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12-15-2010, 03:15 PM
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We've all seen some design flaws that obviously weren't thought out well, both inside and outside of the bass world. What have you found?
For instance, my Chevy HHR requires removing the front wheels to access to headlights. The lamp module doesn't pop out the front without removing the bumper, so you're taking the car apart one way or another. I just never thought I'd need a jack and a breaker bar to change a headlight.
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12-15-2010, 03:17 PM
|  | Eat at Joe's | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: J-Actionville, NC | | | There is this car company that puts a big blue oval on all their stuff. Looks like a design flaw to the untrained eye, but it is in fact a diagnostic readout telling you what is wrong with the car.
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12-15-2010, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by lousybassplayer There is this car company that puts a big blue oval on all their stuff. Looks like a design flaw to the untrained eye, but it is in fact a diagnostic readout telling you what is wrong with the car. | I've seen those... and avoid them. I always had an uneasy feeling about those blue ovals.
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12-15-2010, 03:21 PM
| | | | It's nearly impossible, if not impossible, to change the battery on my 2000 Stratus without removing the front left fender. |
12-15-2010, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Cabazon It's nearly impossible, if not impossible, to change the battery on my 2000 Stratus without removing the front left fender. | Or a Intrepid
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12-15-2010, 03:26 PM
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12-15-2010, 03:27 PM
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12-15-2010, 03:31 PM
| | Eat at Joe's | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: J-Actionville, NC | | | I had really cheap Harbor Freight special drill on which the chuck screwed on to a threaded shaft attached to the motor. It would drill into something, but picture what happened when you tried to unscrew something that was torqued down. I'll give a hint, that's how I found out how it was attached. That was among the worst flaws I have seen.
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12-15-2010, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by lousybassplayer There is this car company that puts a big blue oval on all their stuff. Looks like a design flaw to the untrained eye, but it is in fact a diagnostic readout telling you what is wrong with the car. |
At lest we can change our headlights without a tire tool....
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12-15-2010, 03:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | Quote:
Originally Posted by lousybassplayer I had really cheap Harbor Freight special drill on which the chuck screwed on to a threaded shaft attached to the motor. It would drill into something, but picture what happened when you tried to unscrew something that was torqued down. I'll give a hint, that's how I found out how it was attached. That was among the worst flaws I have seen. | I hope someone got fired for that one...
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12-15-2010, 03:38 PM
| | Eat at Joe's | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: J-Actionville, NC | | Hey, chevy ain't infallible, but he can at least rely on his one headlighted HHR to get him to work 
As they say, a Chevy will run like **** longer than Fords will run at all.
Edit: It was a 15 dollar drill, so I couldn't be too surprised. I laughed more than anything.
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12-15-2010, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by lousybassplayer Hey, chevy ain't infallible, but he can at least rely on his one headlighted HHR to get him to work
As they say, a Chevy will run like **** longer than Fords will run at all.
. | Yeah i hear the government has some nice incentives to buy those 
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12-15-2010, 03:52 PM
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12-15-2010, 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by bongomania I had a pair of Adidas sneakers recently that had a shock-absorbing keyhole-shaped opening in the heels... this opening was exactly the size of typical gravel you encounter while jogging or dog-walking. IOW the heels were constantly full of gravel, stuck tightly in there. | I had a pair of Adidas clima cools, that would pump cool air into the shoes, the intakes were in the soles, so any little puddle of water would cause wet feet  |
12-15-2010, 03:53 PM
| | Quatre-cordes | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Orleans, LA /El Paso TX | | | sorry I think these days Ford makes better vehicles than Chevy quality wise |
12-15-2010, 03:53 PM
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12-15-2010, 03:55 PM
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12-15-2010, 03:56 PM
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12-15-2010, 04:03 PM
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Like, come on... It has one job... To not ****ing break when you grab it.
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12-15-2010, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Schlyder Handles that break.
Like, come on... It has one job... To not ****ing break when you grab it. | +1. Car door handles that break, while hilarious, are a serious pain.
Let's add car keyholes that freeze to that list. Not a design flaw, but a pet peeve that amounts to the same thing. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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