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      06-26-2008, 09:23 PM   #52
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Originally Posted by dcaero View Post
I'm pretty sure all this talk/disagreement boils down to the compromises that every engineer makes on every decision. Yes models work well. Are they 99.99% accurate? Of course not. Could you have a look-up table to reduce cost and complexity? Sure but would it work as well? You get the idea.

I'm pretty sure you guys are all preaching the same ideas, and that if you all sat in a room together with all the information you would reach a comprise...just as the BMW engineers did. Either way the thread has been a fun read after work. It's nice knowing there are other geeks roaming around on these forums.
Corrected your post above.

Yes, every design decision is indeed essentially a trade-off between competing requirements...
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