High mileage and the worst so far...?
10-09-2012, 05:49 PM
#16
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@Ken,
I never seem to have much luck with just a repair. I never owned anything drivable that wasn't modified after a while. Just can't keep my hands off engines.
I envy your 3.8. I'm sure the extra 35hp can be felt. Unfortunately, the sensation doesn't last long and you're longing for more.
Taxation on gas in Germany is app. 87%. Acc. to Wiki, the median income is ~ Euro 16.-/h so 98 octane is 1.78 Euro/Liter. That's a bit more than 1/10th but it's only 1 Liter. Multiply that by 3.87 and it's pretty expensive.
Take care,
Ed
I never seem to have much luck with just a repair. I never owned anything drivable that wasn't modified after a while. Just can't keep my hands off engines.
I envy your 3.8. I'm sure the extra 35hp can be felt. Unfortunately, the sensation doesn't last long and you're longing for more.
Taxation on gas in Germany is app. 87%. Acc. to Wiki, the median income is ~ Euro 16.-/h so 98 octane is 1.78 Euro/Liter. That's a bit more than 1/10th but it's only 1 Liter. Multiply that by 3.87 and it's pretty expensive.
Take care,
Ed
10-09-2012, 06:43 PM
#17
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10-09-2012, 11:05 PM
#18
Still, worth every bit of what it costs in my most humble of opinions.
Gordo
10-09-2012, 11:15 PM
#19
I have at least a full system in parts on my shelves, if anyone wants to pay me $4K, I'll hand 'em over. Hell, make it $3K and I'll throw in the bent lines for a C4S/Turbo ... that stuff is just taking up space and it's hell for the cleaning lady to dust twice a week ... : )
10-09-2012, 11:19 PM
#20
And we're about the same for our 100 octane unleaded. Granted, it's not sold in bulk. Anyway, can you compare the cost simply on the conversion rate? Go into the way back machine when it was introduced, and the all-time low was nearly flipped. A Euro at 1.4-to-$1 would make gas seem cheap............
I always look at it as how much it labor it takes to buy, based on a median income. So that's ~$20/hr. right now. Equates to about 1/5 hr. per gal. How's that compare to elsewhere? Let's omit the difference in taxation for the time being.
(Not sure why you can't merely replace guides on a top end, if that's all that's worn. My $30K 3.8L has ~35 more HP than stock. Hardly anything anyone can feel.)
I always look at it as how much it labor it takes to buy, based on a median income. So that's ~$20/hr. right now. Equates to about 1/5 hr. per gal. How's that compare to elsewhere? Let's omit the difference in taxation for the time being.
(Not sure why you can't merely replace guides on a top end, if that's all that's worn. My $30K 3.8L has ~35 more HP than stock. Hardly anything anyone can feel.)
ps. Larry's 3.8 went across the market recently. Word is, someone exported it to Europe? Money'd up peoples sure does love dem cubic centipedes. All .2 of 'em. Boy howdy! Ain't no replacement fir displacement.
10-10-2012, 12:23 AM
#22
Nordschleife Master
My 95 C4 has 120kmi on it now, only had to do a couple things in the 5 years of ownership.
tires, every year, brake pads in the back this year, 2 30k services. First year, had to recharge the AC. Oh, this year, she also got a new windshield.
Everything else was purly just for me, like the 18in wheels, bumperette delete, and some other things.
I've driven this car up and down the entire west coast, drive it to work 2-4 times a week, have a lot of fun .riving it on weekend trips. The car has never let down or disappointed once. Ok, there was one let down when I took the Wife on a wine tour, we got to the other side of the mountains in 101deg weather hit the AC only to find out it didn't work (ie the recharge).
tires, every year, brake pads in the back this year, 2 30k services. First year, had to recharge the AC. Oh, this year, she also got a new windshield.
Everything else was purly just for me, like the 18in wheels, bumperette delete, and some other things.
I've driven this car up and down the entire west coast, drive it to work 2-4 times a week, have a lot of fun .riving it on weekend trips. The car has never let down or disappointed once. Ok, there was one let down when I took the Wife on a wine tour, we got to the other side of the mountains in 101deg weather hit the AC only to find out it didn't work (ie the recharge).
10-10-2012, 12:37 AM
#23
My 95 C4 has 120kmi on it now, only had to do a couple things in the 5 years of ownership.
tires, every year, brake pads in the back this year, 2 30k services. First year, had to recharge the AC. Oh, this year, she also got a new windshield.
Everything else was purly just for me, like the 18in wheels, bumperette delete, and some other things.
I've driven this car up and down the entire west coast, drive it to work 2-4 times a week, have a lot of fun .riving it on weekend trips. The car has never let down or disappointed once. Ok, there was one let down when I took the Wife on a wine tour, we got to the other side of the mountains in 101deg weather hit the AC only to find out it didn't work (ie the recharge).
tires, every year, brake pads in the back this year, 2 30k services. First year, had to recharge the AC. Oh, this year, she also got a new windshield.
Everything else was purly just for me, like the 18in wheels, bumperette delete, and some other things.
I've driven this car up and down the entire west coast, drive it to work 2-4 times a week, have a lot of fun .riving it on weekend trips. The car has never let down or disappointed once. Ok, there was one let down when I took the Wife on a wine tour, we got to the other side of the mountains in 101deg weather hit the AC only to find out it didn't work (ie the recharge).
It made me think a couple of things: worst of all is that there are probably a lot of cars that leak refrigerant and the owners just get them recharged and it's a given, second, we have such low expectations that when the a/c was near useless, I didn't think much of it until it proved it was entirely useless and finally, it's become an accepted thing that rental cars and rental companies are junk, so when a rental company actually did the ethical thing, I was surprised. I think the US sports fans would call that "oh and three" ... or "oh for three" ... never could figure that out ...