| Date: | Mon, 24 Jul 2000 10:53:08 |
| Subject: | Re: ISO 9001,.. |
| From: | puchexpert@moped2.org |
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In regards to "What happened to Puch, they went out of the moped
business in 1987. I tried to find out why they did, by sking one
of the original Puch executives, but due to a bit of a language
barrier (Austrian) I wasn't really sure on why they cancelled out
on us. They did continue to make small cars, but I believe they
stopped that short thereafter. Chrysler Corporation just
recently bought the original mother company, Steyr-Daimler-Puch
AG, but Puch itself is gone. If I hear anything more on why Puch
left us, I'll be glad to post it here. You got my curiousity
going again. Regards, Bob www.MopedsOnline.Com
--- Marko
> wrote:
>>Does this certificate really help? I think it's yet another way for nogoods
>>to make money. These certificats do cost a lot of money, and do not really
>>add anything to an organisation IMHO.
> >The good thing is that the company is under "surveilance" by an independent
>commission which can examine the production process without warning at any
>given time and if there's something wrong, they can always take away the
>certificate (a very bad thing for corporate reputation :-). So this
>mechanism is more of a long-term protection against low quality products,
>besides that any company wishing to sell/import things on the European
>market has to have it, so it's also an obligation- loose it and you can
>forget about exporting. But IMHO if Tomos manufactures parts good enough for
>BMW and along with that entire Sachs moped engine line, there's no logical
>reason why they couldn't make a good moped. After all, they are in the
>business since 1959. Which brings me to another interesting question- what
>happened to Puch? Did they decide to toss the moped production out and go
>only with military stuff? Anybody up-to-date on Puch in this mailing list?
> >>If we replace the twisted exhaust with a normal one on the new type Tomos,
>>they run 60 Km/h easy.
> >Yes, that's the speed the automatic moped series were designed for, which
>was before the speed limit went from 60 to 50 km/h on the domestic market.
>If I remember correctly, the first A3 models originally had the shorter
>exhaust manifold. BTW, do you only replace the manifold or the expansion
>chamber and/or muffler also?
> >>I think performance will improve even more if you'd fit the old straight
>>manifold..
> >I was testing both reed types on an early A35 model, which still had the
>shorter intake manifold. I was asking if you noticed any difference in
>performance between the old and the new reed design, like I have.
> >Bye, Marko
>
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