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I think of it this way. $25,000 investment, 10 years. If you do really well, you could sell it and buy a brand new luxury car
In this case I'm 1000% throwing it down a hole so to speak, I'm not selling this one lol!
For replacement I still have no idea what I would buy nor do I really want anything right now, I guess a 3rd gen flying spur but I don't feel a strong "pull" toward anything
In this case I'm 1000% throwing it down a hole so to speak, I'm not selling this one lol!
For replacement I still have no idea what I would buy nor do I really want anything right now, I guess a 3rd gen flying spur but I don't feel a strong "pull" toward anything
i get it. You’re passionate about the car. Reason why you want the extra motor
In this case I'm 1000% throwing it down a hole so to speak, I'm not selling this one lol!
For replacement I still have no idea what I would buy nor do I really want anything right now, I guess a 3rd gen flying spur but I don't feel a strong "pull" toward anything
Maybe you're not feeling a "pull" to upgrade because you're already driving a $100k plus car.
You'll have to go up into the bespoke big bucks cars to beat what you already have. Lol
Had my first issue with the car late today/yesterday, AC was acting strange. It did this last year too where it would sometimes not blow cold for a little longer than normal when started after sitting.....usually only when being used for the day going about.
However when I moved the cars around I finally noticed something was actually wrong, system was low on 134a and I promptly freaked out. Thankfully it was just the low side valve lol!
Still not totally solved since I'm paranoid and want to machine evacuate the whole loop and refill the lube and charge to be exactly correct. But I threw 400g in and all is well pressure wise and core temp wise now and felt ac is back down to 39*
"if you were the type of person who benefited from, and were morally ok with tricking the lower classes into taking out variable rate mortgages on houses you know they can't afford, this is what you drove"
"if you were the type of person who benefited from, and were morally ok with tricking the lower classes into taking out variable rate mortgages on houses you know they can't afford, this is what you drove"
Im still trying to get him to review my D4 since it's so different than the D3 lol!
I'll have more pictures later, but it's not much more than this to swap all mounts out. Book time is the lowest for any of the engines that fit this chassis too
Finally got around to doing the mounts. For having a fully separated active it wasn't that bad lol!
Last edited by Striker223; Jan 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM.
Lol those mounts look like they cost as much as a 3-cylinder engine!
They are a few $$$$ haha!
I went OE so it's $325 for each active and $240 for the mains, you can get knock off Chinese made stuff for like 1/4 but I'm not going to play that game with this car.
Some more pictures, I'm starting to get so used to working on cars like this it doesn't even register to me how complex they actually are until I see pictures like this. I could totally understand how it just looks like a million parts lol!
Very dead trans mount I'm actually stunned at the condition of the main mounts, they were almost totally fine. Not collapsed or hard at all, going forward I think I'm going to say that the trans mounts are the ones to watch out for failures on.
I really think I'm going to take the car somewhere to be full CO2 cleaned, the dirt is really bothering me but if I do that then I would never want to drive it. Peak 1st world issue I guess...
I'm working on the W8 now and by comparison it's comically simple and has what feels like "excessive" amounts of room. I know it's still a very complex car in my head and all but man, I think I'm getting Stockholm syndrome or forced into a skill bracket by the 12s.
With the new mounts the engine is now smooth to the point it's disorienting honestly. I'm getting no feedback at all in comfort mode, gear indicator and RPMs just climb without any sound or vibrations.
Last things to do is new rear mufflers so I can actually hear the engine and to replace all the suspension arms. At that point all wear items will be new!
Last edited by Striker223; Jan 8, 2025 at 06:46 PM.
