[jest3r1]

I care.

My first car was a 1989 VW Golf GTI. Loved it. Second car was a Golf GL. Third car was a Jetta TDI. Ran all these cars close to 400K KM. Always loved the fact that VWs are built to last. Relatively cheap to maintain, and just the usual minor VW issues like leaky doors, seized door handles, rust spotting, but never any major drivetrain problems.

It was time for a new car this year, and I ended up purchasing a brand new Honda. I love it.

It will take some time for VW to earn back my trust, and I hope I'm not the only loyal customer that has expressed dissatisfaction by purchasing a competing brand.

There's no reason why I shouldn't have been a VW customer for life.

[forinti]

I deduce that you don't live in Brazil, where they definitely do not offer the same quality they do in Europe. In fact, they continued offering the T1 here, while they were selling the T5 in Europe.

They big 4 (Fiat, VW, Ford, and GM) spent decades selling trash in Brazil, because they had no competition.

[toast0]

If all of the big 4 are selling trash in Brazil, lack of competition isn't the problem. If the old models are still legal to sell, they're likely cheaper to make, and have better parts availability than a new model (because of so many of the old model already in the country)

[zero_intp]

Another anecdote to share, I have purchased three new VW: a Golf 1.8t, a 2.0t GTI (for the mr), and a TDI (for the mrs). We will not be purchasing a new VW when we cash in the TDI. I will not be purchasing a new VW when the GTI dies.

[altstar]

Looks like Honda is not that great either:

https://www.transportenvironment.org/sites/te/files/2016_09_...