@[email protected] @[email protected] I completely agree. For many years, I considered Mercedes one of my favorite manufacturers and I had their cars, which lasted and aged without major issues. The last two, however, were complete failures – expensive, definitely of lower quality than their price would suggest, but especially the treatment I received from the company. Offensive and humiliating, almost with a sense of superiority towards the customer, despite their shortcomings. One example: the last car arrived with missing parts. Paid for, but missing due to a “component shortage” (2021). They promised to install them “as soon as available.” After more than two years, no news, and when I followed up, they responded that it would be up to them to decide if and when to install those parts, and that the contract protected them. I immediately terminated the lease for that car and replaced it. Even with the termination, there were problems, and they didn’t refund the amounts I was entitled to, bouncing between the parent company and the financial services (them, of course). I let it go, but for me, this was enough.
@oxyhyxo @vermaden one of my favourite cars of all the times: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini/_Miura
I’ve lived for 7 years just 1 km away from Ferruccio Lamborghini’s original house. More, I’ve worked for a client that was adjacent to the Lamborghini headquarters and factory. I also managed a NetBSD server there and tried (hard) to provide some services to Lamborghini (but failed)