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If I did not need to work every day, I would not need to drive every day 
20 MPG considered bad? That sounds so strange to me.
Mine does about 30 MPG in city/mixed use, which is considered as "normal" for a gas car
As for European quality, I've seen some absolutely atrocious reliability reports for Volkswagen and Mercedes in the last few years
European VW or US VW ? As your VW are built in Mexico rather than Europe, I guess that they do not use same components or maybe do not have same quality.
About Mercedes, they indeed had problems on some models. But again not all Mercedes are made in Europe.
20 MPG considered bad? That sounds so strange to me. Mine does about 30 MPG in city/mixed use, which is considered as "normal" for a gas car
As for European quality, I've seen some absolutely atrocious reliability reports for Volkswagen and Mercedes in the last few years
European VW or US VW ? As your VW are built in Mexico rather than Europe, I guess that they do not use same components or maybe do not have same quality.
About Mercedes, they indeed had problems on some models. But again not all Mercedes are made in Europe.