"Daniel J. Stern" > wrote in message
n.umich.edu...
> On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, N8N wrote:
>
>> Well, in my experience, I've never had a truly *BAD* German-made
>> product, which sadly, I can't say for domestic products. So buying
>> German does seem to give some amount of assurance that you are getting
>> at least an acceptable quality product.
>
> My experience differs. Everyone makes crap, all over the world. Some
> countries, to varying degrees, also make good stuff.
>
> My experience with German cars has been awful.

Late 80's and early 90's vw & Audi cars had some issues,
but for the most part, for decades, German cars are pretty
good designs, I have a 928 with over 200,000 miles, and it
still does what it should (well, it's getting new driveline bearings
now, but c'mon, its got a ****load of miles on it.) and I have a
Mercedes 300sd with 236,000 miles, and it drives like it
had a tenth as many on it.

You just have to pick the right ones, just like anything,
go price a carburetor for a 80's Honda, and talk about
design.

Bernard