Mercedes cars - what a disappointment!

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Globalti

Globalti

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My Passat B6 and B7 both had the problem of sawtooth wear of the inside edges of the rear tyres and a droning noise. When you drive behind those cars you can see the camber on the wheels. I got a photo of the tyre spinning on a balancing jig, which clearly showed the loss of rubber from the inside quarter of the tread. I sent it to VW UK and kicked up a fuss and after a battle they agreed to pay to realign the rear subframes, my reasoning being that if the tyres run on their inside edges but not 100% parallel you'll get scrubbing and wear. Interestingly, a few months later I got a phone call out of the blue from a German engineer from VW saying: "I hear you've got a rather good photo of Passat tyre wear... would you mind emailing it to me?"

My B8 doesn't have the problem so they must have re-designed the rear suspension.
 
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All German cars mean to me today is r.u.s.t. Would never buy one.
You appear to be stuck in the past, there is a bad period 2000-2004 but outside of that they are no worse than any other car
 

Electric_Andy

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I suspect ive seen the same videos.
Scotty Kilmer. I'm strangely entertained by him. He seems impartial though
 

vickster

Legendary Member
Tis true. Circa 2001 a colleague brought a BMW 330 convertible...he loved it but bugger he said, everything cost a fortune come service or repair time.
My brother has a now elderly Alpina B3.3 Touring. It’s a gorgeous car, a lovely beast but it’s quite costly to maintain (at specialist).
He fancied an M5 or S8 but those could have done terrifying costs
 

MarkF

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Yorkshire
Never see it and I work on German cars most days.

I have to walk 15 mins into work (since my m/bike was stolen), it's in BD9 which is German car city. I park up my 2002 Ford and go boggle eyed as I walk past far newer VAG cars rusty as hell, it's always VAG cars that I notice. There are a lot of E46 coupes, all rusted up wings, Passats bubbled up, an V6 Audi a convertible, 05 or 06, has holes that you can poke your fingers through on both front wings, how much was that car new £35/40K, blimey!
 
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