We’ve had all kinds of cars in 37 years of marriage, Olds, Chevy, Dodge, Pontiac, some of them good. But the last 3 were lemons and one almost killed us. Someone gave me a free VW Dasher because they were moving. It was a tank. I was rear-ended by a large Chevy truck. It took out his radiator etc and I had a broken taillight. Hubby’s diesel VW has 400,000 miles on it. I won’t buy American again.
I’m a committed car guy and I have to agree with you that VWs are really good vehicles. Like you, I have had some issues with American vehicles in the past but I have owned a couple of recent models (Pontiac and Saturn) and was quite impressed with the cost/quality ratio.
Since about the mid-90’s American manufacturers have really begun to step up. I’m a research nut when it comes to buying a new vehicle and will take up to 3 months to make up my mind. Sometimes that research points to an American vehicle, sometimes not. Currently, I drive a Nissan Titan. It was simply the best truck for the money when I bought. As an “import” it was built 60 miles from my house.
Ummm....
Last time he checked, it had 412,900 on it...
Oh, and it gets over 600 miles per tank (that’s the 14.5 gal. variety, those Passat wagons have a much larger tank...)
Or so he tells me... ;-)