Why are Volkswagens and Audis more expensive to maintain compared

>>16534779
Several reasons:

>Audi tax
>VAG doesn't really manufacture parts within the US
>VAG cars breakdown more often

>>16534779
Because you're a burger and VAG doesn't have the manufacturing capacity in the US to make parts and have to ship them from Europe.

>>16534779
GM cutting corners and telling Germans to do their usual over engineering with a lesser budget than they're used to.

They also feel incredibly cheap. My friend has an Audi and it felt like being in a base model Toyota Camry.

VAG and german cars in general require special tools

>>16534818
>GM

>>16534818
GM has nothing to do with it. The only German company GM owns is Opel, and they're fairly low maintenance, reliable, and cheap to maintain.

Audi is owned by Volkswagen though. VW also owns Seat, Skoda, Lamborghini, Bentley, and Porsche.

>>16534825
More like Porsche owns the majority stake in VW.

>>16534863
which owns Porsche

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>>16534779
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>>16534939
>JD power
>radio not loud enough is the same as engine explosion
xDDDDDDDDD

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>>16534944
how about consumer reports then?

>>16534884
Yes, Porsche owns Porsche.

>>16534962
>american stats
lol

>>16534972
We are people like you.

>>16534779
Because they break more

Maybe if you don't know what you're doing.

I've spent no more than $100 repairing my A4 since I bought it almost 2 years ago. Shit, the oil is more expensive than the repairs.

There's so much information available online that there's really no excuse other than mechanical skill or physical disability to not handle repairs yourself. Then again, the people who do buy luxury cars don't care about money and have the funds to repair them. The people who don't shouldn't be buying these cars in the first place.

Maintenance is viewed differently in Germany. There people actually follow service intervals. Amerilards tend to just put gas and go, then cry when shit breaks.

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>>16535739
>Amerilards

>>16534939
This is bull and everyone knows it. IF anyone thinks the Cayenne is anywhere near the reliability standards of a Lexus RX they can go suck their own dicks in a gay bath house.

>>16535314

>A4
>Luxury

>>16535739
>if you don't check your tire pressure and get an oil change every 15 thousand miles your VANOS electrics will break and your coolant system will fail

>>16535314
My mother's A4 needed constant repair before it was sold.

The final straw was the water pump bursting for a second time in 80k miles.

>>16534779
Because Germans are shit at engineering.

>>16535739
Because that's how it should be. We're in 2017.

>>16534779
because they break down more

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>>16534884
VW