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I don't see many Japanese cars used as taxis here but plenty of Mercedes. A friend drives one, an old E200 which is just over 750,000km and still runs sweet. My BMW (albeit not quite) has just reached 4 years old and has 160,000km on it yet hasn't required any garage time and gets used quite heavily compared to most cars (lots of driving over 200km/h) but then again its serviced regularly and properly according to the manufacturers spec.
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It depends on which roads those cars are driven surely? Let me guess - you did 160,000 km on nice German auto bahns?
I've had both Japanese and German and my observation is that Japanese are usually mechanically more robust. There is not much difference in build quality, the only difference is interior materials, the germans spend a little more. That impresses most females and men who know little about cars. There is also a perception with the lower classes that buying German means you've made it.
It particularly impresses lower class men who know little about cars, like Dim.
I don't see many Japanese cars used as taxis here but plenty of Mercedes. A friend drives one, an old E200 which is just over 750,000km and still runs sweet. My BMW (albeit not quite) has just reached 4 years old and has 160,000km on it yet hasn't required any garage time and gets used quite heavily compared to most cars (lots of driving over 200km/h) but then again its serviced regularly and properly according to the manufacturers spec.
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And yet here the mini cab drivers car of choice is typically a toyota
I think there is another reason why Jap cars are more reliable. The Germans are over reliant on turbo boosting ever smaller engines to boost power while lowering C02. This puts the mechanicals under extreme stress.
The Japs tend to go for normally aspirated engines, although that's probably going to change with lower emission targets.
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