Anyone know if VW is any good?

I would avoid German built cars unless you have deep pockets for repairs.

I'm not saying they aren't nice just expensive to repair.

 

Been there, done that. I turn a wrench for a living and will never own a VW again. Stick with Toyota, Honda and/or maybe Subaru for high reliability and low total cost of ownership (TOC). Then decide model and package for the creature comforts.

 

Do they all take premium gas, for sure?

 

My sister had a VW for many years, up to recently; didn't drive a lot of miles, but the service and parts were extremely expensive. The car was not particularly reliable.
She and her hubby much prefer the Mazda cars; they hate all the electronics on new cars, and turned down a deal on a Honda because of this.
My 2 plugin Prii have been bulletproof reliable and the Prime is fun to drive too!

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Perceived quality: good

Real quality: poor

 

One VAG car owned, second one will never come. Maybe i had bad one, who knows.

They sure are comfortable to drive, but be ready to have deep pockets to pay services.
Here at europe we have forums full of stories TSI engine chain problems, DSG gearbox problems etc.

But if you buy one brand new and sell it before warranty exprires then miles would not be so expensives.

Nice one also from Finland: if you want to trade TSI DSG to some non VW dealer they will reduse TSI fixing(not from all) and DSG fixing money from payment what you would get from your car
You get full money from your car if you trade it to new VW at VW dealer.

 

Quite a lot of agreement here I see.

Personally the only German cars I have ever owned were Opel's a long time ago.

 

But to be fair. We have four Skoda Octavia 1.6TDI manual transmission cars at work. Mainly highway driving ~60k km/year and no special issues on those cars, other than they consume 1-2 litres oil /10k km and its totally normal they say at the dealer.
Hell, there is even one litre oil can at trunk when bought new.

Edit: VAG = VW, Skoda, Seat. All have same parts, just different body.

 

Huh:

 

Classics aside, the only cars that need premium in the US are high end sports cars.
That said, you may not like how a car that recommends premium runs and performs when fueled with regular.

 

the people have spoken, nein!

 

VW? No, nein, avoid unless you appreciate unreliability and never a repair under $1K.

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Wow! This is like unanimous. I never owned VW thus have no opinion on them. That being said, this maybe the first time I have ever seen PC community came to 100% agreement in any matter. lol

 

United only against VW!!

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No folks for the Folk's Wagon?

 

YOu need to update your biases.
ALL cars are expensive to repair these days.

VW makes good cars. But like all other brands, some are better than others.
Impossible to get a good answer without specifying a model........and going to a VW forum.

 

I'd been thinking similarly. The dealership service department vs customer relationship seems to be getting more and more polarized. A lot of customers resorting to DIY, and/or neglect, whenever possible, and the ones that do continue to "bring it in" getting stiffed to cover the shortfall.

 

My last was a TDI...and I did all mechanical and electrical after warranty. I have never spent more time and money to maintain any vehicle...EVER. Actually the engine was good once you dump the EGR system...ring a bell here. The other problems were to numerous though with poor quality, constant failures, expensive parts, excessive routine maintenance required, non-standard tooling and Dealerships that ARE the worst.

 

I would say second time. I think we all agree the PC Shop is a POS. Sorry Danny.