That was the egg nog talking, honest ociffer! (archive)

Nature of the problem:
You're right, it could be one very serious problem, but woudln't you agree it could also be a series of smaller problems as well?

Resolving the problem:
If it is one specific area where the problem exists, you might think that the problem would be quickly resolved. But consider this... not only does it take time to find a resolution, be it internaly or 3rd party, it also takes time to implement and then test that solution, and go through the whole test phase again. What's more, if the problem was one of quality control, you need to spend more work ensuring the QC, both internal and/or 3rd party, is at the level where it is needed (obviously it was not at that level).

Nature of the delay:
While I agree your suggestions could be possible, it still seems strange to me. BMW has suggested this car was tested more thoroughly than any other M car. So either they really messed up the testing, and they are feeding us a line when they say how good the testing went. Or, the testing really did go well, with the limited production components. However, in the move to mass production, one or more components dropped to substandard specs, and QC some how missed this until very late in the game.

I'm leaning towards the latter. Which possibility do you think most likely?

Follow Ups:

Re: That was the egg nog talking, honest ociffer! Paul 16:54 11/27/2000 (1)
- I want what the engineers think best, not Mr. Grinch 19:29 11/27/2000 (0)

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