No significant cracks

Small cracks quickly become significant cracks through useage.

New carriages should not have any cracks, if they have been manufactured to a proper standard.

No significant cracks is an internationally and technically correct technical term

Not all small cracks become significant cracks through usage

Dependent of the specification used - certain discontinutes are permitted in components

If the plebs knew of the number of non significant "cracks" in the worlds aircraft fleets, they would be too scared to fly..

I know your an all knowing farang TV member with "expert" levels of knowlege of every subject under the sun

But on this ocassion, your statements of fact are in fact factually wrong

Oh dear. Someone thinks they haven't been given the credit they were due for something.

So naturally. they slag off all TV members. Obviously.

Winnie

Yes of course when someone is talking through their a*se

When they *are* doing, or when only you seem to think they are doing? Not necessarily the same thing. In any case, dissent can be polite and professional or resentful and belligerent. Which one do you think is better? You decide, no need to reply. NMP.

Winnie

Don't know if it's true, but recently read a couple of posts on non msm that the Chinese aren't to blame for their shoddy work rep, it's simply that Western buyers wanted cheapest and were given an option of materials by the Chinese, of course the cheapest won out. These posts were by Westerners who'd worked in China for some time. Anyone can verify? It sounds plausible, given most middle men, particularly the Thai, would not care so much about the end product over maximising their profit margin.

Don't know if it's true, but recently read a couple of posts on non msm that the Chinese aren't to blame for their shoddy work rep, it's simply that Western buyers wanted cheapest and were given an option of materials by the Chinese, of course the cheapest won out. These posts were by Westerners who'd worked in China for some time. Anyone can verify? It sounds plausible, given most middle men, particularly the Thai, would not care so much about the end product over maximising their profit margin.

Having worked in China, they are fully capable to building quality product, so there maybe some truth in what your saying, one of things that is wrong these days is that procurement and buying departments in big companies are no longer the domain of technical people, but accountants and bean counters and the price is the driver...

lets say item "X" costs USD 100 to manufacture in the west with a known quality, and a similar product from China only costs you USD 20, doesn't due diligence dictate that you should be asking why such a big price differential ?...it not all labor cost

Buying from the Chinese now instead of the Germans (Siemens) looks like they will be replacing the trains in a couple of years - Penny wise pound foolish, but Thais always know best..glad i am not footing the repair bill.

Buying from the Chinese now instead of the Germans (Siemens) looks like they will be replacing the trains in a couple of years - Penny wise pound foolish, but Thais always know best..glad i am not footing the repair bill.

Neither are theThais. No repairs until it completely stops working... then do the bare minimum required so it starts working again.

Tinking ahead no have.

Winnie