ACC expenses

[James Deuce]

If yo are German:

VW = Cheap quality car for poor people.
BMW & Merc = For Rich people
AUDI = Like quality, but not so rich.
But as for Skoda

I'd rather walk thanks.

You're completely wrong about Skoda. Roomiest, best appointed family car on the market is the Skoda Superb. These are not the air-cooled, rear-engined rust buckets of the 70s we're talking about. You could not be more wrong. They are made in the same factory as VW Polos and Golfs. They use VW platforms and engines, and they are simply a badge engineered VWs. I don't agree about the price either Smoky. If you're looking at the Diesel models there's nothing in it.

[Dadpole]

When the ACC bods came in to where I used to work to order stuff, they had silver Mitsi Outlanders (with towbars). These were medium level management types - basic literacy skills and communicating in mumbles.

[YellowDog]

You're completely wrong about Skoda. Roomiest, best appointed family car on the market is the Skoda Superb. These are not the air-cooled, rear-engined rust buckets of the 70s we're talking about. You could not be more wrong. They are made in the same factory as VW Polos and Golfs. They use VW platforms and engines, and they are simply a badge engineered VWs. I don't agree about the price either Smoky. If you're looking at the Diesel models there's nothing in it.

I am not completely wrong about Skoda.

They made great cars and are generally beter fitted than their VW equivelents.

But I would never ever ever ever ever buy a car with the Skoda badge on it.

My reasons go back several decades

[James Deuce]

I am not completely wrong about Skoda.

They made great cars and are generally beter fitted than their VW equivelents.

But I would never ever ever ever ever buy a car with the Skoda badge on it.

My reasons go back several decades

That's stupid. They're modern VWs, and that reply is just conservative bigotry.

If you are talking about the political philosophy around the trade agreement that landed Skodas in New Zealand, please be aware that the Berlin wall fell over 20 years ago, and Skoda is now a German owned company in a country governed by the same capitalist philosophy the ensures the distribution of wealth around the self congratulatory class.

[raster]

My Dad would never never ever ever!!!!! by a Jap car after the war....

He would rant and rave about @#%$$@ Japs for hours..


His last car was a Nissan Bluebird

[ukusa]

I am not completely wrong about Skoda.

They made great cars and are generally beter fitted than their VW equivelents.

But I would never ever ever ever ever buy a car with the Skoda badge on it.

My reasons go back several decades

I agree, there is really nothing wrong with the quality of the VW produced cars these days, and they have had favourable reviews, but the Skoda name was such a joke in NZ (like the Lada) that it is virtually tarnished for life in NZ. Sales figures are poor, as is resale value.
Think of it this way, a group of blokes down at the pub telling the boys about the new cars they have just bought... V8 Commodore, XR8 Falcon, Hilux Ute etc when some bloke pipes up and says "I just paid 50K for a Skoda". I can still here the laughter.

Back to the original subject, shouldn't ACC have Volvo's? You could hit a tree at 50 and not even damage the car.

[crazyhorse]

Shhhhh, i'm sure there's some of the ford camp in here to ya now

Whose winning the championships??? I'll give you a hint - it sure aint Holdens - Ford's rule

[raster]

Whose winning the championships??? I'll give you a hint - it sure aint Holdens - Ford's rule

You will need to jog my memory ..... who won the bathurst this year???????

[crazyhorse]

You will need to jog my memory ..... who won the bathurst this year???????

Ahhhh.............. and who won the CHAMPIONSHIP?????

Yip!! was FORD - of course. The best

[FROSTY:Me]

Hard to tell. First there is fleet discounts, and then there is the cost of the servicing program, then there is the actual cost of running the vehicle, and finally the re-sale value.

I would expect they would be looking at the total cost of ownership, and not just the purchase price.

I'm sorry mate. Just to qualify. This is what I do for a living (buy/sell cars)
There is NO reason for a golf to be used rather than a corolla or pulsar. They cost more and are more expensive to keep on the road.