Decision time

[Taka Mizutani]

You nailed it on the head. That's why I have such a love-hate relationship
with German cars- I love how they feel, but hate the maintenance and service
requirements.

In that regard, I'm glad I don't have an Italian car, although a Lambo would
be pretty much like an Audi these days.

Taka


On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 10:33 PM, DeWitt Harrison <six-rs at comcast.net>wrote:

> Recall that the Japanese enthusiastically adopted the statistically based
> quality control methods of Deming following the Second World War.
> The Germans felt no such humility and, to this day, German engineers
> still confidently design and German manufactures confidently build
> automobiles mainly on the strength of the superior German ego. Since the
> real world is nothing compared to German smarts, there is actually no
> need to test German products or to monitor German build quality.
> And don't forget the European service model: the customer is
> always wrong.
>
> Thus German reliability is below that of Ford and GM, never mind Lexus.
> Yet, somehow, the Germans understand how an automobile ought to "feel."
> Damn them.
>
> DeWitt Harrison
> '88 Audi 5kcs
> '87 BMW 635CSi
> '06 Infinity M45 Sport (for the real world)
>
> On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:11:34 -0500, Taka Mizutani wrote:
>
> > You can't expect Lexus type reliability from any German make. Sorry, but
> we
> > know how to do electronics better than the Germans. :-)
> >
> > Taka
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 3:49 PM, LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Wow. At the rate this list is going, we're going to have to spawn a new
> > > "Lexus Lover's List"!
> > >
> > >
> > > Seriously, if you can deal with the maintenance issues Taka noted about
> the
> > > A6 4.2, it could be a entertaining enough luxurious ride. Just dont'
> expect
> > > Lexus like reliability.
> > >
> > > LL - NY
>
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