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**1ViciousGSX** · 11-01-2006

Couple of things stand out to me;

1. When you think about how that thin rolled metal is formed in ways that make it as rigid as it is.

2. There are more "hands on" in the building process than you would have imagined. BMW is considered a "small" car company in comparison to the big names ( Chevy, Ford, Toyota, etc).

3. I remember the first time I went to the Saturn plant in Springhill, TN, I was amazed at how they pre-paint their chassis parts and warehouse them like that also. The dealer places their order, the automated systems pull the correct combination of parts and they all funnel down into the assembly line.

That was a great video though, I've never seen it and I'm a BMW service manager.

11-01-2006	#5
1ViciousGSX Admin Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Sportsman's Paradise, LA. Posts: 5,382	Re: Making of a BMW E46 (vid) Couple of things stand out to me; 1. When you think about how that thin rolled metal is formed in ways that make it as rigid as it is. 2. There are more "hands on" in the building process than you would have imagined. BMW is considered a "small" car company in comparison to the big names ( Chevy, Ford, Toyota, etc). 3. I remember the first time I went to the Saturn plant in Springhill, TN, I was amazed at how they pre-paint their chassis parts and warehouse them like that also. The dealer places their order, the automated systems pull the correct combination of parts and they all funnel down into the assembly line. That was a great video though, I've never seen it and I'm a BMW service manager. __________________ My new band: Fall of August Click Me --> "V" <-- Click Me "You don't have a clue. You couldn't get a clue during the clue mating season in a field full of horny clues if you smeared your body with clue musk and did the clue mating dance." When she get's bitchy, SPANK THAT ASS! (#Y#)