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[Scirocco-l] Re: Santa gift to Uncle Rocco

On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 Calawaymk2@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 12/28/2001 12:46:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> jarrett@rpa.net writes:
>  So what do you drive for a winter ride? >>
> 
> OK, I'll admit it.  I drive a FULL SIZE Chevy G20van.  My love for A1 VW's is 
> profound, but their age doesn't make them reliable.

I hate to disagree here, but, age of a vehicle has little to do with
reliability, its design of the vehicle and maintenance.

There are only so many things that can break on a car, and if all of them
are replaced before they have a chance to fail, then the car is reliable.

My daily driver is a 81 rabbit diesel pickup truck, i rebuilt the engine,
replaced all the brakes (including hard lines), replaced 2 of 4 wheel
bearings, & on & on.

If it does fail, its not because its an A1 but because I overlooked an
item that needs replacing or rebuilding (i'm using older coolant hoses &
an older alternator)

However, I used to drive ONLY aircooled VW's for the past 6 years or so,
and the reliability of those I had problems with, but that was due to 2
things, the design of the engines is rather antiquated and they are by
design higher maintenance, and when its 15 degrees out i'd put it
off. And, I was too cheap to buy some of the new parts I probably neded,
thus when those parts gave me problems i had no-one to blame but myself ;)

So, from my persepective an A1 is new and plenty reliable, but everyone
has different faith in their mechanical & diagnostic abilities and
threshold for annoyances, if my a1 crapped out on me majorly like my bus
has once or twice, I might go get in line at the VW dealer or audi dealer
for a new ride... but it wouldnt be the cars fault, it'd be mine for
neglecting maintenance or cheaping out on new parts ;)

take care,

Steve

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