Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 740i rear suspension

[ItsmeMrWright (ItsmeMrWright]

I had heard the same thing regarding Audi reliability and repair costs from  
my cousin withe an A4.
 
 
"I believe the best social program is a job"
Ronald  Reagan



In a message dated 12/15/2008 2:05:32 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  Red5hilser 
writes:

Hey  Rodney: Better be careful on that you send on the List. Once, I was 
trying to  help a friend that has a James Dean blog. There is still a question 
as  
to whether poor Jimmy went through downtown Bakersfield on his last  ride, or 
whether he took the Hwy. 33 turnoff before  Bakersfield  which misses all the 
downtown traffic, including the 7 traffic signals.  That was the logical 
route to reach Hwy. 46, at Blackwell's Corner, his death  road.

I asked what the minimum revs were for the 550 Spyder that he was  driving, 
as to help the  blogger make up his mind.

The first reply  from an (unnamed) List member was, "If you hadn't noticed, 
this is a Ferrari  board. If you have questions concerning Porsches, try the 
fu*kin' Rennlist. He  forgot to wish me a nice day too. <g>


-----Original  Message-----
From: LtWacko
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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