Rotara

Bought a VW Golf TDI last year, brand new.. In the first year it went back to the dealers no fewer than 5 times for warranty repair issues, mind you none were engine or main running gear related, but niggly annoying things like electric folding mirrors that refused to fold out etc. Must say compared to the Italian cars i've owned it is faultless. I once owned a Lancia Thema 8.32 and going up the A11 one day it decided to blow the output seals on the gearbox. The cost of the repair more or less wrote the car off! I ended up swapping what was left of the car for a Fiat Tipo Sedicivalvole with the garage owner!! There was a stark difference in cabin quality & performance, but at least I managed to get home! Let's face it, German cars are what they are.. Bland, characterless chunks of metal spot welded together by robots that run on time and are efficiently maintained by Hans and his efficient team of technicians. Whereas Italian cars are made by guys who don't even turn up for work for the whole of August! Don't even start me on the Japanese.. I had a Honda Civic just before the Golf. Had it for 2 years from new. Not even a bulb blew on it!