I am concerned about the safety thing, being a dad. She has driven by hundreds of wrecks on L.A. freeways and she has many data point on how the only car people walk away from is a Mercedes.
Bob R On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Bill R <billr32...@comcast.net> wrote: > I'd talk her into a MB if I could. What is an @ $10k gasser [and maybe > even > a diesel] that wouldn't drive us into the poor house for up keep? She > believes me on the safety issue, but still doesn't think it will happen to > her. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] > On Behalf Of Bob Rentfro > Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 12:02 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Compass, Jetta > > I, on the other hand, had an '01 Beetle TDI that was flawless.The only time > it was in the shop was for a headlight bulb replacement. It was awesome. > > Bob R > > On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Dan Weeks <theprofil...@dwx.com> wrote: > > > Bill and Bill's Wife's Darling WIfe :-), > > > > I'd stay away from both. I've driven an compass and was unimpressed, and > it > > got poor reviews. Chrysler's quality lately has been the worst of any > mfr. > > > > In addition, I've heard nothing but bad stories about late-model TDI VWs, > > unfortunately, because I've driven them and LOVE the cars. My son-in-law > had > > one and it was constantly at the dealers for major problems--the clutch > disk > > literally fell apart for no apparent reason, and the shift linkage > > disintegrated as well and had to be replaced and then constantly > readjusted. > > Another friend has had one that has spent MONTHS at the dealers for > various > > major problems--it has dropped TWO valves on two different occasions, and > > eventually the head and the turbo had to be replaced as well. All under > > warrantee, fortunately, but still--he was out the use of the vehicle for > > long periods of time, and the inconvenience and aggravation drove him > nuts. > > He has driven nothing but VW diesels since 1978, and is going to sell his > > while its still under warranty and won't buy another. My son-in-law sold > his > > after the last repair for the same reason. They are wonderful driving, > > handling, and economical on fuel, but their bad reputation is, in my > > experience, well deserved. I've owned 3 early VW diesels myself--an 86 > > Jetta, a 92 Jetta, and an 82 vanagon, and and would still be driving VWDs > > but for the quality issues. The 92 was what drove me to Merecedes. My 82 > > SD, actually, is easier to work on and was cheaper in the long run (even > > with worse fuel mileage) than the 92 Jetta, which was a fun little car > but > > had head cracking issues and significantly worse quality than the 86 and > was > > very difficult to work on in a cramped engine compartment (it had power > > steering and a/c, which the 86 did not). > > > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > On Jun 7, 2009, at 7:00 AM, mercedes-requ...@okiebenz.com wrote: > > > > Bill R wrote: > >> > >>> The wife has just found another option besides the Jeep Compass Ltd. > >>> Anyone > >>> out there have an opinion (ha!) on the 2008 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen > >>> TDI? > >>> All I know is that it's a diesel mini-suv. > >>> > >> > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > < > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090607/6d > 47bb67/attachment.html> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090607/42830bea/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
