- R.M.
- 12-30-2025, 05:50 PM
I forgot to mention. Extended warranties are a good thing for German cars.
- GhostRiderYYZ
- 12-31-2025, 09:56 PM
I forgot to mention. Extended warranties are a good thing for German cars. Originally Posted by R.M.I got an extended warranty when I had a 1996 Ford Escort station wagon (don't laugh, it got great mileage, no-one thought about stealing it, carried everything I needed to for the job I had)
paid 1500 outright for the extended warranty that covered EVERYTHING. My only out of pocket was 25 bucks each time it went in for warranty work.
4 warranty trips later (one for a complete overhead valve replacement) cost me 100 bucks but the warranty total was 4800 dollars.
- MarcellusWalluz
- 01-02-2026, 12:33 PM
- Anonymous01
- 01-04-2026, 12:39 AM
Since 1984 until 2024 all I owned were German sedans. One saved my life on Interstate 93 when an airhead performed a perfect PIT maneuver on me at 75 MPH +. The car was totaled but it protected me like it was designed to do. The EMTs told me that when they were approaching my car they thought I was going to be DRT, but instead I rolled down the window and said, "Hi guys! Hope your day is going better than mine!"
The car was manufactured IN GERMANY, so it had to meet Deutsch Industrie Norm, or D.I.N. crash standards, roughly 3 times tougher than US crash standards.
So y'all can talk smack all you want about this or that brand, but nobody thinks about the fact that y'all live in the state that has the two deadliest cities in the entire US - Dallas and Houston. What the car does when liquored up Bubba or Bubbette hits your at 75+ with their FISO (F150 for the Ford fans) may or may not save your life. Argue about brand loyalty from your coffin. Or, if you love the brand so much, get buried in it. Literally.
If you take safety seriously, look at the IIA crash tests, not the NHTSA tests. They measure impact from different angles and take more detailed measurements on the G forces exerted on the (real) crash test dummies. Or you can buy (your favorite brand) because it's pretty and red. So is your blood on the windshield. I know.
The car was manufactured IN GERMANY, so it had to meet Deutsch Industrie Norm, or D.I.N. crash standards, roughly 3 times tougher than US crash standards.
So y'all can talk smack all you want about this or that brand, but nobody thinks about the fact that y'all live in the state that has the two deadliest cities in the entire US - Dallas and Houston. What the car does when liquored up Bubba or Bubbette hits your at 75+ with their FISO (F150 for the Ford fans) may or may not save your life. Argue about brand loyalty from your coffin. Or, if you love the brand so much, get buried in it. Literally.
If you take safety seriously, look at the IIA crash tests, not the NHTSA tests. They measure impact from different angles and take more detailed measurements on the G forces exerted on the (real) crash test dummies. Or you can buy (your favorite brand) because it's pretty and red. So is your blood on the windshield. I know.
- Michael8219
- 01-04-2026, 07:43 AM
- LadyMoxie
- 01-04-2026, 10:30 AM
I forgot to mention. Extended warranties are a good thing for German cars. Originally Posted by R.M.Definitely!!! That shit is expensive!!!! Love them but fuck all that extra $... never again. Even if I win the lotto
I will never own one of those...I used to have a (3y/o)gl450 and that piece of shit left me stranded in the middle of nowhere leaving Florida! The problem was a $20.00 sensor that cost me 500 to fix and 8 hours of waiting like a hobo in some small town far from home!
Fuck that shit
