How long we keep cars for?

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Originally Posted by Adrian E

It did suffer from a nodding dog problem due to wear in the joints - you'd be sitting stationary at traffic lights and it'd be constantly trying to correct the ride height! I always fancied a V6 one....

Haha, yeah the one I owned had that problem for a while.

I would've much preferred the V6 too, but the one I had was a 2.0L Turbo. It was however somewhat remapped. It delivered far more power than the front wheels had traction and, having a French engine made of cheese (or whatever they make them from over there), the extra power eventually proved to be a bit more than the engine could take. While heading up the M6 one day, the head gasket blew in a big way, throwing coolant into the cylinders and huge plumes of steam and smoke all over the carriageway. Such fun!

The car was sold (as a non-runner) and I went and bought my first A8 .... the rest, as they say, is German history.