Nonsense Thread

[Northern]

I deliberately steered clear of the automotive industry when starting my engineering career because I knew that a majority of the work now is just optimizing for production/cost cutting on boring normal cars I'd never want to drive. They're constantly optimizing designs and material choices for cost savings, getting as close as possible to the minimum cost part that lasts the warranty period. They aren't making oil pans and oil pump parts out of plastic, powering oil pumps with belts, and replacing controls and gauges with flat screens because those things are better.

My industry isn't perfect but at least I'm not working to actively ruin a hobby of mine.

Same gurl.
Not that there's any Automotive sector work around here anyway, but when I did FSAE, some of the old Pittsburg team members were working for Ford and talking about how they basically designed christmas tree clips and were paid fuck all. They made it sound like when you got your P.Eng, your entire job became signing off on all the jank designs. The whole thing sounded fucking awful.

Happy to steer as clear of that shit as possible.

[JasonWilson48]

I deliberately steered clear of the automotive industry when starting my engineering career because I knew that a majority of the work now is just optimizing for production/cost cutting on boring normal cars I'd never want to drive. They're constantly optimizing designs and material choices for cost savings, getting as close as possible to the minimum cost part that lasts the warranty period. They aren't making oil pans and oil pump parts out of plastic, powering oil pumps with belts, and replacing controls and gauges with flat screens because those things are better.

My industry isn't perfect but at least I'm not working to actively ruin a hobby of mine.

I had the same thought when I was younger and considered applying to be a salesman at a car dealership. I would be not be good at selling these cars because I wouldn't actually believe in the product I was selling them. I would have been trying to save the customer as much money as I could, and talked them out of the predatory financing and payment mentality. Probably would push all the old used cars as much as I could. Anyway, I became an engineer instead and my job is also not perfect, but not ruining my car hobby as well. Make enough money elsewhere to supplement what actually brings me joy.

[varg]

It's a combination of things. Car companies don't care about longevity past warranty or serviceability, or how much time it takes you to replace the electromechanical thermostat. BMW financial services, toyota financial services, etc, that's the cash cow, new sales and the financing of those sales. The other thing is cost cutting/optimization. I deliberately steered clear of the automotive industry when starting my engineering career because I knew that a majority of the work now is just optimizing for production/cost cutting on boring normal cars I'd never want to drive. They're constantly optimizing designs and material choices for cost savings, getting as close as possible to the minimum cost part that lasts the warranty period. They aren't making oil pans and oil pump parts out of plastic, powering oil pumps with belts, and replacing controls and gauges with flat screens because those things are better.

My industry isn't perfect but at least I'm not working to actively ruin a hobby of mine.

[rturbo 930]

It's stuff like that that makes me want nothing whatsoever to do with new cars. The regulations are negatively impacting the design of the cars, they're too complicated, and increasingly too delicate, and also seemingly of a lower build quality, despite being overall more refined than cars of 30 years ago.

[MrBurgundy]

Yeah its already done

Crazy tho. Listen to how shitty the dealer is. So I replaced her starter October 10 25 and she calls me last week and says the starter is doing the same shit. The gear spins but the solenoid doesn't engine the flexplate.

She's all frustrated and she's like I'm going to go to the dealer cuz she thinks I ripped her off or some shit. She goes, it was never the starter, blah blah blah.

She goes to the dealer November 8th and they tell her they cant drive the car, there's a bad coolant leak. I told her about the coolant leak when we did the starter but she didn't have the money to do it then. It wasn't leaking to the floor yet, but the coolant was calcifying on the oil filter housing and thermostat. So she's like I'll come back the next time I'm notified the level is low.

Anyways, the dealer is like the starter is getting wet and causing it not to start and quote her 5k to fix the leak before they can address the starter.

Also, the starter on a B46A is on the bottom of the engine on the other side, the hot side. and the leak was on the drivers side so it's not possible for it to get wet like they say. Also it's on the bottom of the engine, so it's going to get wet just driving it when it rains.... Starters are sealed very well and this for the most part will not affect it the way they claim.

Anyways I call the dealer and I'm like yo the starter is not working.

SO, on OCT 12 BMW issues a recall for the starter, they have no fix for it yet, but customers are to be notified that they understand there is an issue and they're working on the fix.

BMW pulled ALL starters off shelves and are not allowed to sell them.

When she went in for the starter, they knew this and avoided telling her about the recall to get her on the work for the leak.

Then after the fact they were I guess going to spill the beans..

What a bunch of MFers. So she will have her invoice reimbursed by BMW and the starter replaced by them when the new units are available.

[2mAn]

But have you finished the job yet?

[MrBurgundy]

It's 100 percent part of the emission system. The goal is to get the car as hot as possible as fast pas possible.

This shit is so dumb lol. It's not BMWs fault. Its all the gay regulations they must adhere to. Same with the 13k mile oil change interval. Same with the 0w20 0w16 bullshit.

These poor engineers are neutered by the government.

[McGyver]

Could be worse, they could make it an emissions control part, after all how else could we capture all those contaminants in the coolant system?

Crazy for sure.

I mean, I could see them focusing on the cooling system to minimize warm up enrichment?

[roguetoaster]

Doing a thermostat on a G20 330i

10.5h job and a 550 dollar part lol.

70k miles.

Is a servo driven valve with a worm gear to throttle water flow. This shit is getting crazy

Could be worse, they could make it an emissions control part, after all how else could we capture all those contaminants in the coolant system?

Crazy for sure.

[2mAn]

Just use some ductape

[MrBurgundy]

Doing a thermostat on a G20 330i

10.5h job and a 550 dollar part lol.

70k miles.

Is a servo driven valve with a worm gear to throttle water flow. This shit is getting crazy

[2mAn]

I would enlist 2man for his opinion, because he has met her

shes at least a 7 on both axis… probably more like a 8x8, so I’d say it was fun while it lasted and you can start fresh with new job and new locale. Who knows maybe she will settle down on the crazy a little (she won’t lol)

Any update on the work?

[Chilezen]

I would enlist 2man for his opinion, because he has met her

[JasonWilson48]

You can have the most recent photo I have of her (it's a still from a video but it counts). It's from a few weeks ago when we went to Laguna Seca, slept in a tent, and watched drift cars haul ass. Good memories, good girl. All smiles

Just to close the loop... I will put her in the Fun Zone based on a single picture and my limited knowledge from this nonsense thread.

Ok, I'm back to being mature.

I always find myself saying to myself "This too shall pass". It always helps to remind me that there are going to be constant struggles/stresses/conflicts in life. Some come, some go, some stay forever. As long as you can do your best to confront them, and don't let them consume you on a daily basis, you will keep moving forward and make progress to wherever you want your life to go. So keep rolling with the punches. Life somehow finds a way to figure it self out. Might take a month or a decade, but eventually you'll find yourself where you belong.

[Chilezen]

What I'm about to say is said simply, and takes time to fully feel this concept, truly.

Getting out of my own head has been a struggle, but it's the biggest factor in doing anything. Learning about my mental disabilities and understanding how to work with them/around them is how I am able to roll with the punches and move forward. Never expected that would be on my bingo card this year, but here we are.

I will remember to show up for myself everyday, as you say. I like the way that sounds.

clam pics no longer make up for a bad woman's bullshit

I heard some phrase when I was young, sounded something like "No matter how beautiful a woman is, there's a man out there that's tired of her bullshit". Has always stuck with me.

I miss my girl though. It was a crazy that I almost figured out how to handle.