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  • RexwagonR Offline
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    Rexwagon
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    #3

    wow that totally sucks. yeah good thing its under warranty

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    • wesholeW Offline
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      weshole
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      #4

      That's German engineering for ya. :rolleyes:

      I know I'm gonna get flamed for this.

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      • 3_Series3 Offline
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        3_Series
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        #5

        I had a fair share of problems with my car, but mine is also 15 years old.

        2002 Subaru Legacy
        1993 BMW 325i (sold)

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        • RE-EnemaR Offline
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          RE-Enema
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          German cars are great to drive not to own.

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          • JimJ Offline
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            Jim
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            burnteclipse;176984 wrote:
            wish you had the spider back??

            No, that car went through a few more transmissions then this one did lol

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            • JimJ Offline
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              Jim
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              #8

              weshole;176988 wrote:
              That's German engineering for ya. :rolleyes:

              I know I'm gonna get flamed for this.

              lol... werd

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              • ruthless351R Offline
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                ruthless351
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                #9

                Dont buy anymore BMW's. Simple 🙂

                legacy image

                Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car
                Oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.
                Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall
                Torque is how far you take the wall with you

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                • wesholeW Offline
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                  #10

                  ruthless351;177005 wrote:
                  Dont buy anymore BMW's. Simple 🙂

                  Dude, it was his Benz transmission that went. But both are German.

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                  • Gundar1G Offline
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                    Gundar1
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                    I didn't have problems with the jetta. i only had it 2 months also...lol

                    You think that wouldnt happen for what you pay for a mercedes.

                    EVO

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                    • torbsT Offline
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                      still better than your DSM tho, right jim? 😄

                      my honda hasn't given me any problems since I've owned it besides autozones fuckup...i heart my hondas hehe

                      Current vehicles: 90 Civic Hatch, 95 Civic Sedan, 93 Del Sol, 95 Civic Coupe, 99 Integra GS
                      Past vehicles: 78 Malibu 2dr., 88 Riviera, 90 Laser RS-T, 91 Audi 90 quattro, 93 Del Sol, 90 TSI AWD, 92 Integra GSR, 94 Del Sol, 93 Prelude Si, 97 Civic Coupe, 88 Toyota MR2 Supercharged, 94 Lexus GS300, 89 CRX, 06 Vento Zip, 90 Civic hatch, 98 Honda Civic, 99 Honda Civic, 92 Yamaha XJ600S, 87 4WD Subaru GL, 94 Audi 90CS Quattro, 00 Civic EX Coupe, 04 Dodge SRT-4, 89 Corolla GTS (Silvertop), 95 Del Sol

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                      • ruthless351R Offline
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                        #13

                        weshole;177010 wrote:
                        Dude, it was his Benz transmission that went. But both are German.

                        My bad.....my bad......dont buy anymore Benz either.

                        legacy image

                        Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car
                        Oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.
                        Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall
                        Torque is how far you take the wall with you

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                        • JoelJ Offline
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                          Joel
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                          torbs;177017 wrote:
                          still better than your DSM tho, right jim? 😄

                          my honda hasn't given me any problems since I've owned it besides autozones fuckup...i heart my hondas hehe
                          That was totally your fault adam.

                          no race car? becuz homeowner...

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                          • RidinRailsR Offline
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                            thats shitty....or just dont buy cars that are the bottom of the line 🙂

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                            • ticklemedalyT Offline
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                              ticklemedaly
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                              listen to consumer reports, German cars are the worst for reliability and are in the shop more than any others. Jims cars are proof of this.

                              XBL G-tag: TickleMeDaly83

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                              • amichezeA Offline
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                                torbs;177017 wrote:
                                my honda hasn't given me any problems since I've owned it besides autozones fuckup...i heart my hondas hehe

                                Shit I've had mine for just over a month and had to dump $1400 into it.

                                The only German cars I'd ever buy are VW and Audi. My uncle in California has owned all kinds of Benz's and BMW's and he's had problems with every one of them, so he bought himself and his wife a couple Porsche's instead.

                                2006 Audi A3 2.0T

                                "My country, right or wrong." is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober." - G. K. Chesterton

                                > Fargostreet Trolls wrote:
                                > i must be stupid

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                                • JimJ Offline
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                                  Jim
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                                  #18

                                  hahaha

                                  Good luck with VW or Audi... they are worse then BMW or Mercedes!

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                                    94NDTA
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                                    I've never had a problem with my TA (mechanically) and none with my Regal (cept the speakers suck)

                                    There ya go Jim, you should trade up (or, I guess down) your SLK for a regal!!!

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                                    • amichezeA Offline
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                                      amicheze
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                                      Jim;177100 wrote:
                                      hahaha

                                      Good luck with VW or Audi... they are worse then BMW or Mercedes!

                                      Everyone I've known that's had German cars has been really satisfied with VW and Audi, way more so than BMW or Mercedes. They haven't had any major problems at all. Their reliability isn't ranked very high, but I haven't personally known of anyone with any huge issues unless they beat the piss out of them. Of all the bad things I've heard about German cars, the vast majority of them have been about Mercedes being cheaply made and literally falling apart.

                                      2006 Audi A3 2.0T

                                      "My country, right or wrong." is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober." - G. K. Chesterton

                                      > Fargostreet Trolls wrote:
                                      > i must be stupid

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                                      • wesholeW Offline
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                                        weshole
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                                        #21

                                        I've got a friend who's 05 Passat turbo is in Valley Imports as we speak to get another engine installed and she babies the car. She's sick to her stomache because VW may not take care of the engine under warranty because she is missing one or two oil change reciepts.

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                                        • T Offline
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                                          thrash
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                                          I've owned a few German cars (3 bmws, 2 audis, 1 vw) and will say this:

                                          • they tend to last a long time
                                          • they tend to put up with hard driving really well
                                          • they need a lot of regular maintenance, or else they start feeling like a non-German car (stuff stops working right, etc)
                                          • they develop annoying quirks that slowly drive you mad, because the car is otherwise perfect 🙂
                                          • unfortuneately, nothing else drives quite like they do, so you're kind of stuck putting up with it once you decide that's what you like.

                                          Also - never buy a German car with an automatic transmission. Automatics are extremely rare across europe. It's only on the high end models (7 series, A8, etc) that automatics are the only gearbox... everything else defaults to a manual transmission.

                                          At least us german car owners can snicker at Italian car owners - those guys are the real rich idiots who fix more than they drive 🙂

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