Yes.  The translation is not an issue.

It just sounded so official I had to see if it did indeed exist or was made
up.

BTW:  That was intended as a Fryday, tongue in cheek type email.  Have a
beer...

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of don spence
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 11:32 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: what is DM

Literally  German Method. As described by the good Dr Tim it describes
an engineering approach to components as parts of a system as in
braking system. All components are engineered and manufactured out of
materials that are designed to work in a complementary and harmonious
manner. He's saying, don't mess up the formula with after-market, out
of spec pieces.  That's a save now, pay later situation.
On Friday, November 14, 2003, at 11:58  AM, Automatic digest processor
wrote:

>  What is DM?
>
> My curiosity got the better of me and I followed the link below.  It
> was an
> interesting article, and for the most part, I agree with it, however,
> what
> the heck is the "Deutsches Methode" (DM)??
>
> I've been in the German car repair business since the 70's, and I've
> never
> heard of the "