Date:         Tue, 5 Sep 2000 18:54:30 PDT
Reply-To:     Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Thinking swap? Engine options are only half the story...What
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Comments: To: RallyXer@AOL.COM
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I think this really needs to be rephrased. Engineers are paid to make an
engine. Yes I can agree with that part of the statement. Now how much money
is a company going to spend to make any given engine? They have to consider
their market. BMW, Mercedes, and Porsche have vehicles made for people with
more money, so those companies can spend more money engineering their
engines. Volkswagen is a car for the masses, for the people. If they
engineered their engines to the same degree, then the masses could no longer
afford their Volkswagens. Engineers are paid, I agree with that too, but
Engines are also bought, and that is part of the consideration in how much
engineers will be paid to engineer an engine.

> >
> >  Another point is that engineers are paid to make an engine cheaper and
>not
> >  last as long.

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