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Who makes the most reliable new cars?

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Re: Who makes the most reliable new cars?

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Post by wimp »

Mountain_Skies wrote: post #490
vondur wrote: post #453

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People drive horrible now. Running lights, crazy lane changes, excessive speeding etc. Here in the US is started during the pandemic and hasn’t improved.

Replacing old style headlight bulbs with LEDs in housings not designed for them is an increasing problem too, making driving at night often something that is best done with a pair of sunglasses.

I cannot see the road safely at night anymore, so I avoid driving at night entirely.

Complete failure of government to regulate and enforce headlight position and brightness.

Since I don’t drive an 8ft tall truck with permanent high beams, I eventually got forced off the road.

Re: Who makes the most reliable new cars?

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Post by jesterson »

eliseumds wrote: post #319
blinding-streak wrote: post #286

What the hell happened to Mercedes? 29th out of 30 on the list. Truly awful. I've never driven one (let alone owned one) but by the marketing (and price) you'd think it was the greatest vehicle on earth.

A few months ago I ordered an Uber Black in Bangkok and the driver showed up in a C300 AMG. I know it's not a high-end model (~50k USD), but I was shocked at how cheap the entire car felt. The leather is worse than the one used in base VW models, the armrests are pathetically small, visibility is bad. I'd 100% prefer to be a passenger in a Corolla or Camry.

Due to import nuances, they do all sorts of shenanigans in TH for cars. The one you have gotten may have very little to do with Mercedes.

Re: Who makes the most reliable new cars?

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Post by jesterson »

paxys wrote: post #304
blinding-streak wrote: post #286

What the hell happened to Mercedes? 29th out of 30 on the list. Truly awful. I've never driven one (let alone owned one) but by the marketing (and price) you'd think it was the greatest vehicle on earth.

Nothing happened. They have always had a terrible reputation for quality, and the results show it. People buy it for the brand name, and that's about it.

That's terribly untrue (or relates to particular market). Mercedes of 80-20x were one of most reliable on market, but unfortunately quality tumbled sharply.

I have driven lots of them in 90s-20s and thought it were the best cars. And it were.

Re: Who makes the most reliable new cars?

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Post by jesterson »

prerok wrote: post #623

Maybe I don't understand something but where is Renault? It's not even mentioned AFAICT. Also, VW data does not encompass Golf, which seems to me to be by far the most sold VW car in Europe (based on what I see on the streets, not actual data). Seems a bit strange to omit these.

Renault is so bad, it's unsurprising it even couldn't make to the list

Re: Who makes the most reliable new cars?

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Post by jesterson »

blinding-streak wrote: post #286

What the hell happened to Mercedes? 29th out of 30 on the list. Truly awful. I've never driven one (let alone owned one) but by the marketing (and price) you'd think it was the greatest vehicle on earth.

It was the greatest vehicle back in days. Have driven quite a number of those and all were very enjoyable.

Regrettably quality deteriorated quickly.

Re: Who makes the most reliable new cars?

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Post by buildbot »

eliseumds wrote: post #319
blinding-streak wrote: post #286

What the hell happened to Mercedes? 29th out of 30 on the list. Truly awful. I've never driven one (let alone owned one) but by the marketing (and price) you'd think it was the greatest vehicle on earth.

A few months ago I ordered an Uber Black in Bangkok and the driver showed up in a C300 AMG. I know it's not a high-end model (~50k USD), but I was shocked at how cheap the entire car felt. The leather is worse than the one used in base VW models, the armrests are pathetically small, visibility is bad. I'd 100% prefer to be a passenger in a Corolla or Camry.

There is no c300 AMG (That I know of) The AMG badge was likely fake.

Re: Who makes the most reliable new cars?

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Post by winrid »

The fact that BMW and Mini are at the top of this list should make you ignore this data.

First off, the Mini is just a smaller BMW, second the BMWs are complicated and designed to be maintained a certain way because that is how german cars are designed. You don't accidentally go 10k over an oil change on a higher mileage BMW and expect nothing bad to happen, but that would probably be okay on a Honda/Toyota/some American cars.

Re: Who makes the most reliable new cars?

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Post by rectang »

Mountain_Skies wrote: post #490
vondur wrote: post #453

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People drive horrible now. Running lights, crazy lane changes, excessive speeding etc. Here in the US is started during the pandemic and hasn’t improved.

Replacing old style headlight bulbs with LEDs in housings not designed for them is an increasing problem too, making driving at night often something that is best done with a pair of sunglasses.

I flash my headlights at cars whose lights are too blinding, under the assumption that the driver accidentally left their brights on.

If I’m wrong and their lights are always like that, my assumption is that they would appreciate someone letting them know anyway. If it happens a lot, maybe they’ll figure it out and correct their embarrassing problem.

And if they’ve jerks who know they’re blinding others but just don’t care (or savor it) oh well they should still hear about it.

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