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I always wonder if we are too harsh on the mythical Mr Magoo (who may well read these threads). My own work would not stand up to such scrutiny. Also we do not know if Magoo spotted these flaws or not; maybe he did but there are corporate policies that prevent some of them being fixed, say for cost reasons.
KarlFranz said:
George29 said:
If someone does a final inspection, surely the car is fully assembled by that point. So how is he supposed to notice something, that you have only noticed when dis-assembling parts? Are you suggesting when inspecting the car, Aston now dis-assemble the car they have just assembled?
You must be mistaken, George. The meshes are installed after the car is painted so the paint guy should have caught it first. Then, once the car is assembled, you can still see the clear coat paint runs if you crouch down in front of the car and look up. I first noticed it when I was doing some paint correction to remove some of the sanding marks that were left behind—something that also should have been caught during the final inspection. 
He well knows that "anyone on the line can stop production to resolve a quality issue at any time"
At least that's what they tell you when you do the factory tour
Do most people think I'm just being overly critical and that the clear coat paint runs are acceptable? Yes, they are in an inconspicuous place. My suspicion is that they were in a rush to get the cars completed before the August 31st deadline. This could also explain why they let the car out with a rusty final inspection plaque. The plaques are currently on back order and it hardly makes sense to hold up production for that and then run the risk of the car not being able to get into the USA. It was already late as it was considering cars ordered later were received two weeks earlier.
KarlFranz said:
Do most people think I'm just being overly critical and that the clear coat paint runs are acceptable? Yes, they are in an inconspicuous place. My suspicion is that they were in a rush to get the cars completed before the August 31st deadline. This could also explain why they let the car out with a rusty final inspection plaque. The plaques are currently on back order and it hardly makes sense to hold up production for that and then run the risk of the car not being able to get into the USA. It was already late as it was considering cars ordered later were received two weeks earlier.
I don't think you're being overly critical. I don't think it's good and shouldn't have those issues. But I think you're being unfair blaming the final inspection. It shouldn't be painted like that in the first place, so should be spotted during assembly. Well, considering that my car's rusty final inspection plaque only has Aston Martin GT on it and not the inspector's name, there isn't anyone in particular that could be blamed. But it agree, who ever was assembling it should have noticed this and brought it to someone else's attention.
Neil1300r said:
mikey k said:
My car was built 3 years ago and has almost identical issues
Either that or they don't give a s
t.It's all paperwork to pass whatever ISO mubojumbo standards. You don't honestly think they actually productively meet once a week? If that was the case their production would be bloody immense!
Neil1300r said:
mikey k said:
My car was built 3 years ago and has almost identical issues
Either that or they don't give a s
t.
more like continually disappointment plan
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