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I had a short infatuation with Audis (VW) until I owned them. My S5 got hauled off by Carvana on Monday and my wife's SQ5 just got traded in on a Ford yesterda

by jcims 6y ago

I had a short infatuation with Audis (VW) until I owned them. My S5 got hauled off by Carvana on Monday and my wife's SQ5 just got traded in on a Ford yesterday. Fit and finish was impeccable and certainly better than Tesla's, but they were constantly breaking in ridiculous ways. My advice, never ever own one outside of warranty unless it's >20 years old and you can wrench on it yourself. YMMV of course.

arethuza 6y ago
My wife had an Audi as company car for a while - which kept breaking. Meanwhile I've had VWs and now Skodas for years and never had a problem.
- jcims 6y ago
  As long as they keep it simple they do OK. Audis are rolling wiring harnesses.
- nobleach 6y ago
  For VWs, it's always the electrical systems.... If it's 10 years old, I can almost guarantee it's going to have problems. With that said, you'll always see the rouge 1999 Jetta tooling around town, and either the owner got really lucky, or they've worked on it.
  - jcims 6y ago
    Sister in law had a ~’04 Jetta. Mechanically it was sound, but it did have a continuous stream of electrical problems. My nephew had an ‘09 CC that blew a fuel pump and then blew up an engine. Nice car otherwise.
    - arethuza 6y ago
      The only car we've had that had electrical problems was a Toyota - where the instruments would keep cutting out. Turns out this was caused by the sunroof... Edit: Sunroof leaked, water collected at lowest point inside car where Toyota had decided to locate electrical connectors that fed the instruments.
tibbydudeza 6y ago
Our B5 Passat (as new) had a superior features/interior quality/fit and finish than my Toyota Corolla but guess which one spent the most time at the dealer not for regular servicing ???. 2 x coil packs, Tie end rods, Vacuum pipe to the intake manifold, A/C heat exchanger. This was all before 60,000 km.
- jcims 6y ago
  They are showroom queens. I loved sitting in the stitched suede seats of the RS7 and making vroom sounds while my wallet was getting shredded in service.
- nobleach 6y ago
  This has been my experience with late 2000's BMWs too. Man they look gorgeous. You can pick one up for under 10 grand now... There's a reason why.

by jcims 6y ago

arethuza 6y ago

My wife had an Audi as company car for a while - which kept breaking. Meanwhile I've had VWs and now Skodas for years and never had a problem.

jcims 6y ago
As long as they keep it simple they do OK. Audis are rolling wiring harnesses.
nobleach 6y ago
For VWs, it's always the electrical systems.... If it's 10 years old, I can almost guarantee it's going to have problems. With that said, you'll always see the rouge 1999 Jetta tooling around town, and either the owner got really lucky, or they've worked on it.
- jcims 6y ago
  Sister in law had a ~’04 Jetta. Mechanically it was sound, but it did have a continuous stream of electrical problems. My nephew had an ‘09 CC that blew a fuel pump and then blew up an engine. Nice car otherwise.
  - arethuza 6y ago
    The only car we've had that had electrical problems was a Toyota - where the instruments would keep cutting out. Turns out this was caused by the sunroof... Edit: Sunroof leaked, water collected at lowest point inside car where Toyota had decided to locate electrical connectors that fed the instruments.

tibbydudeza 6y ago

Our B5 Passat (as new) had a superior features/interior quality/fit and finish than my Toyota Corolla but guess which one spent the most time at the dealer not for regular servicing ???. 2 x coil packs, Tie end rods, Vacuum pipe to the intake manifold, A/C heat exchanger. This was all before 60,000 km.

jcims 6y ago
They are showroom queens. I loved sitting in the stitched suede seats of the RS7 and making vroom sounds while my wallet was getting shredded in service.
nobleach 6y ago
This has been my experience with late 2000's BMWs too. Man they look gorgeous. You can pick one up for under 10 grand now... There's a reason why.