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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot?
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 11:31:04 +0200
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On 2025-06-27 10:38, R.Wieser wrote:
> Carlos,
> 
>>> That sounds like the manufacturer just made its cars in a limited set of
>>> colors (as it always did), and you could choose which add-ons you wanted
>>> to have bolted on.   With that last part likely been done by the dealer.
>>
>> No, I suspect it was done by the manufacturer.
> 
> Also possible, just less likely in *my* mind. :-)
> 
>> Other customizations affected the pilar with the radio and controllers,
>> air conditioning or not or climatization... big things that need a bid
>> disassembly-assembly job if done at the dealer.
> 
> Hmmm... now I'm imagining a manufacturing plant with cars on their rails
> being switched in-and-out of the main branch, for their individual
> customisations to be added.
> 
> It probably works different though (workers having to wait, doing nothing,
> on the next customisation coming along their line ? That would be a loss of
> manhours).

I don't know. A smart factory would have robots handling the correct 
pieces for the current car in the line, perhaps.

> 
>> However, they did not customize the manual book, which was a mess with all
>> options (go to page X if you have or not have option Y). They could easily
>> print a customized book with latex.
> 
> Odd : they want to make you feel like a valued customer, but than make it
> complicated to make your choices.  Almost as if two, each other opposing
> parties within the same company are in play ...
> 
> I imagine they could also have made a website for it, and have all those "if
> you choose X you have to go to page Y" things applied automatically - and
> printout/save/send to the dealer/manufacturer on the press of the "if the
> information on this page looks allright than press 'OK' " button.
> 
> I might be looking at it too easy though. :-)

I was thinking of the printing box I mentioned earlier.

> 
> But they print it with latex ?  Would using ink not be a lot easier ?  (no,
> don't answer that, I know what you ment :-p )

:-DD



-- 
Cheers, Carlos.