Mistaken

The peoples car. Ah yes, what a noble beginining. Cars you could actually fix and keep running. I’ve owned several over the years. My current 2000 V6 Passat has been a great car overall. However, VW has forgotton what got it where it is, or should I say where it was. My story is small, perhaps insignificant on the surface but I believe just one more indicator of VW’s poor policy decisions and misreading of the market. Anything mechanical can and does break, even VWs. But when a $5-$10 nylon window regulator guide breaks and could be easily replaced by an average mechanic such as myself, the part cannot be had! Why is that? Because VW decided that the smallest unit of assembly they are willing to stock and sell is not the most failure prone part, but the whole assembly for 10-15 times the cost! This is not the first time I’ve had to buy half the cow to get a hamburger but it is the last VW I will ever own.

Edited by jwatson on 08/20/07 at 8:34 PM