Porsche ranked no. 2 in long term quality...

[ho2go]

And yet (if my memory serves me well), VW has scored really well in JD Power's APEAL study for a number of years now. I guess it just goes to show that if your car really stirs some passion in you then you'll probably be able to overlook some otherwise big/annoying problems.

Originally Posted by Brucelee

Cadillac has been improving for quite some time now. VW has been tanking for about the same time.

What are those VW folks thinking?????

[lexuspilot]

My Lexus GS400, owned since new, had battery problems early on. These left us stranded a couple times. We also had a variable valve timing issue which caused it to run way rich and stall. If you gave me a questionaire I would still say it is highly reliable, almost everything works almost all the time. However, my 99 Grand Cherokee never skipped a beat for 100k miles. When I turned it in it had never ever not even had any little thing wrong with it - NOTHING. But when someone says reliable, my Lexus comes to mind.. Weird huh.

That said I would never judge a car by the forums, in that case the are all POS.