I get people saying this as well tbh. I've just given up arguing with them tbh. When they know jack shite about cars i can't even be bothered to argue with them. Most of them even personally know of one that have had serious issues, let alone even driven one. I mean at the end of the day all i can ever remember is my mum having Renaults and Peugeots and never had any serious issues with any of them. I mean with my Mk3 i have the issue of the break lights not coming on when the brakes where on, but that was just a short trip to the garage, they said the switch had broken, put a new one in and that was that, it was done under warranty as well. That could have happened to any car though tbh. But obviousy when i mentioned it to people, they just said "that's French cars for you." I mean wtf?