Pckwpckw Neutral Newbie October 25, 2009 Share October 25, 2009 anyone can give advise as i am thinking of buying golf GTI thanks ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigkachu Neutral Newbie October 25, 2009 Share October 25, 2009 VW is a reliable brand. look at the number of golfs on the road will answer ur question. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boon6600 Neutral Newbie October 25, 2009 Share October 25, 2009 It's a great car! Which one are you getting? Mk5 or Mk6( the new one )? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruzhyo Clutched October 25, 2009 Share October 25, 2009 Why volkswagen is rate one of the worse reliable car. Says who? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axela72 5th Gear October 25, 2009 Share October 25, 2009 VW. Audi and Skoda are using the same part. If one is reliable or un reliable, by right all should be the same. But why we can see Skoda stay top in some reliable chart but not the other VW. Any idea why there is such a huge difference? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholasl Neutral Newbie October 25, 2009 Share October 25, 2009 Its not the worst in terms of reliability but VAG have someway to go before they reach the Mercedes stage in terms or reliable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunno Neutral Newbie October 25, 2009 Share October 25, 2009 VW. Audi and Skoda are using the same part. If one is reliable or un reliable, by right all should be the same. But why we can see Skoda stay top in some reliable chart but not the other VW. Any idea why there is such a huge difference? Curious what chart are you refering to? What I understand the most common problem for these cars are the electronics related or ECU software bug. Usually a software update will solve it. Other than that, seldom see much mechanical problems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woonyang Clutched October 25, 2009 Share October 25, 2009 i thought VW is renowned for reliability?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustang 1st Gear October 25, 2009 Share October 25, 2009 Must be joke of the year saying VW is one of the worse car.If really worse why the TSI/TDI engines can win world award? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doosan 1st Gear October 25, 2009 Share October 25, 2009 if diff in quality of vehicles, it cud possible be due to attitude of staff in vw assebly line , whereas in Cze it was 1ce under communist comecom era, no incentive or wat so ever even if u work really hard, u get pay with local currency which was not cnverterble in free markets . now maybe vw pay them better(still lower than those work in germany), but more free & relax in moral, social activities etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axela72 5th Gear October 25, 2009 Share October 25, 2009 Curious what chart are you refering to? What I understand the most common problem for these cars are the electronics related or ECU software bug. Usually a software update will solve it. Other than that, seldom see much mechanical problems. Any car reliability chart. see link for eample. Skoda top 10 but Audit last 10 etc http://www.reliabilityindex.co.uk/top10.ht...128339010848601 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocker 1st Gear October 25, 2009 Share October 25, 2009 Probably this one amongst others. http://www.jdpower.com/autos/ratings/depen...ge-#page-anchor http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/news/rele...aspx?ID=2009043 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axela72 5th Gear October 25, 2009 Share October 25, 2009 (edited) if diff in quality of vehicles, it cud possible be due to attitude of staff in vw assebly line , whereas in Cze it was 1ce under communist comecom era, no incentive or wat so ever even if u work really hard, u get pay with local currency which was not cnverterble in free markets . now maybe vw pay them better(still lower than those work in germany), but more free & relax in moral, social activities etc. That mean the location of the build/assembly play an important role. However, there are ppls here commenting build in Thailand honda/toyota is equivalent to build in Japan one. Edited October 25, 2009 by Axela72 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustang 1st Gear October 25, 2009 Share October 25, 2009 Any car reliability chart. see link for eample. Skoda top 10 but Audit last 10 etc http://www.reliabilityindex.co.uk/top10.ht...128339010848601 Is it UK?Hate to say this but the English really hold grudge againts German cars.They dare to say that Jaguar is more refined than BMWs,Lotus is better tha Audis as i read in some UK motoring magazine.WTH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfisti168 1st Gear October 25, 2009 Share October 25, 2009 quality and reliability are 2 different things. Quality is how well the car components are assembled together, and takes into account the materials chosen for producing the car. VW does well in this aspect. Reliability is mechanical - How many repairs does it require to keep the car on the road, with the lesser there are, the better the reliability. Conti cars do fare well in tropical climates. And VW is not known to be reliable either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axela72 5th Gear October 25, 2009 Share October 25, 2009 (edited) Must be joke of the year saying VW is one of the worse car.If really worse why the TSI/TDI engines can win world award? The awards is not given due to its reliability hor. This tsi engine has not been proven to last for 10 yr yet Edited October 25, 2009 by Axela72 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfisti168 1st Gear October 25, 2009 Share October 25, 2009 Is it UK?Hate to say this but the English really hold grudge againts German cars.They dare to say that Jaguar is more refined than BMWs,Lotus is better tha Audis as i read in some UK motoring magazine.WTH Correct what. But depending on model la. How can BMW be more refined than Jaguars (with exception of 3.0 XF, X-type)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfisti168 1st Gear October 25, 2009 Share October 25, 2009 (edited) anyone can give advise as i am thinking of buying golf GTI thanks IMO (my 2 cents worth), GTI has great quality but not reliability. Conti cars require higher maintainance. Buy the car for its performance and refinement, but in the long run, you do have to spend more for maintainance. (I'm not trying to say that the car will break down, just that the car requires more attention) If you want reliability too, buy Japanese. Edited October 25, 2009 by Alfisti168 ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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