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gondolier88

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German Engineering.... cars mainly!
« on: December 09, 2009, 08:57:10 pm »

Thats why I drive an Audi.

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« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2009, 09:56:24 pm »

........and I drive a VW... :-)) :-))
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« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2009, 10:53:55 pm »

Someone has to! :-))
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« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2009, 11:13:16 pm »

If German Engineering is so good why don't indicators work on BMW's?

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« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2009, 11:14:35 pm »

Cos it ain't an Audi! :-)) :-)) :-)) :-)) :-))
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« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2009, 11:16:53 pm »

But aren't Audi drivers wannabe BMW drivers?

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« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2009, 11:19:55 pm »

 {-) Thats one of the best i've heard so far!!!

We all know BMW drivers are wannabe Porsche drivers anyway.... %)
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« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2009, 11:35:48 pm »

From what ive heard bmw just need to learn how to make wheels that dont crack  O0 O0

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« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2009, 10:10:43 am »

Why do BMW owners always drive as if they are late for the next blitzkreig?

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« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2009, 11:01:45 am »

Why do BMW owners always drive as if they are late for the next blitzkreig?

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because they can   <*<

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« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2009, 12:08:21 pm »

Why do BMW owners always drive as if they are late for the next blitzkreig?

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Because they have to have a lobotomy before they are allowed to buy and drive one ?

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« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2009, 12:17:20 pm »

"I'll get me coat"

Its a wonder,you,ve any coats left! {-)

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« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2009, 12:50:29 pm »

Because they have to have a lobotomy before they are allowed to buy and drive one ?

I'll get me coat.

I wouldn't mind but it's the caterpillar track marks they leave on the roof...
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« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2009, 01:54:09 pm »

........and I drive a VW... :-)) :-))
Audi and VW, same Firm, same product different prices! Same goes for Skoda, a cheaper version of a VW.
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« Reply #14 on: December 10, 2009, 01:57:53 pm »

 German engineers have a Motto " Never use one part if you can possibly get 5 parts in the same place.
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« Reply #15 on: December 10, 2009, 02:01:38 pm »

You forgot ..Seat!

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« Reply #16 on: December 10, 2009, 02:16:05 pm »

Nothing wrong with seat , exept the dont build much of a car apart from the badge !! O0
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« Reply #17 on: December 10, 2009, 02:26:38 pm »

Oh,i don,t know about that,..The Leon,is a great car,..but we seem to be overlooking that other maker, Mercedes,ive got a 2.9d 5 cylinder engine in my car,and it runs sweet as a nut, on re-cycled veggie oil,..only down side is ..I smell like a roving Chippie to the guy behind me, {-) {-)

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« Reply #18 on: December 10, 2009, 02:39:26 pm »

A few years ago I worked for a Finnish manufacturing company which bought a small German company because they wanted the product the Germans were building (it was selling well in Europe). When the engineers on the shop floor (us) finally got to see this wonder of cutting edge engineering it became plain that the whole thing was going to need a redesign, the engineering was utterly awful.

German engineering is overhyped in my opinion, given the choice between a hand built British machine or an equivalent German one the Brits win every time. French engineering on the other hand is very good in my experience, as is most Italian. Spanish? forget it  :-X
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« Reply #19 on: December 10, 2009, 03:10:50 pm »

I would agree with you there, Hand/built British,cars are superior, but when it comes to mass produced,i have to say that German quality control was far superior to that of Brit massed produced cars,take for instance,..a Ford,made in Dagegham,was no match for one built in Germany,..same car/model,different quality,British logic in the 60,s 70,s,when Japanese cars,started to gain a foothold in Britain,we embraced them because they were apparently well built and cheap by comparison,we threw money at them,let them build cars here gave them concessions on building factories,Then when these consessions ran out,TheJaps soon followed, hence the demise of British car manufacturing,TheGermans on the other hand,held the Japs at bay,and refined their cars to the level we have come to expect of all German made cars,

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« Reply #20 on: December 10, 2009, 03:23:37 pm »

Agreed but that's more to do with politics than engineering. The gradual decline of British manufacturing is 99% down to the lack of investment not the quality of engineering, whereas the Germans have had a much more long sighted approach. On top of all that, the bean counters have been very happy to sell off our companies to the highest foreign bidders (otherwise known as asset strippers).

Frankly I'm glad to be out of the whole thing, instead of making them I now just fix 'em when they're broke and I get payed more to do it. "Go" as our American cousins say "figure"  {:-{
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« Reply #21 on: December 10, 2009, 03:26:59 pm »

Oh,i don,t know about that,..The Leon,is a great car,..but we seem to be overlooking that other maker, Mercedes,ive got a 2.9d 5 cylinder engine in my car,and it runs sweet as a nut, on re-cycled veggie oil,..only down side is ..I smell like a roving Chippie to the guy behind me, {-) {-)

Wullie

Mercedes i spose they apeal to the people after the retro look  {-) {-) {-) {-)
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« Reply #22 on: December 10, 2009, 03:36:47 pm »

Nothing wrong with a Mercedes, I had one before I was relegated to a Motability car.

Didnt have to fly about because I knew I could if I wanted to.

Didnt really have to drive it as it did most thing on its own.
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« Reply #23 on: December 10, 2009, 04:12:26 pm »

If you think German engineering and design is wonderful you've never looked at my VW Passat or experienced the VW (lack of) Customer Care.  >:-o

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« Reply #24 on: December 10, 2009, 04:15:21 pm »

Have to say Mercedes customer care was excellent.

Was the same if the Mercedes truck I drove needed work done. :-))
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