Originally Posted By: FutureDoc
I wonder if other people just hate specific manufacturers for not good reason. I do. Right now, it is VW. Don't ask me why.
While posting about a VW, I was thinking about how much VW could make me enter a red mist of online rage (ok, not really, but close). I am realizing that for some reason I just disagree with VW's current "philosophy" ...which is odd. Top-to-bottom, just hate. I do not like what they produce, how they position it, or their corporate identity... period. Scandal aside, the way they make cars just bugs the living daylight out of me. Do I have a bad experience with VW? Nope. The biggest life-experience with VW was learning stick/performance-oriented driving on a Fox, but that was fun so my hate has to be something else. I have never liked their cars (save for the MkV GTI, Corrado) or really hate a specific model. There are exceptions that prove the rule, but they are exceptions. Audi, meh, I liked their previous design. That was about it. I would take an S5 with the 4.2 in a heartbeat due to the style but it is an exception... and I would like to keep my S5 fantasies just that: unrealized. At times I have wanted a VW up until I experienced it and then I rage-quit. Sitting in my sister-in-laws new Jetta I was fighting the urge to not "critique" it. "Get me out" is all I was thinking.
Even other manufacturer like Chrysler (which I have had a lot of bad experience with) I can at least respect what they do. The HEMI-murican mentality... I get it. I would never buy a Mopar paperweight for fear of reliability issues but I get the Chrysler mentality (and quietly cheer them on). I see a reason for their choices even if it is something I would not do myself. Other makes, Ford, GM, Honda, Kia, Fiat... I get. If I have had a bad experience, I can pinpoint it. Maybe at times I like to rage against "new" Honda compared to what they used to be but I can, at least wrap my head around their demise. Volkswagen might as well be evil-incarnate. An irrational choice with only irrational reactions possible. VW, might as well be producing hate filled vehicles from the 30s as to my reaction (which I even realize are not always valid).
Anyone else hate a make for no-good reason?
Chrysler has given me excellent service over the years. I think it's one of the best manufacturers out there. Drive one and see how comfortable, quiet and powerful they are for the price. My only complaint with them is some of the older models (mainly trucks) got bad gas mileage. I like the domestic makes because they employ union members and use mainly US suppliers. To me it's all about keeping jobs here, although there are some import makes that make stuff here too.