Blokes at Jaguar who Earned their Spot in Hell during the development of the X100
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CorStevens (02-04-2020)
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They just head into finance...
It often surprises 'civilians' how vociferously engineers will argue their case with other engineers and everyone else (design vs safety vs cost vs human factors vs ...) expecting that logic will rule the day. The design people are often the worst adversaries since they are not bound by what's physically possible, unlike the rest of us. Frank Gehry's structural engineers, for example, are heros.
It often surprises 'civilians' how vociferously engineers will argue their case with other engineers and everyone else (design vs safety vs cost vs human factors vs ...) expecting that logic will rule the day. The design people are often the worst adversaries since they are not bound by what's physically possible, unlike the rest of us. Frank Gehry's structural engineers, for example, are heros.
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CorStevens (02-04-2020)
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could not have said it better.
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CorStevens (02-05-2020)
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I used to ride motorbikes, some very quick ones. I loved the feeling of power and thrill that riding those two wheeled machines give. But a million times more thrilling was pulling off my helmet at the end of the ride, in one piece, all safe and sound. Driving the x100 also gives me a great buzz with the cats own power rush, the presence... But the thrill now is pulling the keys out at the end of a drive and seeing theres been no Christmas tree lighting display appearing on the dash! Tick, tock....
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The best thing is keeping the needles on the right hand side of the dials, and useless mirrors ( nothing keeps up with you so no point in looking in them)
My 4.2 engine just loves to stretch her legs. I'm sure some of these BMW drivers think their following a Mazda, until I gently press the pedal down.,
So my hat off to designers who give us the joy of the drive, the smile on our face when it all works, and the articulate swear words when it goes wrong.
My 4.2 engine just loves to stretch her legs. I'm sure some of these BMW drivers think their following a Mazda, until I gently press the pedal down.,
So my hat off to designers who give us the joy of the drive, the smile on our face when it all works, and the articulate swear words when it goes wrong.
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not admitting to anything. sometimes my girls get a kick out of phrases such as, "taking away the keys," and, "managing my affairs," or one's personal favorite, "it's time."
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The very first piece of advice I got when I got my X100 was regarding this:
Cup holder often fails. When operational it works better to distribute contents of cup(s) over back seat before hand as that is where contents will end up when under heavy acceleration - this is normal. You can also dump it in your lap or the passengers lap if you plan to turn first. Either action saves a step and comes as less of a surprise.
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Cupholders have always been a mystery to me as I never eat or drink in a car. The Jaguar design used in XJ40 / X300 / X308 / XK8 is so annoying because it often opens when using the lid as an armrest. I used to have a plain lid which I fitted to each of my Jaguars in place of the cupholder version and then switched the original back when I traded the car.
When the XK was introduced, Jaguar finally realised some owners don't need or want cupholders and made them "lift out" to give more storage space in the centre console. Mine serves as a penholder on my desk.
Graham
When the XK was introduced, Jaguar finally realised some owners don't need or want cupholders and made them "lift out" to give more storage space in the centre console. Mine serves as a penholder on my desk.
Graham
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crbass (02-07-2020)
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CorStevens (02-07-2020)
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They just head into finance...
It often surprises 'civilians' how vociferously engineers will argue their case with other engineers and everyone else (design vs safety vs cost vs human factors vs ...) expecting that logic will rule the day. The design people are often the worst adversaries since they are not bound by what's physically possible, unlike the rest of us. Frank Gehry's structural engineers, for example, are heros.
It often surprises 'civilians' how vociferously engineers will argue their case with other engineers and everyone else (design vs safety vs cost vs human factors vs ...) expecting that logic will rule the day. The design people are often the worst adversaries since they are not bound by what's physically possible, unlike the rest of us. Frank Gehry's structural engineers, for example, are heros.
I feel this. I am a programmer and my roommate is a designer. We often work on the same projects and it is a constant shitstorm of him coming up with ideas that are nonsensical but pretty. I just taught him how to program a bit and told him that if he could implement his ideas himself, and they could withstand all of the pinholes i could poke into them, ( browser or device compatibilities, use case tests, automated testing ), then i would admit I was wrong and would buy him lunch and implement his design.
Haven't had the misfortune of admitting I was wrong yet.