Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 740i rear suspension

[clyde romero (clyderomero]

This is what I did with my M6 which had that same NAZI system!

            
  
Clyde
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: LtWacko [mailto:ltwacko [at] aol.com] 
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 4:28 PM
To: clyde
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] 740i rear suspension

Dennis;

have you thought about just dropping in standard springs and shocks and
junking the self-leveling?  There are a ton of bone yards out in Chicago
that have the parts plus the plethora of online suppliers that it shouldn't
be too hard or expensive to do if you want to keep on driving the car into
the ground.  Can't be more than $400 installed but is roughly half the value
of your car...  LOL.  J/K

If you still want an E38, tons of 2000/2001 models in great shape in the
$10k range.  Of course they need everything refreshed at that age now.
There are a ton out here in Chicago with just under 90k miles.  You can see
a lot of them on CL.  Yeah, they are getting up in age.  It almost seems
worth redoing the rear suspension on your current car until one of your
newer favorites drops in price.  

Audi A8L was my first choice in a car a few years ago until I heard about
the repair costs.  3 people I know of through acquaintances had to have
their transmissions replaced.  $10K+ repair bills.  I drive like an idiot so
I knew as much as I love the styling/features, I couldn't afford to maintain
it.  Since I'm a long time BMW guy and know how to work on them anyway, the
E38 was the "budget" choice for me.  Looks like as far as loveable Big
sedans go, I'll be getting an E65 as a replacement to my E38.

Oh, a BMW friend of mine works in service at Infiniti.  M45 is a great car.
Every good as the 550 with less maintenance costs.

Have you considered a VW Phaeton?  I've "heard" they are thee luxury
bargain.  Honorable mention: Jag XKR, Chrys 300M SRT8 - one of my racing
buddies had this until his wife complained that even with snow tires, the
car was a "little" hard to drive in winter.  He traded it for a new 535i AWD
and of course dropped in one of those piggy back systems for a little turbo
boost...

Oh, another friend of mine "had" a CTS-V.  The build quality bothered him.
He felt it was too cheap.  According to him, he felt his ZR-1 had the same
or better build... LOL.  He wound up trading it in for a newer STS AWD to
feel like he was actually driving a luxury car.

Rodney
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