12-30-2010, 12:24 PM
LOL agreed, but this car is borderline undriveable for the average person as it sits. For instance it hops about a foot to one side or the other if you hit any significant road irregularity with the right side of the car at any sort of reasonable speed due to the worn-out suspension and chassis parts. And the clutch bearings make all sorts of noises (plus you can feel an odd vibration through the pedal.) The shifter is so worn-out that going from 2nd to 3rd feels like moving a spoon in a bowl of pudding. It has almost left me stranded at least a half-dozen times so far - having to wait and retry and twist the key a certain way due to some problem with the ignition switch and/or lock cylinder which I haven't had time to look at yet. It won't stop showing brake light circuit warnings. It has an intermittent right turn signal problem that's not the bulb. The windshield washer sprayer doesn't work. And so on. Coming from an E36 M3/4 that had zero problems (sold in April), and having a new VW on hand (bought in April), I can't live with all these crappy old car imperfections :lol:
Meanwhile I'm only upgrading to better stuff because it's cheaper than the closest stock equivalent (i.e. used Koni Sports are cheaper than new OEM Boges...)
Meanwhile I'm only upgrading to better stuff because it's cheaper than the closest stock equivalent (i.e. used Koni Sports are cheaper than new OEM Boges...)
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