Are German cars unreliable? - Page 5 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

NoHaveMSG · 01-23-2020, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by p1l0t

Anyway I had a diesel 1983 Mercedes 240D that I blew up trying to go super fast on low oil and didn't pull over immediately tried to make it off an exit but I know that would have lasted me to this day if I took care of it the way it was by several owners before me.

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I didn't know you could blow up a 240D

Was it the 5 cylinder or the 4?

p1l0t · 01-23-2020, 03:49 PM

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I didn't know you could blow up a 240D

Was it the 5 cylinder or the 4?

Just the 4, no turbo... automatic.

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conehead · 01-23-2020, 10:38 PM

In a nutshell European cars are:

Overly complicated and have more new/immature tech,
require rare parts that often only come from OEM suppliers, and
need special tools and/or expertise to fix.

All of these things compound on each other to make for a higher cost of ownership, which makes for higher depreciation, so that even if your specific car is reliable, you still lose.

soundman98 · 01-23-2020, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by korhun

Come on, don't fool yourself and me. There is no insult to my country? All is a shared meat? If you like your country, for a second try to put yourself in my position. What would you feel? You request an apology and get that capital T in return.

Anyway, it is crystal clear that I do not fit to this forum. I wish I did. I had really good times in this forum, thank you guys; it was joy and a great experience to know a little of many of you. So long.

bad day? don't let these old fools bother you so much.

come for the fun, stay for the hope @Sapphireho will donate his game winnings to the rest of us!

Boomerang · 01-24-2020, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by korhun

Come on, don't fool yourself and me. There is no insult to my country? All is a shared meat? If you like your country, for a second try to put yourself in my position. What would you feel? You request an apology and get that capital T in return.

Anyway, it is crystal clear that I do not fit to this forum. I wish I did. I had really good times in this forum, thank you guys; it was joy and a great experience to know a little of many of you. So long.

Korhun, relax.

You have misunderstood what was being said, nothing was directed at you or your country or religion.

Apologies if any offense was taken.

Sapphireho · 01-24-2020, 06:11 AM

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Originally Posted by soundman98

bad day? don't let these old fools bother you so much.

come for the fun, stay for the hope @Sapphireho will donate his game winnings to the rest of us!

Sure, as soon as I pay off my medical bills, furnish my living room and upstairs guest bedroom, get new tires, get gutters that actually work on the house, replace my 32 year old hot tub, build my garage, and about a dozen more projects...

Edit: I forgot fixing the rear of my twin.

@korhun, I assure you no one ment any disrespect. Please don't go.

Sapphireho · 01-24-2020, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by conehead

In a nutshell European cars are:

Overly complicated and have more new/immature tech,
require rare parts that often only come from OEM suppliers, and
need special tools and/or expertise to fix.

All of these things compound on each other to make for a higher cost of ownership, which makes for higher depreciation, so that even if your specific car is reliable, you still lose.

I have a German car that keeps going up in value?

korhun · 01-24-2020, 07:06 AM

Hey guys. I'm sorry all. Especially from Tcoat. Sorry. I actually still couldn't figure out how but, it seems certain that the problem is my perception. Being able to understand maybe only 20% of what I read here, it seems logical to believe that you understand English better than me. I remember I once nearly convince a physics phd student who studies light that the smallest wave lengthened visible color is red. I almost achieved that. But I guess now I cannot convince you all that my English is better. I don't believe it, but everybody knows me say that I have a over-susceptibility problem, I wonder why.. Combine that with over-patriotism with a poor English. Anybody can achieve this result... So forgive me.

Worst. Brain. Design. Ever.

Tcoat · 01-24-2020, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by korhun

Hey guys. I'm sorry all. Especially from Tcoat. Sorry. I actually still couldn't figure out how but, it seems certain that the problem is my perception. Being able to understand maybe only 20% of what I read here, it seems logical to believe that you understand English better than me. I remember I once nearly convince a physics phd student who studies light that the smallest wave lengthened visible color is red. I almost achieved that. But I guess now I cannot convince you all that my English is better. I don't believe it, but everybody knows me say that I have a over-susceptibility problem, I wonder why.. Combine that with over-patriotism with a poor English. Anybody can achieve this result... So forgive me.

Worst. Brain. Design. Ever.

Your English is a million time batter than our Turkish and ten times better than many on here where it is their first language. This will sometimes fool people into thinking your understand more than you do.

It is the worst design. Just look around any parking lot!

p1l0t · 01-24-2020, 08:16 AM

Oh Turkish, Turkey... NOW I get it. Haha yeah that's just a play on words not an insult. I thought he was German.

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p1l0t · 01-24-2020, 08:18 AM

I have more right for being offended. How dare you make fun of my ancient ancestors..

[youtube]https://youtu.be/iaB40TLQE8M[/youtube]

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Tcoat · 01-24-2020, 10:49 AM

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I have more right for being offended. How dare you make fun of my ancient ancestors..

[youtube]https://youtu.be/iaB40TLQE8M[/youtube]

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So what is more important than a big dead bear that they are all looking at? Is the guy on the right trying to tell his dad "we just found it like this"? Is the red bearded dude in the back saying "OH shit we are in for it now"? Exactly what is the guy doing to it's ass? Why do they have an alien skull on the stake?
Damn, ancient Germans are strange.

p1l0t · 01-24-2020, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

So what is more important than a big dead bear that they are all looking at? Is the guy on the right trying to tell his dad "we just found it like this"? Is the red bearded dude in the back saying "OH shit we are in for it now"? Exactly what is the guy doing to it's ass? Why do they have an alien skull on the stake?
Damn, ancient Germans are strange.

Pretty standard ritual actually. Some guys still doing it out in Pennsylvania and Michigan.

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soundman98 · 01-24-2020, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Sure, as soon as I pay off my medical bills, furnish my living room and upstairs guest bedroom, get new tires, get gutters that actually work on the house, replace my 32 year old hot tub, build my garage, and about a dozen more projects...

Edit: I forgot fixing the rear of my twin.

@korhun, I assure you no one ment any disrespect. Please don't go.

so, about 2 months then!

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conehead Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2018 Drives: RS 2.0 Location: Phoenix Posts: 134 Thanks: 30 Thanked 62 Times in 39 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	In a nutshell European cars are: Overly complicated and have more new/immature tech, require rare parts that often only come from OEM suppliers, and need special tools and/or expertise to fix. All of these things compound on each other to make for a higher cost of ownership, which makes for higher depreciation, so that even if your specific car is reliable, you still lose.

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korhun Database error Join Date: Jun 2019 Drives: BRZ Location: Turkey Posts: 806 Thanks: 4,712 Thanked 1,657 Times in 614 Posts Mentioned: 15 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Hey guys. I'm sorry all. Especially from Tcoat. Sorry. I actually still couldn't figure out how but, it seems certain that the problem is my perception. Being able to understand maybe only 20% of what I read here, it seems logical to believe that you understand English better than me. I remember I once nearly convince a physics phd student who studies light that the smallest wave lengthened visible color is red. I almost achieved that. But I guess now I cannot convince you all that my English is better. I don't believe it, but everybody knows me say that I have a over-susceptibility problem, I wonder why.. Combine that with over-patriotism with a poor English. Anybody can achieve this result... So forgive me. Worst. Brain. Design. Ever.

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