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Originally Posted by Avanti
Have to disagree on VW being a good car. Build quality perhaps, but reliability not so much. Same goes for Audi. I bite my tongue when I say this but for a reliable vehicle with low maintenance costs which is what I perceive as a good car, I would go Toyota or Honda especially in the entry level segment.
Problem is you have to drive a Honda or Toyota.
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It means that the folks who think this have had bad luck buying VWs or Audis. And by bad luck, I mean they bought cars that weren't good cars to begin with. I have owned a string of Audis, for over two decades. And before that, watercooled VWs. Feed them the proper oil at the proper interval, do the suggested maintenance with quality parts on time, and fix the stuff that breaks, and they'll reward you with years of service. And the stuff that breaks is all the same stuff that breaks on those Japanese cars. And oddly, it costs about the same to fix, and sometimes less (have you seen the cost of Toyota parts lately? Who do they think they are, Porsche???) In fact, my least favorite car was a Honda Accord my wife owned. That damn thing was always needing one thing or another. She would borrow my Audi all the time while her "bulletproof" Honda was in the shop. She would always tell everyone how reliable her car was, right up until the time I gave her a copy of a four year spreadsheet where I tabulated the running time and costs for her Honda, and my Audi. She sold her Honda and bought an Audi.
