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  • From: Michael Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] VW Wants Your Old Diesel
  • Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:03:36 -0500


On Jan 25, 2007, at 10:12 AM, Scott Lundgren wrote:

Since VW's and diesels are among the car topics that sometimes cross
this list I thought to pass on this chunk of news:

In conjunction with the launch of the '08 Jetta Bluetec diesel this
week at the Washington, D.C., auto show, VW says it's searching for
two significant vehicles from its U.S. past. Specifically, the brand
wants to find the oldest running Volkswagen diesel and the VW diesel
with the highest accumulated mileage.

Maybe because the gasoline engines all blew up? Consumer Reports doesn't break out diesel engines in this report, but Volkswagens are at the bottom of the reliability list compared to other manufacturers:

Toureg: -119% of average reliability in its class
Passat 4-cyl: -60% of average reliability in its class.
Jetta: -25% of average reliability in its class

Only the Passat V6 had decent reliability, and the New Beetle has shown improvement, moving from dead last to average.

Yeah, I'm ranting, but after talking to as many Volkswagen owners as I have who's engines have burned up and the manufacturer refused to honor the warranty, they deserve bad press.

http://www.consumerreports.org:80/cro/cars/types/reliability- comparison-index.htm

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Michael Czeiszperger
Chapel Hill, NC
michael -at- czeiszperger.org







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