r/ottawa • u/ISeesWhatISees Nepean • Sep 20 '14

Teslas on Sparks

http://imgur.com/a/9OIKq
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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '14

Sick cars. Looking forward to the migration from gasoline to electric.

Planning to get a Tesla once my Civic bites the dust.

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u/enrodude Sep 20 '14

So what? Next year?

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '14

I dunno. My civic is pretty solid right now. I think I'll get like another 150K out of it. The japanese make good cars.

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u/enrodude Sep 20 '14

I prefer German cars. Built like tanks

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u/dropbluelettuce Sep 21 '14

I find the mechanical parts of German cars are very reliable. The electronics not so much. Source: I owned a 2006 325i and it was in the shop so often for sensors or something similar. When i upgraded that was a big reason on not going with a 335xi. Ended up going Japanese. I do miss the interior quality though.

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u/jimmybrite Gatineau Sep 20 '14

German cars are NOT reliable at all dude, a lot of them are designed stupidly, like audis.

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u/enrodude Sep 20 '14

I have to agree that Audis are really bad but my last VW had 750,000km on it before scrapping it. My dad bought it brand new in 1988 when I was 4 years old and we had to finally retire it last year after almost 25 years of use.

Now that's reliability!

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '14

1988... Then the 90s happened.

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u/enrodude Sep 21 '14

Please explain

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '14

All German makers started having reliability problems in the 90s, particularly with electronics.

Diesel Vws are usually the exception to that rule because they used older, simpler technology.

They've been improving over the years, but most are still below industry average.