Creative Critical Reflection & Magazine (final post)

CCR:

https://clyp.it/user/zbdfgph4

Magazine:

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P.2

 P.3P.4

Good Riddance

I realized that setting one engine dominant over another is just impossible as this relates in part to the consumer and their preferences. I figured that the closest I could get to determining superiority between two engines was defining which was best in each category and leaving it up to the reader to determine their hierarchy. With this I hope my magazine obtains popularity among car enthusiasts and ultimately create a demand for me to produce other content. This post marks the conclusion of this journey and I want to thank all of those who have gone through it with me step-by-step. I certainly hope to be able to invite you all to a similar one in the future.

Best regards,

Gerardo Muchacho

Comparison structure

In order to display my research efficiently, I had to find the best visual organization to include in my magazine. I narrowed it down to four options.

I came up with:

-       An individual web diagram for each engine that would include all detailed facts found. This would make me draw a separate write-up comparing the two diagrams. This option would take a total of two pages. (diagram, diagram, write-up)

-       Two adjacent paragraphs describing the individual motors, and a final paragraph inferencing upon the two.

-       A venn diagram comparing two engines with their similarities in the middle.

-       A T-chart comparing the pros and cons of each engine under each category. The length of this option is dependent on the amount of facts of each engine

As I previously stated, we must include all facts whether they’re good or bad. The only method that allows me to do this well is the paragraph method as it has no structural limitations. For example, the venn diagram will not allow me to include the negative portions of each engine due to only having a column for similarities.

It's more complicated than it seems

Today I found myself at a plateau. I researched and researched but I couldn’t get past the superficial facts of the motors used by manufacturers for advertising.  I was able to finally surpass this challenge by diving into countless blogs of mechanics and owners who disclose all details of their car. With all this in-depth info, being able to sort out the useful facts that related to my particular interest was a challenge in itself, but at least I have raw, detailed information that did not originate from a biased source. I also conducted an interview with a mechanic who specializes on the assembly and maintenance of high performing engines. He was able to provide me with tons of useful insight to the good and bad aspects of each motor. This made me recognize that my initial method of classification was somewhat flawed. Although my categories do represent the four main points that I wanted to compare, I must also include the particular virtues and defects of each of the engine that make them unique within the market.