Deadly SBC failure - warranty extension in USA and Canada

[Kev555]

Interesting. While I can drive safely and very good with regards observation, I consider my


I haven't checked, but recently chatting to a big VAG fan, I believe the Golf has gotten very pricey, for what it is.

Golf always has been overpriced for what they are ever since the MK3 model was launched

 

[Kev555]

Precisely, it's all about image Perhaps the reason why some of us drive MB's

Your probably right on that one AJD as I cant figure out why somebody will pay extra for a prestige badge if the car behind it doesn't live up to what that badge once stood for

 

[Botus]

If you are considering a VW, just buy a Skoda. Basically the same car, different badge.
If you have money to waste, buy the same car with an Audi badge.

Skoda have fewer designed to die parts - but the styling at the front is bad enough to make you run away screaming - note (dampers, brakes and other unseen parts are different on Skoda - cheaper as can be the suspension bushes and geometry)

oddly Seat which is even closer to a VW, and not ugly AND are substantially more reliable than any of them...

so with much of the items that impact reliability - like engine sensors, wiring looms and ECUs etc. that should be identical but aren't.... that comes back why all brands have a special UK Mkt parts bin that usually has a lot more / and or all of the nasty ones that die earlier than the other Mkts !!!

 

[Frontstep]

Your probably right on that one AJD as I cant figure out why somebody will pay extra for a prestige badge if the car behind it doesn't live up to what that badge once stood for

Yes I thought that when I was dragged into the local MB showroom some of the cars in there looked badge-engineered