Car Court

Posted by Neil49 (A) on March 10, 2005 at 02:07:55

German automotive reliability. A recent Wall Street Journal article as well as another in Automobile have focussed on the increasingly problematic nature of German car ownership.

What took them so long? In my experience, German cars have been mechanical nightmares for well over the last thirty years or so, and I gave up on them after my 1985 Audi showed no improvement over any of the other examples I'd owned. Over-engineered pretty faces, and now that even the pretty faces are gone, what's left? Huge repair expenses, dealer service dept. indifference, and a lot of frustrated owners who didn't do their research.

• German Cars - Sumflow 12:14:53 06/21/12 (0)
• My Audi experience. - lutesk 11:56:26 05/25/07 (0)
• Re: Looks like the press is finally catching on to the myth of... - matthew1174 19:40:47 05/15/07 (0)
• Re: Looks like the press is finally catching on to the myth of... - rpcoins 05:27:40 12/21/05 (0)
• If you want a dependable car buy a Honda. :) - grantv 22:00:29 04/14/05 (0)
• but the NATURE of the problem is more important - triode 13:10:29 03/14/05 (3)
  • I'm afraid I can't agree,... - Neil49 12:03:12 03/16/05 (2)
    • VAG.... and Mercedes - Owen 05:59:21 06/21/05 (0)
    • as must I - triode 23:46:39 03/19/05 (0)
• Any accounting for US produced models in those stats? * - mr grits 13:25:30 03/11/05 (1)
  • Re: Any accounting for US produced models in those stats? * - Neil49 14:13:22 03/11/05 (0)

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