Nice.

Thanx.

 

Not a bad read, I've been wondering that same question for years. I'm in the agricultural mechanics myself, and it happens enough to wonder why the engineers do what they do. I've found it especially difficult working with European built machines. Give those engineers a wrench to perform some of the stuff we have to and it would be a different story. Warranty issues are especially terrible since the manufacturer only pays for so much amount of time. So if a job is very terribly engineered and tough to perform the manufacturer pays for 6 hours to do it and it may take 12. I find that happens a lot! And no, I'm not chitty at what I do.
On the auto side, I do own a '96 Honda and I'll perform routine maintenance on it, spark plugs, filters, brakes, etc. I can't really say it's engineered bad, it's just very compact. So much stuff crammed into a small space. So when it's time to do the clutch or the CV joints or whatever, I just send it to another shop, don't have the time to do it.
I find that automotive vehicles are very compactly designed and this is the main reason they're a ***** to work on. However, in every job you do, you will find an annoyance in it and it will be because of a design flaw in repairing it.

..I kind of lost track where I was going with this...