Dear MotorTalk friends, on a given occasion, exchanging the Elko in the comfort control unit a VW-Lupo 3L, I then looked for the topic “repair-friendliness” in the forums. To my greatest astonishment there is no this topic. What moves a car owner probably more than the costs that arise to him after the purchase of his desired vehicle in particular with increasing use duration. He quite accepts that no technology holds forever. However, the main cost drivers are the manufacturers first of all. They are only interested in a slim production, i.e. how the individual parts can be easily and time-savingly inserted one after the other during assembly on the belt. Thus, components, such as the above mentioned comfort control unit, are inserted at a time when the entire dashboard has not yet been installed. The man in the workshop is not interested at all in how much work and time he has to install and install this component. He should be forced to repair his own crap in a workshop for at least a year, then his construction would look quite different. Then, for example, all electronic components would be grouped together in a well-accessible place, in order to get them inside a workshop. r Minute to replace, instead of at least one hour for disassembly and reassembly of the half dashboard. Possibly with the inclusion of an additional weight of 500gr copper cable, but better without some unnecessary gimmiks. This also applies to ‘zig other components on the vehicle. Therefore, especially with the increasing complexity of today’s motor vehicles, the main argument for the positive or negative evaluation of a brand would be its repairability. My suggestion: create a forum point for repairability, evaluate the three most repair-friendly brands with, for example, 3 to a strawberry(s), and all the following with 1 to 6 lemon(s). The repairability must become relevant in the awareness of the car owners, perhaps then the manufacturers will finally wake up.