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Subject:Re: I'm taking my marbles and going home... From:letoured -at- together -dot- net To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 15 Aug 2002 11:25:44 -0400
In <a1 -dot- 2bdfd3f8 -dot- 2a8bfbfd -at- aol -dot- com>, on 08/14/02
at 02:31 PM, Tuples -at- aol -dot- com said:
>In a message dated 8/14/02 8:13:25 AM Mountain Standard Time,
>letoured -at- together -dot- net writes:
>> >>>>>To write about Ford cars, do I have to be a mechanical engineer? Can I
>> >be a Chevy mechanical engineer, or must I be Ford-only? Can I be an
>> >ASE-certified mechanic, instead?
>No. In fact, I am working on a book about the history of American Motorcycles
> - most of which I have never seen. I can do this and I do not know much
>about the engine designs some manufacturers have used in the past.
>But to write about the inner workings of the transmission, how the computer
>systems work, the engineeering behind the car, YES. You would need some prior
> knowledge. Can you learm? Yes. Will Ford give you the time to learn? NO.
>Would Ford hire you to write documents if you told them you did not
>understand cars? NO.
I didn't write the statement you replies to -- but I agree with your point.
One thing that should also be mentioned is the warranty aspect of manuals for
work on equipment. If a writer developes a procedure that has extra steps,
costs, or is wrong and its not caught before publication and followed, the
repair costs can be high, not to mention an unhappy customer.
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