SaveTheTuaHawk

@SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · Joined ⁨Mar⁩ ⁨2025⁩

Replying to @⁨MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip⁩

The Germans still build the best* ICE drivetrains

Until the lease expires, then they are a nightmare to maintain. Money pits.

AUDI intentionally placed the timing chains backwards in motors so a high mileage timing chain replacement would require a full engine out and cost more than the car is worth. BMW used plastics in their pressurized fuel system with failure rates known after a set number of heat cycles, they are blowing up.