Royal Ford does it again!

[Chander Balakrishnan]

I have owned Audi's and VW's since 1974 with a merc diesel in between for a
few years. I would be pissed too if a key part in my car failed repeatedly
and the dealer (who is the manufacturer's representative as far as I am
concerned) did not fix it for good.  If the coil failures are indeed
widespread, VW is making a bad mistake by taking a cavalier attitude towards
these problems. It will hurt their image and consequently, their sales.



-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
Behalf Of Brett Dikeman
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 10:14 PM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Royal Ford does it again!


Nothin' like hand-picking and editing the emails you get from people
whipped into a frenzy, to slam you point home:

http://boston.com/dailyglobe2/032/auto/Fear_rage_resignation_on_faulty_ignit
ion_coils+.shtml

He even makes fun of the people who accuse him of biased reporting, which
he admits to.  The justifcation is even better: If he says so many GOOD
things about a car company, he's -got- to say a few nasty things too.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be fair reporting.

  This understanding of journalistic integrity among 'automotive
reviewers' is why, for example, "strong engine" is balanced by "annoying
cupholders" seems to be perfectly reasonable logic in so many reviews...

Boilin' in Boston,

Brett