By Capler - October 14th, 2013, 3:32 pm
- October 14th, 2013, 3:32 pm
#53075
No, MF has not had the problems I-305 had/has, but you are only as good as your most recent product. 14 years is a long time at a company. It is possible few of the management team, and engineers at Intamin today were there for MF. Granted CF could be responsible for some of the design problems with 305, ultimately it is up to Intamin and it's staff and engineers to give expert guidance to a potential buyer. You can't risk your reputation in the name of a money grab. I'm sure anyone thinking about building a Giga, is looking at I-305 as the best example of Intamin's workmanship.
If I were president of Intamin here is what I would do. Instead of having potential customers examining 305, I would attempt to take that coaster out of play. The way to do that would be to build another of the same height or taller and hope it will be problem free. You may have to give the skeptical customer a discount, and/or an assurance of workmanship, in order to get the business.
The best way for Intamin to do this would be to go back to CF and build the company a 'correction' at a discounted price. If I were CF, would I take that chance, even for a discount? Perhaps, but I would have to be sure I would not end up with another problem ride.
B&M strikes me as a company that is not willing to risk it's reputation. Some argue they did not go 300 ft. because a customer did not want to pay for it. I don't believe that. I feel they did not do it until recently because they were not ready to do it. Folk also complain about their rides not being forceful. Again, I don't believe they are tying to appeal to the extreme ride junkies.
If I were president of Intamin here is what I would do. Instead of having potential customers examining 305, I would attempt to take that coaster out of play. The way to do that would be to build another of the same height or taller and hope it will be problem free. You may have to give the skeptical customer a discount, and/or an assurance of workmanship, in order to get the business.
The best way for Intamin to do this would be to go back to CF and build the company a 'correction' at a discounted price. If I were CF, would I take that chance, even for a discount? Perhaps, but I would have to be sure I would not end up with another problem ride.
B&M strikes me as a company that is not willing to risk it's reputation. Some argue they did not go 300 ft. because a customer did not want to pay for it. I don't believe that. I feel they did not do it until recently because they were not ready to do it. Folk also complain about their rides not being forceful. Again, I don't believe they are tying to appeal to the extreme ride junkies.
I'm sure the ride experience will differ from Intimidator. I've only ridden 1 of the 3 gigas (Millenium Force) but from the videos I've seen, I think I would like Leviathan above all. If the Ride is from intamin, I really hope it's more like Millenium Force. I305 is probably the shortest of the 3 in time. So my vote is for B&M as the manufacturer.
