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I'll chip in why not. I've owned all 3 American badass vehicles-Ford, Chevy, Dodge.

Never again in MY LIFE will I own a Chrysler product. My jeep was garbage, my dodge stratus was garbage.

My dads Silverado just ish'ed the bed for no good reason.

My F-150's never broke down, my Mazda 626 post-Ford buyout never broke down, and now my Ford Focus hasn't had a hiccup yet.
 
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Chillz23 said:
Good German cars aren't meant to be worked on by yourself, they are meant to be taken to specialists to keep the service book complete.

My AC Schnitzer M5 has been bullet proof in my 4 years of ownership. However, I think I'd have been better off fuel wise with a Viper...
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It seems people in the US buy a car/truck expecting to work on it themselves (from what I understand American vehicles are quite basic) but In Europe we moved past this concept decades ago. Now like you say the garage works on it for you as they are so advanced.
 
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Our dodge hasn't had any issues averaging 16k miles a year for the past 17 years other than a replaced transmission 4 years ago come August. Our 96 Ford ranger had a reoccurring electrical issue for the last 5 years before we gave it away because we got tired of taking it apart, looking at it, scratching our heads , replacing something then having it work a week then go back to its old ways. Our Ford Escape was the same way with pretty much the exact same issues. My grandpa just refuses to let it go sit in the graveyard. Our 2014 Silverado hasn't had a single issue other than what seems like a very short headlight lifespan.

On the other hand my Volvo is the epitome of trouble. The harness is too tight, the engine is far undersized for what similar cars have, the engine has virtually no room, they put the battery in the trunk that you have to unbolt three different pieces of metal and then remove the safety caps and then the tool kit they supply with the car is under the spare tire but the jack for the spare tire is with the battery. I'm really wondering what exactly the people who design these cars are on because it doesn't make any sense.
 
Thekid said:
Our dodge hasn't had any issues averaging 16k miles a year for the past 17 years other than a replaced transmission 4 years ago come August. Our 96 Ford ranger had a reoccurring electrical issue for the last 5 years before we gave it away because we got tired of taking it apart, looking at it, scratching our heads , replacing something then having it work a week then go back to its old ways. Our Ford Escape was the same way with pretty much the exact same issues. My grandpa just refuses to let it go sit in the graveyard. Our 2014 Silverado hasn't had a single issue other than what seems like a very short headlight lifespan.

On the other hand my Volvo is the epitome of trouble. The harness is too tight, the engine is far undersized for what similar cars have, the engine has virtually no room, they put the battery in the trunk that you have to unbolt three different pieces of metal and then remove the safety caps and then the tool kit they supply with the car is under the spare tire but the jack for the spare tire is with the battery. I'm really wondering what exactly the people who design these cars are on because it doesn't make any sense.
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BMW batteries are in the boot, too. Firstly they don't want you to remove them, the batteries need to be registered to the car, anyway so you can't really change them yourself without p8ssing about with the ECU, and secondly a little extra weight over the rears can't hurt in a RWD car!

As far as the Volvo being under powered goes, well you bought it with that engine, most Volvo's come with amazing engines. The 2.3 5 banger in the T5's are a dream, tweak the boost and you've got a rocket ship!
 
davenmandy said:
Boring @$$ thread...
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Who ever is holding this tool to ransom, can you let him go? He appears to be being held hostage in this thread. He's also using profanity using symbols to circumvent the filter system, someone have a word.
 
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