Anyone remembers all the burrs on the pinions of the good ol' RC10 6Gear tranny??? Or the mold lines and burrs on the original AE A-arms???
Every big manufacturer have their stuff made in Asia in 2010. Yes once in a while you get a missing tooth on an idler gear, but not any more often than 25yrs ago - It's inacceptable but it happens. However the internet gives us more opportunities to publicize it and swear at those dang asians willing to work 60hrs/wk for a hundredth of what we'd be asking (plus we'd ask for a "fulfilling" aspect in our jobs) ...Most kit perfectly go together, and in "real" money they cost like half of what they did 25yrs ago. Let's not even talk about electronics...
Oh yes, asian suppliers also make the computer whose screens you are reading this on... as well as that cell phone you chat with your buddy with... and your watch... and your TV... and your Wii/PS3/Xbox... and... and... and all these things are technological wonders, insanely more complex than our toy cars, and work amazingly well.
Now - the B3 was already manuf'ed in TT's asian plants, even before they bought AE over. But as long as Cliff and the boys handle the R&D, to me, they're still a US company, regardless of which country the capital is based in...
Paul
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