FPV TRANNY Im the one and only Donating Members 3,557 Member For: 19y 11m 17d Gender: Male Location: In my house Posted 28/10/14 07:00 AM Share Posted 28/10/14 07:00 AM You dont want to buy a new or second hand Euro. New you get smashed resale. Second hand you get smashed for spares and work done. Cost me $10k to get the gearbox repaired and its ECU flashed to make it work again. BMW hand me bent over hardcore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 1m 27d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 28/10/14 07:06 AM Share Posted 28/10/14 07:06 AM Jet was looking at one instead of the vf ... But I think he's decided against it after more readingAlthough I must say I do love themSome extra FLUFF for this thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 6m 23d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 28/10/14 07:27 AM Share Posted 28/10/14 07:27 AM You dont want to buy a new or second hand Euro. New you get smashed resale. Second hand you get smashed for spares and work done. Cost me $10k to get the gearbox repaired and its ECU flashed to make it work again. BMW hand me bent over hardcore.that is not so bad over on the AMG camp believe it or not Done all the nessaceary reaserch on the C63 and it was very close to being pen to paper time regarding spares and servicing The 6.3 litres of AMG goodness is incredible no question but and a bloody huge but They have a very well known head bolt fault from models 2007 thru 2011and any series using the 6.3 the fault is the head bolts sheer and low coolant light comes up on the dash, this is the exact time coolant has flooded through the entire engine causing massive damageTheres no kms or driving style attributed to the fault just full randomMB have been charging ballpark $41,000 for overhauls/replacement engines a huge class action is still underway from upper class owners left holding the bill at repair time , zero recals and MB well know of it In some cases MB will go u halves ~20k on repair costs Approx 5-10k to have the engine pulled and prevention studs done before a low press warning This is something iam not interested in doing An extremely nice 09 model had my name on it :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,055 Member For: 16y 8m 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 28/10/14 07:39 AM Share Posted 28/10/14 07:39 AM blardy ouch - that's some stupidly big repair costs... no way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawlass Silver Donating Members 1,161 Member For: 17y 1m 15d Gender: Male Location: left right out Posted 28/10/14 07:46 AM Share Posted 28/10/14 07:46 AM Drive it till she blows , then chuck in a barra T , youd be fully sic Jet, coolest kid on the block for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Jeturbo Bob the Freaking Builder Donating Members 10,813 Member For: 15y 3m 11d Gender: Female Location: SA Posted 28/10/14 07:49 AM Share Posted 28/10/14 07:49 AM (edited) We thought of that lol not worth the headache I rekon Edited 28/10/14 07:49 AM by Princess Fluffy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPV TRANNY Im the one and only Donating Members 3,557 Member For: 19y 11m 17d Gender: Male Location: In my house Posted 28/10/14 09:19 AM Share Posted 28/10/14 09:19 AM that is not so bad over on the AMG camp believe it or notDone all the nessaceary reaserch on the C63 and it was very close to being pen to paper time regarding spares and servicingThe 6.3 litres of AMG goodness is incredible no question but and a bloody huge butThey have a very well known head bolt fault from models 2007 thru 2011and any series using the 6.3 the fault is the head bolts sheer and low coolant light comes up on the dash, this is the exact time coolant has flooded through the entire engine causing massive damageTheres no kms or driving style attributed to the fault just full randomMB have been charging ballpark $41,000 for overhauls/replacement engines a huge class action is still underway from upper class owners left holding the bill at repair time , zero recals and MB well know of itIn some cases MB will go u halves ~20k on repair costsApprox 5-10k to have the engine pulled and prevention studs done before a low press warningThis is something iam not interested in doingAn extremely nice 09 model had my name on it :(Nice. Nice car to be punting around in.Our BMW 750Li now sits in the shed. Not worth selling. Would never buy a Beema again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 6m 23d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 28/10/14 09:47 PM Share Posted 28/10/14 09:47 PM Yeh I hear what your saying tranny But if u want sedan/fast/rwd the ford/holden/bmw/amg are about the only things that fit the bill sub 100k hence why ive been doing the leg workNow suss the interiors and features of these 4 vehicles and now many can see why the ford is clearly at the bottom of all this by a very long way It kills me to not own a ford quite honestly but the times are a changing and flat out going fast from the factory is not it all to me as any of these 4 platforms get to the 400rwkw mark with sub 10k on aftermarket parts/tuning Yeh The new xr8 is basically a tune and filter away on a XFT dyno but its not everything once your there Its a tuff choice but if I could justify pulling an engine out of a c63 and putting some head studs in id be there but I just cant be fooked honestly Really wanted the FH to be a stunner as it would of been a no brainer for me, not to mention the crap colours on offer really dulls it down further 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boost69 Donating Members 737 Member For: 19y 7m 6d Posted 28/10/14 09:47 PM Share Posted 28/10/14 09:47 PM What type of times are the 335KW GTs' doing down the quarter, in stock standard trim, and is it much faster than your stock XR6T?I know on paper the 335KW should be considerably faster, but is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"Captain Retard" Member 1,417 Member For: 10y 7m 22d Gender: Male Location: Shellharbour NSW Posted 28/10/14 10:13 PM Share Posted 28/10/14 10:13 PM Unless you wait for a C63 to come up for sale with the head stud mods already done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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