• SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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    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.