Surprise Z costs

alcheng

'Surprise Z costs' .... mmm.....

Try having a VW or BMW, then you will understand the meaning of 'Surprise (whatever brand) costs'

For the Passat I drove, Battery dead right after the 40000km bumper-to-bumper warranty, $250+tax. Dashboard failure--don't know how much fuel, how fast, how hot..... dealer wants $800+tax, eventually my mechanic charge $600, BTW, a 3 weeks wait for the part. A fuel/air sensor failure since day 1, they change it for free while under warranty, but after the warranty, $300+tax.
While I was trading in that sh!t for the BMW, the air-con wasn't working, consider the VW was only 3 years old and close to 100,000km on it, a piece of unreliable scrap-metal.

BMW... ball-joint of the front lower arm is a must-change every 20,000Km because of the aluminum material, if you are lucky, the mechanic can take out only the joint, then $200-$300, if they can't take out the joint, then $800+ because they have to change the whole arm. Mine was a cabrio, hydraulic line of the soft-top failed, of course it broke after the warranty period. Part was about $300, one week in BMW service department cost me $2700 labor, plus I have to pay for a one week rental, yup, they said all the courtesy were out, yea right!! Fuel line + fuel pump failure after that, water pump, power window motor. Plus lots of here and there problems.



The 350ZR I drove?? Please read my 1st post, can't find it? Ok, cost me $25 for oil change.... 2 1/2 sets of tires, 1 set of snow, and 1 1/2 sets of summer. The driver's side power window auto-up was failed, 4 years of daily abuse with one failure. Yup, that's it.

Still thinking the Z cost so much????