[Irace86.2.0]

Originally Posted by nikitopo

German cars don't have a reputation of their reliability and the repairs can be quite expensive. There is a difference to re-build a much cheaper Subaru engine, than these ones. I would buy a German car only if I could change it in the end of the warranty period.

Originally Posted by reni

I don't think it's that German engines are bad, it's more that the rest of the car disintegrates around it.

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

Electronic are the first to go bad in German cars. Unless you can afford to lease one every so years (and be trapped in re-leasing forever), I would never get a German car. Back when I used to sell Toyotas, people would tell me their stories of their ownership of MB, BMW, VW/Audi. A few of them even said the new ones aren't as well made as the older ones.

Originally Posted by Slammillionaire

Audis are put together with bubblegum and masking tape.

Audi's are high on reliability according to recent surveys.

https://www.consumerreports.org/car-...they-stack-up/