German engineering my ass, redux.

[Teaser]

Well my 2003 VW Jetta has been paid off for a while now, and I swear it now costs me more in repairs than the monthly loan payments ever did.

[Swede]

1. I think they've been made in Brazil for quite awhile now.

Beemers and volkswagans have fallen far.

[Teaser]

3. Just did a VIN search online

mine was made in Mexico. Fuckers.

Damn thing costs me about 400-600 dollars in repairs about every other month.

I guess I'm well past the Lemon Law stage.

[billyskank]

4. European ones are still made in Germany.

But I imagine it is far easier to open a plant in North America to serve that market than ship the cars all the way there.

[IndianaJones]

2. VW sucks. nt.

[Deep13]

5. My '02 was a lemon too.

It got rear-ended and totaled in June. At first, I would not consider another German car, but Consumer Reports showed a remarkable improvement in reliability in the past three years. I wanted a station wagon too, so now I have the '09 model. It really is a much better car.

[harmonicon]

6. shit!

Is that what's going to happen to my Shamwow in 5 years?