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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by hardtke on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @02:04PM (#17911333)
A friend has an independent Mercedes/Porsche repair place in SF and told me that most of his business is repairing doors/windows and other issues like that. These repairs tend to be insanely expensive compared to what you think they should cost.
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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by kindatrue on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @02:09PM (#17911379)
Well, SF does have 70-80 smash and grabs (car windows broken) per day so...
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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by radicalbyte on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @04:44PM (#17912617)
The VW range of cars use a cheap part in the window opening mechanism which breaks every two-three years. The part is simple, the repair is easy but very time consuming.

This problem has been around for more than a decade but VW won't fix it. Why would they, it's a great little earner?

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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by et2o on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @06:24PM (#17913389)
If the part is cheap VW wouldn't earn from it, the dealers would.
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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by CamperBob2 on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @09:09PM (#17914313)
Happy dealer == happy manufacturer, in this business.
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