It looks like you made the common assumption
that all German produces are well designed and built,
like Mercedes-Benz, Leica, etc.
Having lived in Europe for a few years, I can assure
you that this is not necessarily the case. Even
if a company has competent design and manufacturing
people, they may still be constrained by price targets
to design and build things that are just barely
sturdy enough to work.
And (IMHO) the Germans (and other European countries)
seem to make too many things out of plastic or very
lightweight die-castings. Maybe they are trying to
compete with the Chinese, and have to make up for
their higher labor costs...
Doug
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