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My Ex-wife's Corrado...
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:29 pm
by Bill Drayton Jr.
I always thought the underhood temperature for the Volkswagen VR6 engine was way too hot - and that they used waaaay too many plastic parts. I don't know why I never put two and two together in regards to how bad that would be if there were some random wear and tear type of mechanical failure with that engine - until now...w00t! GO VOLKSWAGEN!
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:49 pm
by R3C
Wow! Did she ever add oil to it?
There is very little (if any) plastic on my Mercedes except in the little things like water reservoir, fuse box, etc. Even the air-box is metal, which isn't all that common. (at least on the German cars I've had)
Volkswagen does tend to overdo it on the plastic parts. I do like their new models though. (probably even more plastic though) Pretty soon they'll start using plastic gears in the transmission.
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:28 pm
by enderzero
You have a Mercedes?!
Whoa - sucks for the Corrado.
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:38 pm
by R3C
A friend of mine gave me a 190E for free about a year ago. Not the fastest thing in the world, but it handles nice, it's semi-comfortable, has a nice stereo, and looks decent. (except that the badges are in gold on black paint
) Not a bad auto for free. I sold the 924S shortly after.