The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T(Vol XIX)
Discussion
I've a stack of old Volks World magazines, I used to have piles of custom car magazines, hot rod and U.S VW magazines. After moving house a few times and realising I'd not looked at them I got rid of a load. Now just have the Volks World and the magazines that me and my friends were features in from France, Germany and America. Still need to find a copy of the Japanese magazine.
I only ever seem to buy magazines when I'm going on holiday these days which seems a shame
I only ever seem to buy magazines when I'm going on holiday these days which seems a shame
barchetta_boy said:
I had a Sport 160 on Jenvey ITBs. Was a mental thing. But a 111S is a better car
There is a case for saying the basic original 118bhp car is the best, especially on MMC brakes.
Lovely though the Elise was I always much preferred the balance of a Caterham 7.
Having had 5 (or 6) Caterhams I agreeThere is a case for saying the basic original 118bhp car is the best, especially on MMC brakes.
Lovely though the Elise was I always much preferred the balance of a Caterham 7.
L100NYY said:
Jeremy is your man on living with a Gallardo.
I have always liked them and yes an R8 is the sensible choice……but who buys a V10 engined car to be sensible?!
Always felt that Gallardos felt a tad ‘fragile’ to be in whereas an R8 has that Audi’ness inside and just felt better screwed together.
But hey, what do I know
You rang? I have always liked them and yes an R8 is the sensible choice……but who buys a V10 engined car to be sensible?!
Always felt that Gallardos felt a tad ‘fragile’ to be in whereas an R8 has that Audi’ness inside and just felt better screwed together.
But hey, what do I know
The earlier 5.0 litre pre-LP series Gallardos have well known fragilities from cat ingestion and the resulting bore scoring. Not an insurmountable problem (there is a well documented rebuild of a high mileage one here on PH) but something to be aware of in purchasing.
The later LP models benefit from greater Audi-ness in their construction, more power from the new 5.2 engine and less fragility. I've had mine more than 10 years now.
Why buy the softer, slightly less powerful Audi if you're looking for a V10? It's never going to be a Lamborghini in different clothes.
The V8 is a different matter and really not a Lambo comparable. Here's a comparison of the two from these hallowed pages p.s. the correct answer is the arancio one. 
You might want to save a little more and look at the later models unless you can be sure of the robustness of the earlier ones. Oh, and the manual is the one to go for (but I would say that
). 
. The Elan was over eight years ago ... Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff