Modularisation Of Motorcar And Windscreen Wiper Constituents Improve Productivity.
posted in Car Donations |In the bygone past finding replacement parts was clear cut, all the parts including wiper blade were produced to be compatible with as many makes and models as motorcars as possible. These days we live in the age of specialisation and one of the bad things of over specialisation in my view is that the versatility of the motorcar has been sacrificed. Each component these days, not including lots of wiper blade thank god, is made to operate with only a very narrow make of motorcars, if you open a vehicle bonnet these days you will be faced with a black box full of unknown circuitry and proprietary apparatus. One of the big downsides with this state of affairs is that customers can no longer maintain their own cars without purchasing special parts and trained labour from the supplier. This means that the customer is locked into purchasing only the most expensive parts around and are metaphorically held hostage by the dealership. This means they can cost whatever they like and often do, fortunately with some components such as wiper blades you can still find interchangeable sorts which will work on all types of automobile.
The benefits of this approach to the supplier include maximising profits and giving the car a uniform look and feel, in terms of internal dashboards and light fittings however in some situations this is totally unnecessary. For example if your supplier ever tells you to get windscreen wipers only from them this is patently silly. The aim of all this is for suppliers to keep the buyer locked into buying over priced replacement bits from only them but this doesn’t have to be the case for the sensible consumer. Take windscreen wipers for instance, go online and do a swift search, you’ll find many suppliers offering replacement wiper blades at a fraction of the cost of dealerships.
The is all thanks to the begin of the internet which has changed the way people purchase stuff like wipers and put the power back into the hands of the buyer rather than the supplier who like to get people hooked and then jack up the cost like a common drug dealer. The ideal thing about the web besides the help of shopping for your wipers from home is that the planetary scope of the competition has forced prices down to very reasonable levels and the buyer can connect with some really good deals. I think that the way we’re going now the hope of getting vehicle manufactures to produce standardised parts is a lost cause but perhaps with the growth of climate change and global warming the international community will be forced to act and force makers of cars and wipers to make their designs more compatible and to a stricter spec in order to reduce emissions. In doing so the bits including wipers could all be made much more adequately and ceaselessly and save on materials and energy, maybe in the far off future this will be a possibility but for now us buyers just have to grin and bear it as the car makers run rough shod over our wallets.