"American cars have horrible quality!!"

[Rsv1000R]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

Rotors do warp combined with cheap metal and excessive heat. I had a number of vehicles in CA that the rotors looked new and still warped.

Maybe some do, but in this part of the country the brakes on my truck last the summer before they start to pulsate(from rust).

And my friend who has a late model stock car uses standard auto parts full sized chevy rotor (cause that's the rules), they glow red in corners, and last a season, when they're worn out.

[Destitute]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

The real question would be if the number of warranty requests had gone down.

Normalized on a per-vehicle basis.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Destitute

Normalized on a per-vehicle basis.

Which means precisely...... what?

[Destitute]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Which means precisely...... what?

For example, 1 warranty request per 100 vehicles, or $100 in warranty cost per vehicle, etc.

If Ford sold half as many cars, and said their warranty claims on new cars decreased by 25%, that doesn't mean their quality is improving since the rate of warranty claims/vehicle is increasing.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Destitute

For example, 1 warranty request per 100 vehicles, or $100 in warranty cost per vehicle, etc.

If Ford sold half as many cars, and said their warranty claims on new cars decreased by 25%, that doesn't mean their quality is improving since the rate of warranty claims/vehicle is increasing.

Gotcha. Sometimes a post requires more than a sentence to explain something, ya know

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by Destitute

For example, 1 warranty request per 100 vehicles, or $100 in warranty cost per vehicle, etc.

If Ford sold half as many cars, and said their warranty claims on new cars decreased by 25%, that doesn't mean their quality is improving since the rate of warranty claims/vehicle is increasing.

Warranty is measured in cost per unit, so it doesn't really matter other than the more vehicles in the populace usually means lower cost per unit.