We used to have these (serious) meetings at Hyundai. And the Korean engineers would say, "the NF is the same quality as a Lexus." And the American side would LAUGH and LAUGH and LAUGH. Those were somewhat good times. It just made us crack up because they were so serious when they said that, and they were so oblivious. Me having come from Toyota in design, I was always shocked with the differences in design mindset, drawing quality, actual skill, and the humble confident feeling of being around engineers who actually were good at what they were doing versus being around these H-K jokers.
Good, respectful people to live with, but ridiculous jokers when it came to actual engineering skill.
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