Nissan Factory Tour Washington March 31st 2023

[paulgabbitus]

Thanks for such a quick reply Greg - much appreciated. I'm pretty certain it's my change of email that's messing things up - changed to Virgin, they assured me I could keep my email address but that wasn't the case! Massive upheavals as all my life centered around a 20 year old email address and all had to change - now mopping up the fallout - rant over!

I'll send you a pm. Thanks again.

Paul

 

[greg_harm]

Can everyone attending please ensure you have read all the info regarding meeting & Health & Safety requirements, see you all 12.30pm next Friday.

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[SteveF]

Well that was a brilliant afternoon out. The scale was mind blowing, never mind some of the stats. The tour guide was great, I hope he is well rewarded.

Thanks Greg, for organising this.

Steve

 

[Porschekit]

Yes a very good visit, that place is HUGE, thanks for organising Greg......my feet are killing me...[]

John

 

[garyvasey]

Totally agree with the two comments above, what an afternoon. Robotics and technology at its optimum!.

Thanks as always Greg, much appreciate

Cheers

Gary

 

[Mfitzz]

A big thanks to Greg for organising this visit to Nissan. The engineering on show from planning designing robotics raw materials to the final product is mind blowing.

 

[greg_harm]

Has to be the best £20 I've spent in ages. Thank you everyone who came along, I'm so pleased it went down well. Special thanks to Patrick for getting us into places other tour groups and guides just can't reach, awesome job. That said our tour guide Gordon was amazing and extremely knowledgable, who knew you could fit a tyre in 7 seconds seems like I really need to up my game somewhat.

 

[Davidbf1.com]

Thanks so much for arranging that Greg, thoroughly enjoyed it, although my feet and lower back disagree!

amazed at the size of the presses.

made a mental note of it only taking 7 seconds to fit tyre to wheel, inflate and balance, for when I’m next due

 

[saxosim]

Thanks so much for arranging the visit Greg, I thoroughly enjoyed it and had a great time thanks. Really interesting to see the factory and also see areas that no one else does too. Thanks again

 

[RodHall]

Very interesting visit, we got to see everything. Thanks for organising.

Rod

 

[Patricksimpson]

Really pleased you gents enjoyed your time onsite. I guess I don't think of it as very interesting, as I have to be there every day!

 

[GeoffHill]

I agree with everyone else regarding the Nissan Factory tour - it really was fantastic, and many thanks Greg for organising it! "Gordon the Guide" did a sterling job, so knowledgable about the plant and processes and looked after us really well.

Geoff

 

[JohnCRS]

Well - got my steps done. Brilliant afternoon, thanks so much Greg.

In a way it was what I expected, but endlessly fascinating. Some surpises:

- how few people work in the body and paint shop. One guy seemed to be feeding four lines of robots putting door pressings together

- how quiet it was, even in the press building

- how few nuts and bolts are used - bumpers just clip on and the entire dash board is held in by two bolts and some one way fasteners.

- I still fail to understand how there is no overspray in the paint shop, so that a white car can be painted 8 feet behind a black one without cross contamination.

- there are still guys whose job it is to bolt wheels on!

I really must get to Stuttgart and the Porsche factory. I feel a September road trip coming on.