Crappy build quality of cars from the 00s

[Franco Cozzo]

Built in Germany but at the end of the day it cost $18K DA, you can't expect too much.

The window switches have warped and they fall out of their holes in the doors and the vents on the side of the dash the glue melted and they've fallen off, this was happening at around the 5 year mark.

Mechanically it's good but it's only got 91,000km on the clock and it does all highway driving.

I've had a few 1990s Falcons and the paint on those was fine for cars that also sat outside for decades.

Also have an South African built LV Focus that's a year newer with 200,000 on the clock that sits in the same driveway, the paint is still in good condition, alas has some other dramas.

It reinforces my thoughts that Euro cars don't cut the mustard in Australia, they don't deal with our environmental conditions.