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Old 04-29-05, 03:34 AM
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Question v8 or TT 91-94

im going to sell my es300 soon, should cover the cost of the soarer.

im going to be mainly driving in traffic, so which type fits my needs better, which is more reliable, most of the soarers im looking at are around 100K km - 200K km milage

so which is more cost effetive/fuel efficient, i heard that turbos needs to be replaced when they reach certain milage and that v8s are more robust and reliable..i duno,

NEED OPINIONS THANKS
Old 04-29-05, 06:49 AM
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i agre, you might not make as much power as a tt but you well make sum an yes, it is more reliabale, the reason being is that the v8 is all motor less things to wory about that could go wrong on the tt model the turbos could go badan a few other things
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If you want a reliable daily driver I would say go with the V8, it is build very well and there is just less things that can go wrong on a NA V8 rather than a TT. So if u don’t mind giving up some HP for reliability then go 4 the V8 you will not regret it.

Tommy

*Edit* BTW when you go to purchase either of these cars do some research and take a list of things that usually go wrong with these cars and check off each ones as you check the car. For the V8 you can go to Intellexual.Net and he has a list of all the trouble spots for the SC.

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Old 04-29-05, 04:10 PM
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Don't get the V8 we have them here in the US and i'd die for a 2.5tt soarer your lucky!!
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V8 driveability is much better than any turbo can deliver. Engine is very smooth, responsive to every touch or accelerator, quiet and vibration free.
For daily driver I take V8 anytime. Turbo for weekend warriors
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v8 it is then, 90% of the time i dont go over 3k rpm anyway so.
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