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:59 am
Lemons, Recalls and Fail cars
Lemon; for those of you who use a different term.
A car, often new, that is found to be defective only after it has been bought. Any vehicle with numerous, severe issues can be termed a "lemon," and, by extension, any product with flaws too great or severe to serve its purpose can be described as a "lemon."
It will add some realism and replay value to the campaign if a engine/car that is designed may have some manufacturing flaws. An example of this will be an engine that's a prototype will have more time and oversight then a one that's on the production line. The engine can be out of spec, resulting in a wide range of problems. A lot of engines during the 1970s-1980s clamed to be of higher HP then what the engine was able to create. Another option is to have a slide bar(quality bar?) like the technology in which time spent on checking parts to make sure they are proper but have an increase in time and production costs.
The whole production of the unit will not be effected perhaps only 10% of the total production. A forge or CNC will have a lower chance as they are measured once completed and the following production will be almost of the same quality. This will have a chanced to be caught by the "quality bar".
A Recall can have a greater effect. It can be something from one worker forgetting to place a barring into the engine/transmission/ect to a manufactured part failing on every car of that model/year ect. A fixed recall will fix the problem forward so the car can be continued to be produced without issue. Some time may pass till the issue is found so if a car is sold for 10 years which has body changes but uses the same engine, a recall on the engine will perhaps force a max of 5 years of recall (the first 5 years are over the warranty or something)
A fail car is a working car that might be the best car in the world but fails to attract customers. It can be anything from the name to the shape of the cat(which is underneath the car but who knows)
A car, often new, that is found to be defective only after it has been bought. Any vehicle with numerous, severe issues can be termed a "lemon," and, by extension, any product with flaws too great or severe to serve its purpose can be described as a "lemon."
It will add some realism and replay value to the campaign if a engine/car that is designed may have some manufacturing flaws. An example of this will be an engine that's a prototype will have more time and oversight then a one that's on the production line. The engine can be out of spec, resulting in a wide range of problems. A lot of engines during the 1970s-1980s clamed to be of higher HP then what the engine was able to create. Another option is to have a slide bar(quality bar?) like the technology in which time spent on checking parts to make sure they are proper but have an increase in time and production costs.
The whole production of the unit will not be effected perhaps only 10% of the total production. A forge or CNC will have a lower chance as they are measured once completed and the following production will be almost of the same quality. This will have a chanced to be caught by the "quality bar".
A Recall can have a greater effect. It can be something from one worker forgetting to place a barring into the engine/transmission/ect to a manufactured part failing on every car of that model/year ect. A fixed recall will fix the problem forward so the car can be continued to be produced without issue. Some time may pass till the issue is found so if a car is sold for 10 years which has body changes but uses the same engine, a recall on the engine will perhaps force a max of 5 years of recall (the first 5 years are over the warranty or something)
A fail car is a working car that might be the best car in the world but fails to attract customers. It can be anything from the name to the shape of the cat(which is underneath the car but who knows)
