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Chaosr21 t1_jd18bt0 wrote

Reply to comment by Tripedytrapedy in Hailo bins: 40 years old (left) and 1 month old (right) by xKobito

I love German made stuff. My last 3 cars have been German made, still haven't had an engine shit out on me.

The first 2 though, 1 of them some guy in a lifted truck ran over my hood and totalled it. The 2nd one was kinda my fault but a dog ran out in front of me and I swerved off the road into the curb. The curb annihilated my transmission from underneath.

The 3rd one is going strong lol, they are very quiet and have good engines. The 2.5l is great. Suspension is nice too. I just hope some crazy accident doesn't happen again, I've been driving like a grandma and parking far away from people

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flesruoyiiik t1_jd1c3gh wrote

I've unintentionally hit someone's dog I don't recommend it. You made the right decision.

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McChinkerton t1_jd1psw9 wrote

A bunch of VW owners would like to have a word with you…

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Cthulhu_Cometh t1_jd22lvs wrote

VW owner here, my mk5 Golf is at 224,000 km and still going without a hitch.

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Otherwise-Fly-331 t1_jd2cnxj wrote

If my mk6 Jetta caught fire I wouldn’t be too upset. I did love my old tdi though

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Jazzlike-Grab-1398 t1_jd3gu6k wrote

My mk6 GTI is my dream car realized, Ive been treating it like a small child in traffic haha.

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That-1Sad_Pineapple t1_jd36tom wrote

My dad's VW Polo is from 2007 and its still going strong. Only issue was a stone through the windscreen and the suspension going but other than that, smooth sailing. He runs that thing hard too. Also, old VW Golfs are upcoming classics... might want to look after yours if you've got one

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ragdoll193 t1_jd2ssue wrote

Yeah, I was hit head on in my golf sportwagen and totaled the car, but I broke my toe and had a bruise on my knee and that was it.

I bought another one with the insurance payout (it was nearly brand new at the time, bought it as a lease return with ~1k miles)

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Chaosr21 t1_jd3e3xc wrote

Yea I had zero injuries in both those wrecks, one of them the whole front end was smashed

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BlackholeZ32 t1_jd3ogcm wrote

My fiance's 2008 gti is at 180k miles and really only needed standard maintenance.

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itsallfornaught2 t1_jd388x6 wrote

I've had multiple American cars whose engines haven't shit out on me either, one with 215k miles and the other with 290k miles. I'm beginning to think people just don't know how to maintain their shit and subsequently blame it on the origin lol.

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Chaosr21 t1_jd3msfm wrote

Yea idk, I've had some shit luck with ford. But yes it's really about how you take care of your vehicle. Any vehicle can last long with good care

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ailee43 t1_jd2jlrs wrote

My engine hasn't blown up it's a pretty low bar man. For my Hondas, the measurement is in how many repairs at all per 10 years. I'm at 1:00 on two different vehicles, and it was something small, just replacing a mass air flow sensor

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Chaosr21 t1_jd3el9g wrote

Yea Hondas and Toyotas are the most reliable probably. You can forgot to take care of them and they will be alright. The German cars maintenance like oil changes are very important, keep up on those and you shouldn't have to worry about repairing it a bunch.

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doubletwist t1_jd2ql0s wrote

>My last 3 cars have been German made, still haven't had an engine shit out on me.

And in 30+ years of driving, I've never had a Japanese engine die on me either. Even my super cheap 200SX, which I put almost 200k miles on and drove the piss out of for 8 years. In that time, I replaced the O2 sensor, the alternator, and an engine mount bolt. Not counting consumables like oil, brakes, clutch and tires, I spent less than $1000 total in unplanned maintenance on that car.

Still, my story is just as anecdotal as yours.

That said, I'd love to have a BMW, but I've been too terrified to actually buy one. I test drove a used 5 series (stick shift) once. It drove like an absolute dream and was the smoothest shifting I'd ever experienced.

Unfortunately (or fortunately for my wallet) when I took it to a BMW mechanic for a pre-sales inspection, he pointed out a bunch of stuff that was wrong with it that would very quickly end up costing me thousands to fix, even at an independent shop. Including very weird but simple/basic things that I'd never even heard of failing on a Japanese car.

And any time I look at a BMW forum, is full of 'I love this car, but a, b, c, and d failed and it cost $hoogoob to fix", for things that would've been a) not failing on a Japanese car and b) hair the price to fix in the unlikely event that it did.

Though I'd still buy the shittiest German car before I ever spent a dime on an American car.

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Fiyanggu t1_jd335lt wrote

BMW is fine if you take care of it as intended. You can’t drive it around with the dash lit up like a Christmas tree like you can with a Japanese car. Also depending on how you drive diesel may be more reliable for you. If you do a regular weekly or twice weekly 40 min freeway run you’d fit the bill for diesel. Diesel engines are more liable. If you intend to run around town with it then diesel is not for you. Also if you can do your own wrenching a lot of the repairs aren’t too bad. You can also hang around the FB forums and get to know local home garage enthusiasts who can help you with some repairs. The dealer is a rip off. But the performance and drive feel of a BMW is much better than most other cars. You have to drive them to understand.

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Chaosr21 t1_jd3ecfs wrote

BMV isn't as reliable as VW. They're both expensive to fix and maintain, but if you take care of it you won't have to fix it much at all. Besides brakes and oil, just keep up on that. They'll both do good in good hands.

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