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| ![]() Ask me about seeing a tow truck ![]() Tow truck charged me Rs 1500/= to tow the car to the nearest service station. Clutch was fixed under warranty but last night I faced the same issue. I am currently fighting over emails that this time I will not shell out a penny for towing charges. This is Fiats issue, they changed the clutch under recall (not mass recall) and second time last month because of failure. Is it Germans or particularly EU brands? My OHC (touchwood) never had such issues God bless Japanese and Koreans for their reliability. -PK Last edited by pk_del : 13th October 2010 at 12:50. |
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What will be the percentage of German cars on Indian roads currently? Possibly 1% (or even less)? If we are to compare the number of German cars spotted on flat bed with number of Japanese and Korean cars towed normally as well as on a flat bed (keeping in mind the percentage) it seem to indicate that failure rate is higher among German cars. This may be a crude analysis but still there is some truth to it. Last edited by pacman2881 : 13th October 2010 at 14:11. | |
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| ![]() @srishiva i don't think pram meant it that way. @ topic surprisingly i have never seen an audi getting towed anywhere.. (crashed cars would be a plenty, but i doubt their reliability is as **bad** as the competition) |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() I never thought that German cars were so unreliable. I actually thought that it was the American & Korean brands that were the trouble makers. Including the Czechoslovakians ofcourse. (Thank God for the Spelling Suggestions ![]() This thread is an eyeopener for me. |
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![]() Probably you were referring to Czechs ![]() Coming back to topic - Khoj correctly pointed out in his post about the reasoning of using a flat-bed truck. Another factor one needs to keep in mind is the increase in sale of automatic vehicles. If for any reason, one isn't able to disengage the drive mode of a broken down auto, and vehicle is towed traditionally, god bless the car and its owner! | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() When it comes to reliability, the Japanese beat everyone else, lock, stock and barrel. No two ways about it. And this is not just with cars. Reliability is the forte of the Japanese. The Koreans used to make really crappy cars in the 80's but have come a long long way since then. American cars are more like sofas on wheels. German cars are the safest of the lot but suffer from niggling reliability issues. |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() Seems like AUDI is doing much better in the breakdown dept. Have not seen one on them flatbeds till now. On my last visit to Gurgaon i saw a E-class and a C-class on a trailer on the same day. If it were not for the pulleys on wheels I would have mistaken this 'ride-on-my-back' extravaganza for some kind of a marketing gimmick. Come to think of it, is Deutschland loosing its engineering finesse? Hitler we want you back! Last edited by luky_13 : 13th October 2010 at 16:22. |
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And Id still buy german...buying a car as it is relaible is same like marrying a girl because she cooks well.... now who said that... ![]() | |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() Excellent thread! The last time Mercedes made good cars was in the early 90's. Take a look at the W124, W126 and even the W140's. Those cars are tanks that are running to this day. The Germans have lost the plot. They no longer over engineer their cars, which makes them fancy bricks with wheels in India. (Perhaps the smaller VW's made still be reliable but thats about it) I feel nothing but pity for the poor schmucks who spend crores on them. |
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@ drsnt and srishiva, there are no buttons or gadgets on the dashboard which if not used properly will stall the honda accord! i request you to read my reply again: "BUT, i have experienced that sometimes we indians dont know about all the high tech gadgets inside these expensive cars. maybe this inexperience leads to the fault in these cars and they end up stalling them!" please understand that it is always not the mechanical parts which screw up the cars, these days the electronics controls almost 90% of the car that even a small fuse stalls a car. once while replacing ICE in my 328, it took 4 days to find the fault in the electric wiring and the car wont start! | ||
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Not all American cars are sofas but yes most of the cars from any given American manufacturer usually are at two ends of the extreme. I believe it is the French who actually have mastered the art of churning out safe and reliable cars. | ||
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() I hope all these cars are being sold with free and unlimited towing plan. Quote:
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