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growler_south) wrote2004-03-20 07:01 pm
growler_south) wrote2004-03-20 07:01 pm
What is a Cefiro?
Ah I love those clever japanese engineers and their reliance on plastic parts. Like the clippy bits that hold the power window mechanism of, say, a Nissan Cefiro together. The power window motor is capable of producing a good 30 Newtons, so presuming you were going to take all this force on a 3mm clip, youd be silly to use anything other than Polyethylene. I imagine the engineers considered using wet cardboard but that would be a clear case of overengineering.
Its now repaired properly, held together with some twisted tie-wire and a lot of wishful thinking.
And no, I didnt break it, it broke itself ages ago. I did, however, almost kill us all by becoming supremely distracted just as I entered a roundabout, causing no end of alarmed looks, quavery voices, and a trip straight to the supermarket to buy a bucket of StJohn's wort. Whoops.
Its now repaired properly, held together with some twisted tie-wire and a lot of wishful thinking.
And no, I didnt break it, it broke itself ages ago. I did, however, almost kill us all by becoming supremely distracted just as I entered a roundabout, causing no end of alarmed looks, quavery voices, and a trip straight to the supermarket to buy a bucket of StJohn's wort. Whoops.