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Originally Posted by p1l0t
Lol 15lbs on a 172 crank hp stock engine makes 400whp why would you EVER sell that?
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I had to sell it if I wanted to keep living at my current location. Plus being ~20 years old the car had a lot a lot of problems:
- Phantom oil leaks that I just couldn't solve
- If you pushed in the clutch too early/late while coasting to a stop the engine would stall
-The A/C didn't work (probably just needed to be charged)
- No heat (heater core needed to be replaced, which meant pulling the dash, which is a quadruple PITA on a car with Climatronic)
- Cruise control didn't work
- Head gasket leak on cylinder #3
- Paint on the roof was ruined from salt, sun, and age
- The pleather on all 4 seats was badly sun damaged and/or worn out from age
- The plastic bits for the interior were crumbling
- More that I'm forgetting
I was still in college and lived with my parents when I owned that car. Basically every moment I wasn't in class was spent fixing problems. Parts for German cars are expensive, and as a fulltime student I didn't have a job, so my bank account was draining quickly. The oil leaks pissed off my dad because they were ruining our driveway.
It was REALLY tough (emotionally) to sell that car. I had a lot of good memories with it, like wiping the smile off Corvette, Benz, Camaro, etc drivers when they heard my turbo spool, the open wastegate dump was amazing, the power delivery was great (I had a pretty decent sized turbo, so it was basically nothing... nothing.... nothing... HOLY SHIT!!!), and lots more.