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| 76-914 |
 Apr 30 2025, 10:38 AM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist  Group: Members Posts: 13,699 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California 
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| ConeDodger |
Apr 30 2025, 11:17 AM
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Apex killer! Group: Members Posts: 24,015 Joined: 31-December 04 From: Tahoe Area Member No.: 3,380 Region Association: Northern California
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Wow! That level of automation is off-the-charts! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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| BillJ |
Apr 30 2025, 11:38 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,274 Joined: 4-March 13 From: charlotte, NC Member No.: 15,610 Region Association: None
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Had the chance to tour the factory and it was a dance that was well synched for sure. So cool to see the robots moving from station to station. Plenty of techs still doing a lot of hand work too.
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| krazykonrad |
Apr 30 2025, 01:15 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,147 Joined: 21-February 06 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 5,610 |
Which robot installs the rust?
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| Steve |
Apr 30 2025, 01:33 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,853 Joined: 14-June 03 From: Laguna Niguel, CA Member No.: 822 Region Association: Southern California
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I was there last summer. It was pretty amazing to see multiple robots installing a windshield without breaking it. Also didn’t know that each car on the assembly line is built to order by the customer. The company store was raped. Better selection at the PEC in Carson. The Mercedes museum was much better.
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| 930cabman |
Apr 30 2025, 01:40 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,057 Joined: 12-November 20 From: Buffalo Member No.: 24,877 Region Association: North East States
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A far cry from the days of being hand crafted
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| Mueller |
Apr 30 2025, 01:54 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,155 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(Steve @ Apr 30 2025, 12:33 PM)  I was there last summer. It was pretty amazing to see multiple robots installing a windshield without breaking it. Also didn’t know that each car on the assembly line is built to order by the customer. The company store was raped. Better selection at the PEC in Carson. The Mercedes museum was much better. We didn't have time for the Mercedes museum, did dig the Porsche tour. |
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| KELTY360 |
Apr 30 2025, 03:30 PM
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914 Neferati Group: Members Posts: 5,126 Joined: 31-December 05 From: Pt. Townsend, WA Member No.: 5,344 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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Chilling.
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| Osnabruck914 |
Apr 30 2025, 03:42 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 120 Joined: 19-December 22 From: United States Member No.: 27,038 Region Association: South East States |
On my first visit to the Zuffenhausen factory many years ago, they proudly bragged that there was ONLY one robot used in the assembly process. It was used to install the rear glass on certain models....Oh well, this is "progress" I guess.
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| Ishley |
Apr 30 2025, 06:56 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 203 Joined: 4-October 21 From: Clarendon Hills Il Member No.: 25,957 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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Impressive. So quiet. Almost no welding. Extremely tight tolerances for panels. Modern manufacturing at its best. The use of chemistry… high tech adhesives… electro plating and paint technologies. Cars that can do 200 mph without a rattle or shimmy. Metal goes in one side of the plant and magic comes out the other side.
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| Steve |
Apr 30 2025, 08:52 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,853 Joined: 14-June 03 From: Laguna Niguel, CA Member No.: 822 Region Association: Southern California
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There was a cool article in Excellence about how Porsche almost went bankrupt in the 90’s. They brought in the Japanese to teach them modern assembly techniques to save money. The workers were not happy but it needed to be done to survive. When the 996 came out, purists called it a rear engined Toyota Supra. It was superior in every way, well except for maybe the motor…. lol
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