your reading comprehension is attocious

show me where I mentioned the Mercedes reliability here? It seems like you’re simply looking to argue for argument sake. I mentioned it’s stereo...that’s all.

no you made the claim that in your infinite wisdom as an automotive engineer that the “new” V6 single turbo (in production since 2016) is atrocious. One could extrapolate those two statements easily to deduce that you, in your engineering wisdom, have only ever designed things. with 100% success rates.

You decided to trot out past Audi engines. I simply replied with my own annecdotal experience. similar tp what anyone posting about their failed B9 S4/S5 etc engine is doing I might add.

I’m sorry your A4 was the worst purchase you ever made. I have loved mine and it still serves as my runabout “beater” car if you will. Which further illustrates my point that, machines can break. It also further illustrates my point about just about everything in life - cars or otherwise. your experience, which in this case is none as you don’t own said engine, can vary, sometimes significantly, to others. I also happily enjoy the new car too and if it breaks, I have a warranty to cover me. Unlike when the engine failed in some of the other cars I’ve owned thus far. You win some, you lose some. My Audi’s, thus far in life, have been the best overall cars I’ve owned, and I’ve put significant miles on 4 of the 10 thus far. Other cars were less than reliable. And others still, I just didn’t like enough to keep them long enough to truly test reliability as it’s typically thought of. Once again, you win some, you lose some. It’s no deeper to me, than that.

I have no use at this point for such a car at this point, it’s too large, for me. But the same engine resides in my S4

yes because I’ve put said money forward, as opposed to, say, playing guessing games on reliability based on a dozen or so internet posts (relative to tens of thousands of engines currently in use)

and if it breaks, it sucks, but it’s warrantied

a town car sounds perfect for you - they are tried and true at this point

Im enjoying a day off today so replying via my phone. Oh well.

I work for the brand, but thanks mr engineer. Out of curiousity do you know how many TSB’s are issued annually just for cars sold in the US? The last TSB I read was about a label of some sort and another about the changeover to not using the rear “s” badging on calipers. I’ll have to look in elsa and see. So far, zero issues with my personal one, or client cars,
fwiw.

I do not believe in putting down one product for the sake of artificially propping up another. It’s bad form. MB, BMW, and others make fine automobiles, and some are better than others, both now, and throughout time. I have owned each of them, and more. Some I’ve kept, some I’ve gotten out of early. Some broke, some didn’t.

I chose to work for them because in my car ownership tenure thus far in life, across tons of brands, I liked their cars, and my ownership experience, the best.

Issues happen, machines break. And life goes on

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