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Typical engineer vs marketing conflict.. (archive)
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Posted by Daniel on July 15, 2001 at 14:19:49:

In Reply to: This is a stupid question, but.......... posted by JB on July 15, 2001 at 11:50:36:

The engineer says it isn't ready, but the marketing folks say we gotta get it out to the consumer now. The bean counters are looking for the returns on the R&D. This leads to what ever they got, ship it now, and the bugs will get cleaned up latter.

SAV/SUV must make have a departure from the traditional BMW design/manufacturing process. We who bought in went for the bleeding edge. Somestimes you can get hung out to dry out there.

Fortunately for me I got a perfect 4.4 SP. I do notice some body panel mis-alignments in a couple of places, but you really have to look to see them. Otherwise I've enjoyed my purchase greatly.

Should you purchase an X5 I hope your experience is as delightful as mine has been.

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