Wait, I thought Toyotas were perfect and would run forever without any failures of any kind?
Never once did I say that Toyota was perfect. That's you putting words in my mouth.
What I said and still maintain is the cost of ownership over a 10 year period is thousands less. I proved that to you but you refuse to accept the hard facts. My Tiggy was not a lemon. It was and is typical of what people experience if a VAG car is driven and operated at about 10k miles per year. Even with an engine re-build now at 13 years old, the Toyota cost to own would blow the Tiggy's cost to own out the door. Multiple times in the 10 years I owned the Tiggy, I dropped $2k plus into repairs. If Peter had not done the blown rear, which was not covered under any warranty cause we checked, that alone would have been a $4500 new dealer part cost and god only knows what the dealer would have charged in labor. I think the job would have been $6k ish...
And before you sight that the Tiggy had more miles driven than the RAV4 - That's true by about 10% over the years.. factor that 10% into the calculations and it still is a very different picture.
As I am moving toward retirement, I am not buying VAG cars. On a fixed income, I do not want the high cost of ownership. I miss the ride and performance but I don't need those at my age.
You said I am not loyal to the brand that pays my salary. You are wrong. Ross-Tech is the brand to which I am loyal and the wise one who started Ross-Tech picked the right pony around which to build a tool. He picked the pony that always needs to be fed the best feed rather than the Clydesdale which eats anything and runs for a long time. You picked the thoroughbred rather than a plow horse.
I like tractors... any clue as to why I like plow horses? Besides that I am cheap?
Jack is correct, we have hijacked his thread - back to piston slap...
