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Re: You don't really want a VR6...I had two (archive)
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Posted by Cory Zumbrennen on March 21, 2001 at 03:15:08:

In Reply to: You don't really want a VR6...I had two posted by Josh on March 20, 2001 at 21:31:02:

I have also had several VR6's. And the engine is wonderful. But they will never handle like the M5 and the FWD is largly to blame. The chasis is just not as stiff as the M5. But supercharging one would be an interesting project:-)

I love to work on my cars. I would feel comfortable doing all the maintainence on an M5, but I can't rebuild the engine. The M5 is all about the engine. It just seems to me that an e28 M5 is just a $10K repair bill waiting to happen. All the other maintainence is a joy for me to perform.

Thanks for the response...

Cory


Well I have to admit, I had two Corrado VR6's. They were great cars however there is a very serious downside in my opinion. Front wheel drive. I put Koni adjustables and Eibach springs 16" wheels (Borbet C) and many other bolt on things like a chip and stuff. I sold the first one, missed it to much and bought another. However I sold that and went through a few different cars and then bought the 88M5 on a whim. To be honest if you are willing to do much of the work youself and look at Megaparts.com rather than the dealer for your parts it is not that bad and you own a very special car.

Just my thoughts.

Josh
88M5



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