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May 22nd, 2008 08:16 AM #21
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May 22nd, 2008 09:18 AM #22Oh. Wrong choice of words, what I meant was cyberspace as in
computerized.. that is.. computerized design of the floorpan (which
is like the exo-skeleton of the car) which modern car plants use.
Remember Intel processor factories or plants change their machines every
2 years. More so car manufacturers who earn as much as Intel. We all assume that Honda International would invest in the same equipment used in Thailand as here. But it seems market pressue may dictate the decision. I mean, Philippines made cars are not exported unlike Intel Processor. Second, fully developed honda plants may produce more
expensive cars which may not be selleable in philippine market , so the
honda sales executive info is logical.. although of course the
last worlds would come from any of you with direct information
from the honda plants local and abroad.
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May 22nd, 2008 03:59 PM #23I called up Honda Phililippines factory. They said they really produced
all the City and Civic here... by assembling all the parts coming from
Thailand. I called up the honda sales executive again. He said he
has gone to the plant and saw the frames being "fabricated" here locally.
But the operations officer at honda said the frames are imported from
Thailand. Is the sales executive wrong or didn't understand what
he saw when he went to the plant? Maybe what he thought as welding
the parts together is fabricating them from scratch? This is very likely.
One day if one of you guys visit the honda plant.. try to check this
out. See if there is any machine that can produce the floorpan or
all of the machines there are just assemblers.
Hmm.. if the latter is so. What's the advantage of assembling all
parts here versus the cars fully assembled in Thailand and send in
here in one piece? Maybe the smaller unassembled parts can escape
customs checking better than a whole car. What do you think?
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May 22nd, 2008 05:17 PM #24
There are no differences in assembly practices. The guy just doesn't understand them.
Ang pagbalik ng comeback...
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May 22nd, 2008 06:12 PM #25
Bro,
Piece of advice, wag mo na lang paniwalaan ang ahenteng yan. Pareho lang kayong malilito. He is just digging a deeper hole for himself by telling things which he cannot understand. "A little learning is a dangerous thing" - to paraphrase my 2nd year high school science teacher.
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May 24th, 2008 10:36 PM #26
hehe. basta city namin is thailand. thats what the dealer said to me nung bumili kami nang city 2006. ngayon daw eh philippines nadaw pati nga raw din ang jazz pinas nadaw.
yung CRV ba natin is europe? i mean yung R-series ang engine?
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May 24th, 2008 11:25 PM #27Quality control medyo nagbabago in every car plant. Pero structural integrity? It would cost a car manufacturer millions if they would change the whole car structure. Kaya nga nagkaroon ng platform sharing with different vehicles to save millions from manufacturing cost tapos babaguhin nila ang manufacturing process just because the plant is based here in the phillipines? Oh c'mon one of the biggest BS stories from a car agent i've ever heard.
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May 25th, 2008 01:31 PM #28
I also heard that after the its make-over last Nov. 2005, City(s) were CBU from Thailand and that before this makeover, City(s) were made in Sta. Rosa since 2003. But I just asked a SA from Honda Global City yesterday and he says City and Civic are being built in Sta. Rosa.
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The 2007 CRV (with the 2.0 li R20A1 engine and 2.4li K24A engine) are all CBU from Thailand.
Methinks the Battle of Carthage scene in Russel Crowe's Gladiator (yr. 2000) is a homage to that...
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