function over form

[JDM_Certified]

sorry.. but what exactly is that?

[JoshM]

Well, it's a brand of suspension parts.


If you're asking about the phrase, it's kind of like "more 'go' than 'show'".
People more concerned about the vehicle performing it's best prior to worrying about the "pretty" things.

[MikeW]

Let's break it down:

Function - to perform a specified action or activity; work; operate.

Form - external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration.

In this instance, the word "over" is used to mean that the former takes precedence over the later. In this case, function is more important that form.

Basically, how it works, or operates, is more important than how it looks.

[JoshM]

Mike Webster.

[MikeW]

Indeed.

[JDM_Certified]

Thanks guys.. that exact info i was looking for.

[deevergote]

Well, it's a brand of suspension parts.

No it's not.

[92 OEM]

The term "Form, fit and function", sometimes called F3, in the manufacturing and technology industries is a description of an item's identifying characteristics. If the specifications, or criteria, for form, fit and function of a particular item are met, all other attributes, from an engineering design process, are moot or extraneous.

[quaidum]

No it's not.

this is correct the company is autolife