What is a Cefiro?

[growler_south]

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.

Comments

[pa747sp.livejournal.com]

K - as in Krap?

[growler-south.livejournal.com]

Its a clever design with its ladder-frame main bearing structure, long through bolts and good breathing, in fact its a fantastic engine- its the quality control that lets it down. Good old BL eh...