The cars and bikes thread!

[Raza]

My fun car is a manual. I tried a manual daily driver when I had my Cayenne.







Didn't do it for me. I prefer a sequential, like the BMW was, but a good auto works, too.

-- Wayne

You had a manual Cayenne!? They do exist!

[happyscrappyheropup]

You had a manual Cayenne!? They do exist!

Heh, yeah. It was a rare one. 08 GTS. Horribly unreliable. Really great sounding factory exhaust.

-- Wayne

[ck1109]

I picked up a 2011 CTS-V wagon to replace my 10yr old E60 M5.

The M was an incredible car, but I really wanted another super wagon in my life. I'd sold a 2007 E63 wagon to buy the M5 and I missed the utility of a hatch.

I found the car about 4 hrs away in PA. A friend who owns a car dealer picked it up for me, inspected it and traded my M for it. The trade saves $ on tax here in MD, you only pay tax on the difference between the trade and purchase.

The V had really bad pinstripes and side molding.





After a few hrs with a heat gun, 3M eraser wheel, adhesive remover and a little cleanup it looks much better.





And useful, too.



The interior is typical disappointing GM, but the car rides and drives great. The big, blown 6.2L LSA makes 556hp/551tq for now and seems to pass everything but a gas station.

Once I finish with 2 other hotrod projects I'm going to do a few bolt on mods (pulley, injectors, tune, heat exchanger).

-- Wayne

Congrats on buying one of my favorites!

Much like the e63 AMG wagons, the CTS-V wagon is a rare car. I think I remember reading that there's only 300(?) or so of them sold before they discontinued it.

Styling wise, I thing it would look great with a blacked out chrome trim and black wheels.

[happyscrappyheropup]

Congrats on buying one of my favorites!

Much like the e63 AMG wagons, the CTS-V wagon is a rare car. I think I remember reading that there's only 300(?) or so of them sold before they discontinued it.

I think the W211 E63 wagon is more rare than the V wagon, but I'm struggling to find production numbers by year for the V wagon. I had a 2007 E63.

E 63 AMG Wagon
2007: 67
2008: 62
2009: 24

Styling wise, I thing it would look great with a blacked out chrome trim and black wheels.

Already looking at options





-- Wayne

[ck1109]

I think the W211 E63 wagon is more rare than the V wagon, but I'm struggling to find production numbers by year for the V wagon. I had a 2007 E63.

E 63 AMG Wagon
2007: 67
2008: 62
2009: 24





Already looking at options





-- Wayne

Wait! Is that your wagon? Great progress.

[happyscrappyheropup]

Wait! Is that your wagon? Great progress.

I wish! Mine is still very shiny.



-- Wayne

[Raza]

I wish they made a lower powered (400-430hp) version on the GT-R with a manual. That design didn't excite me at the beginning, but it's aged very well. However, dual clutches and I just don't mix.

[scottjc]

Delivery of my new car has been pushed out by a week but, after 6 months of waiting, I'm just glad that is now in the country.

[scottjc]

Another delay. They're now saying Thursday 17th for delivery.

[geoffbot]

I'm probably going to be given a diesel company car sometime soon, which will be dull.

No offence to diesel owners. Like Scott.