OT: German vs. Japanese car comparison

[mkii_84@yahoo.com (Andrew Wong)]

I agree with a lot mentioned.  I've also always
wondered when I was younger why did our VW's doors
always had this solid feel while the Japanese car I
was riding in door's felt cheap.  I also noticed when
I was helping my cousin pop a dent out on his Toyota. 
His fender felt like tin and was really light.  That
can be said about the trunk also.  The electircals on
the Japanese car didn't not look like a wiring
nightmare in my VW.  and the Fuses were easy to get
too.  
--- "Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@comcast.net>
wrote:
> I got in to a debate with a dude on another forum
> about German versus
> Japanese cars. Y'all might find some of this
> interesting...
> 
> > :P  germain engeneering...  good luck...  have
> fun...  if you like
> > the buggers go for it...  and yes I know they are
> the same company,
> > yet it seems they don't share the same
> engeneers...
> 
> Oh believe me, there is a helluva lot of cross
> pollination between the two
> branches. In fact, I've got lots of Audi parts in my
> VW. And, as I explained
> before there are lots of VW parts in the Audis. VAG
> is composed of VW, Audi,
> Skoda, and SEAT. Aside from trim pieces and other
> proprietary bits the cars
> share *lots* of genetic code.
> 
> > their fuel injection and other electronic
> experiments leave much to
> > be desired...
> 
> Its all Bosch stuff. -similar to what comes on
> Volvos, Saabs, BMWs, and
> Porsche. In fact, a lot of the Nippon-Denso
> equipment that you'll find in
> Toyotas, Mazdas, and Nissans is really Bosch stuff
> built under license. VW
> definitely did fall off the back of the quality
> truck back in the early 90s,
> though. The car's basic underpinnings were typically
> solid and reliable.
> However, certain electrical gremlins plagued the
> cars for several years.
> 
> The truth is that German car reliability is simply
> different than that for
> Japanese products. In my experience, Japanese cars
> are typically very
> reliable and well-balanced appliances with little
> character and emotion.
> Engineering-wise they are very competent. On a day
> to day basis you just
> can't kill them! They run forever with little
> maintainance, thus making them
> superb daily drivers. On a soul level, however, they
> often lack.
> 
> German vehicles, on the other hand usually require
> more regular
> maintainance. They've got little quirks and
> sometimes big quirks. But, they
> have tremendous amounts of personality and keep
> their solid feel for far
> longer. The main components (engines, transmissions,
> chassis, brakes,
> suspension) last forever under hard conditions
> whereas Japanese cars have
> typically worn out earlier. Close the door on a
> Japanese economy car and it
> feels like a tin can. Do same exercise on a 1977
> Rabbit and you get a solid
> "thunk".
> 
> If both sides could just get together and combine
> the best attributes of
> their cars... then we'd have something truly
> tremendous. :^)
> 
> >  + the price and wait on parts makes haveing a jap
> car
> > feel cheap...
> 
> I agree with you 100% on this point!
> --
> Scott F. Williams
> NJ Scirocco nut
> '99 Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS
> Mazda 323 GTX turbo "assaulted" vehicle
> Golf GTI 16v "rollycar"
> ClubVAC: "Roads found. Drivers wanted."
> 
> 
> 
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=====
-Andrew Wong 
1984 Black Scirocco
1987 White Quantum wagon

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