17th Sep 2020, 00:03
Depends where and when you bought the car. I'm in the UK and had a VW Golf and a Passat through the 1980s and 1990s, and they were among the most reliable cars I ever had. With VW cars around after the year 2000, things went downhill quality wise - of course economy and safety improved in their cars, but long term reliability left a lot to be desired.
Take another example - friend of mine had Mercedes cars through the 80s and 90s that were great, but a 2001 E Class he had gave problems and rusted earlier than the 80s Mercedes cars ever did, so to be fair it's not just VW, a lot of manufacturers have a similar story - built their reliability reputation decades ago and live off past fame with sub standard quality.
17th Sep 2020, 04:22
Then there are those who think that their Jetta or GTI is some sort of hot rod.
11th Feb 2021, 22:32
Man, lots of people here with a superiority complex about what cars random people buy.
16th Sep 2020, 22:05
Even die-hard fans will give up a car if there's an unreasonable number of trips to repair over a year. Never mind the money (yeah, right), the mere inconvenience of taking the car in, is enough to make most people give up. Many car brands have died because of that - people stop buying, even companies which have all the tax-deductible resources to repair a vehicle, don't bother again. That's why most British brands (Rover, Triumph, Austin, Morris) are dead.