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Old 02-14-2008, 10:30 PM   #67
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Originally Posted by hulkrogan View Post
They were crap long before that. Mercedes hasn't made reliable cars for a very long time. In general, German cars are crap for reliability, awesome for most other aspects. My anecdotal evidence backs this up when I just blew a coil pack tonight after having my car for 3 weeks. I knew what I was getting into though...
Back in WWII, German tanks were famous for being technically sophisticated, beautifully engineered, and superior to Allied tanks in almost every way possible - and infamous for being extremely expensive, man-hour intensive to build, and prone to breakdowns and always needing maintenance. That legacy apparently lives on...
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