PP Bear
LIFE MEMBER
Now don't get me wrong, I adore my Autotrail Dakota. I brought it as a low mileage secondhand deal and I'm completely over the moon with it in every way poss........HOWEVER, I'm quite a fussy bugger when it comes to attention to detail and fit and finish, I'm also not a great lover of some British workmanship. I want to be, I really really do, but some of our continental cousins do it sooooo much better than we do and have real pride in their craftsmanship and work, whereby us Brits are a bit more, yeh that'll do, kind of guys. I've had call to do a fair number of minor tasks on my pride and joy, as I'm qualified to do them and I also thirst for the knowledge on how things work. The more I do the more I understand how it works on my motorhome, where the harnesses lay etc.......men will understand this I'm sure
So when I had call to look behind the fridge (by simply removing the outer vents) I didn't like finding sweetie wrappers from those craftsmen on the production line, nor fag butts, nor the nail clippings too. I especially don't like finding the screws that should be securely holding cables and panels together, that are either half in or half out, or drilled in at an angle as they've been in a rush and they havent cared as the chances are you'll never see them. Across the entire vehicle I find these signs and I could list more, but why why why. Why doesn't Autotrail conduct out inspections on the build process, that way they'll find these examples of poor quality and poor workmanship and the workers themselves would improve in their trade, for fear of being found out.*More importantly, they'll find the electrical wires, that dangle across sub frames and are just waiting to rub thru and short out and cost us £'s in the process of repair:Angry:
I know when I out inspected the work of my military fitters, if they had replaced an item and then fitted a panel that concealed it, I'd make them take it off so I could confirm that the correct washers were fitted, with the correct screws, bolts and locking devices and thus improving the quality of the work we would produce and the likely reliability of the equipment:thumb:
So come on Autotrail, I've read so much about poor quality and it's quite rude and ignorant of you, to simply think people will continue to put up with this poor attitude, when you could easily fix it during the build process
Rant over:shout:
So when I had call to look behind the fridge (by simply removing the outer vents) I didn't like finding sweetie wrappers from those craftsmen on the production line, nor fag butts, nor the nail clippings too. I especially don't like finding the screws that should be securely holding cables and panels together, that are either half in or half out, or drilled in at an angle as they've been in a rush and they havent cared as the chances are you'll never see them. Across the entire vehicle I find these signs and I could list more, but why why why. Why doesn't Autotrail conduct out inspections on the build process, that way they'll find these examples of poor quality and poor workmanship and the workers themselves would improve in their trade, for fear of being found out.*More importantly, they'll find the electrical wires, that dangle across sub frames and are just waiting to rub thru and short out and cost us £'s in the process of repair:Angry:
I know when I out inspected the work of my military fitters, if they had replaced an item and then fitted a panel that concealed it, I'd make them take it off so I could confirm that the correct washers were fitted, with the correct screws, bolts and locking devices and thus improving the quality of the work we would produce and the likely reliability of the equipment:thumb:
So come on Autotrail, I've read so much about poor quality and it's quite rude and ignorant of you, to simply think people will continue to put up with this poor attitude, when you could easily fix it during the build process
Rant over:shout: