"briannutter1" (briannutter1)
09/03/2016 at 14:41 • Filed to: None
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"briannutter1" (briannutter1)
09/03/2016 at 14:41 • Filed to: None | 2
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VAG Can’t engineer a long lasting car for shit. There. I said it. South Koreans rocking it at the moment.
FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem
> briannutter1
09/03/2016 at 14:44 |
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All a matter of perspective
Matt Nichelson
> briannutter1
09/03/2016 at 14:50 |
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Excalibur!
LongbowMkII
> briannutter1
09/03/2016 at 14:57 |
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I just don’t think they’ve been allowed to engineer for longevity anymore. There’s no profit in it.
Garbage timing tensioners at 80k? Not our problem.
duurtlang
> LongbowMkII
09/03/2016 at 15:02 |
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There might even be some gain in it. Why buy a new car when the old one never breaks?
Batman the Horse
> briannutter1
09/03/2016 at 15:23 |
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I remember a comment Bob Lutz made about German engineering being a myth anymore the same way that the Koreans can’t build quality is a myth. Everyone, in the name of profit, has come to their middle ground.
Frenchlicker
> briannutter1
09/03/2016 at 15:26 |
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There is literally no upside in it for them.
PS9
> LongbowMkII
09/03/2016 at 15:27 |
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Are you saying building fun toys that disintegrate is all part of their...
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LongbowMkII
> PS9
09/03/2016 at 15:46 |
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Fun? No. No fun here.
Chasaboo
> briannutter1
09/03/2016 at 16:20 |
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I believe the term you’re looking for is ‘planned obsolescence.’
DipodomysDeserti
> briannutter1
09/03/2016 at 17:14 |
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VAG is the Hyundai of Europe.
kanadanmajava1
> duurtlang
09/03/2016 at 18:34 |
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There are millions of people buying new cars so selling one reliable car for 1/10000 of them would still make a lot of customers even though not a single one of them would buy another one.
Nauraushaun
> briannutter1
09/04/2016 at 22:54 |
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Didn’t they learn this lesson when they stopped over-engineering all those Mercs, and made all that money?
They’ve learned that it’s much more profitable this way. Satisfies those who lease for 3-5 years then upgrade - ie. the very profitable return customers.