What I find amazing is, China can make Motherboards, Video Cards, Hard Drives etc. for Computers. Why can't they make a usable Auto Light Switch?
AD, but lately I've been feeling BC, Carmine.AD or BC?
The crew of the Challenger would have probably disagreed with your last statement.Big reason why most of us buy aftermarket parts is to modify our cars for the better. I'm not running drums on the front of my Wagon because Disc brakes are better. Also pitched my single master cylinder for a dual. You can find a manufacture to make anything you want but how much are you willing to pay? Anyone here ever had an electrical fire under their dash due to bad parts? I had a factory ignition switch catch fire back in highschool and I replaced it with a cheap chinese piece that never failed me for another 25 years I've owned the car. As far as advice from SC, I have had some good advice from them and some not so great advice but like anything else in life. If you want it done right then do it yourself and spend the time it takes to get it right. Remember that even NASA buys from the lowest price and some how we still made it to the moon.
Simple. Didn't know it was bad at the time. There was nothing else available (used) anyplace. So it was either this or nothing. In all due honestly, given the same circumstances, I still would have bought it. Only difference would have been sending it out to be repaired/calibrated before installation. I already had it installed when it started acting out. Once fixed, it work great, Carmine.If you know its bad why buy it.
Not really. I was a member of the youth space camp program when the Challenger blew up and watched it explode with everyone too. That wasn't a flaw in a part put on but a flaw in how parts were used. The engineer that warned of the possible failure of the seals on the solid booster was later credited with his findings before launch but there wasn't enough data at that point on that specific area of the rocket to determine that the launch should be scrubbed. I was lucky enough to see a launch up close in person back in 2000 just before the other shuttle broke apart over Texas. I was living in Dallas at the time and didn't see it break apart but it was close enough that I would have if I were up earlier. Every person knows the risk who would venture to space. We will see more people die going up and coming down. Its unfortunate but a reality. Both times people died it could be attributed not to bad manufacturing but lack of situational awareness. Sad. Like Dave said the O-rings weren't meant to get that cold and you seen what happened. We learned from that mistake and the ones before and after that. Even in this day and age we still crash rockets all of the time.The crew of the Challenger would have probably disagreed with your last statement.