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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
Exchanging an old & tired "headache" for a new & improved "headache," are you?
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As long as that headache is not either Mrs A's listening to the rattles, or mine listening to Mrs A describing the rattles in full detail, I'm happy.
The new motah is rattle free so far.
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Originally Posted by redpoint5
...Unfortunately, in the U.S., VW is terrible... They aren't reliable I'm guessing VW quality is better in Europe, and servicing them is more reasonable.
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I have heard this from a few friends based in the colonies and I do wonder if VW sell something else there compared to here. Here they have a reputation for lasting a long time but when they break it is usually something spendy in the mechanical department, so if you buy one with a service history they tend to last well into long life.
The longer life of cars is interesting as Audi (my own) has issues gong beyond 80K, VW maybe beyond 100K (below) but Vauxhall (aka GM in the UK) has managed to produce an engine/gearbox combination that goes 2-300K with no problem at all in the Vectra 2.0 CDTI- taxi owners love them.
The car Mrs A ran before the Prius was another Octavia - a 2.0 PD 140 model she took from about 15K to 99K in 3 years. At a service about 98K the service people asked if we would like them to check for a "problem" which turned out to be the oil pump failing at 100K plus for the 2.0 - which can either cause the engine to go into "Limp" mode or, er, "beggorah" the engine completely. The cost of the fix was spendy and the offer of the company supplied Prius came up so we changed rides. The new owner of the Octavia fixed it and all is fine for him/her.
Skoda trades on making "Happy Owners" but to be honest the dealer nearest us is carp (as was the last one) so we will be servicing with local independents. As long as they service to the same spec (i.e. OE parts, oil etc.) and are VAT registered in the EU the warranty stands.
And of course having tapped the above the CWNN decided it wants an oil change in 20 days - of course it does, it is 12 months old...
