I absolutely agree contis drive better than Japanese on most days but I just can’t deal with shit potentially breaking every other day.

My advice? With that budget, just get a honda city or altis/accord and avoid any problems which would render you transportless

It's not just airmatic, which is a massively annoying and expensive mess, but also typical absorber seals, but of course it's a lot cheaper to deal with than air suspension.

its a pity we dont have lease car system like overseas. where you basicaly rent the car for 2-3 years under warranty and then return the car to dealer. that would be the most hassle free way to experience the driving pleasure of conti without having to suffer

passion must include if you like to work on your own cars, mechanically inclined. lots of youtube videos of amdk working on euro cars DIY.

Then it is a no for me. Had a GTI. Fantastic car to drive. Love it to bits the drive. But fk, every 3-4 months I kid you not, a light comes on. If you’re lucky it’s just a speed sensor. But luck almost always runs out eventually. I had ABS module, intake manifold, coil, crankshaft position and few more that I don’t even know existed. Only thing that didn’t/hasn’t break was the DSG

The one you had was Mk6 or 7?

1st batch mark6 without the sunroof.

Ah you replied so quickly lol. Edited more comment above

Btw, is it more reliable for your R? I reckon it's mk7 right

Then it is a no for me. Had a GTI. Fantastic car to drive. Love it to bits the drive. But fk, every 3-4 months I kid you not, a light comes on. If you’re lucky it’s just a speed sensor. But luck almost always runs out eventually. I had ABS module, intake manifold, coil, crankshaft position and few more that I don’t even know existed. Only thing that didn’t/hasn’t break was the DSG

Intake manifold? That’s an unusual item to replace. Was it plastic? Did it crack? The rest of the items you listed are sensors and electronics, can be considered wear and tear depending on how tough they designed the sensors. Like many ppl said maybe conti cars aren’t designed for our hot humid tropical weather, electronics not spec tough enough. Another reason why ppl like Scotty k are wary about cars with too many electronics especially on older ones.

Not quite actually. Intake is plastic yes but it didn’t crack. It had an actuator or flap or whatever. That broke. As with my water pump. It is integrated with the thermostat so if any goes, both have to.

Crankshaft was due to my tensioner misbehaving, causing the timing to skip a tooth or 2. Had to replace an entire set. And the timing set had almost 20 parts alongside it. From special sealant to screws to guard rails. FML.

That flap seems similar to the Toyota acoustic control  induction system. ACIS. Variable intake length throttle system. Today i think  most manufacturers just use variable valve timing and ecu management to achieve the same effect.
Conti cars are notorious for having all kinds of special hard to find fasteners, etorx triple square posi drive etc. unlike t n h cars where you can pretty much dismantle everything with 10,12 and 14 and 17 mm socket.

I can only imagine if it was a Rover. That’s one easy way for me to get back to B40 lol. It was an mk6.

VW isn’t that expensive to fix with OEMs aplenty thankfully. But it’s freaking annoying to have things that you’ve never heard of breaking before, starts breaking. Some even repetitively. I’ve replaced accelerator pedals, dog mounts, dsg linkage and quite a few others. All these required me to get it on a flatbed. and cosmetics like the roof lining, door panel leather sagging like some kind of Botox job gone wrong, soft touch panels that became sticky tapes.

I absolutely agree contis drive better than Japanese on most days but I just can’t deal with shit potentially breaking every other day.

its a pity we dont have lease car system like overseas. where you basicaly rent the car for 2-3 years under warranty and then return the car to dealer. that would be the most hassle free way to experience the driving pleasure of conti without having to suffer the maintenance headache.
people who buy used conti, most likely already have a second/third car (invariably a more reliable brand). the conti can be used as toy car. ofc got ppl like chuaboy who dont have any other car and take loan buy 7yo bmw, these ppl asking for it.

its a pity we dont have lease car system like overseas. where you basicaly rent the car for 2-3 years under warranty and then return the car to dealer. that would be the most hassle free way to experience the driving pleasure of conti without having to suffer the maintenance headache.

I’ve spent so much time and money on cars from wiralution to ek to GTI and R I just can’t do it anymore. Spent so much of my younger days squatting at Jaafa, Jian hang to watch them weld exhausts and intercoolers.

Still remember I used to try and replace the capacitors in my GSR 5508 ECU out of passion as you’ve put it. Of course, I screwed up the entire thing and had to get a new one lol.

Now? I just can’t make time for this shit no more. Unless I strike a lottery or crypto goes up a few 1000% more, I have to dedicate whatever time I have to make money.

Edit: or 3308. I’m so old now I can’t remember anymore

actually got. like lease2go

but u judge it by yourself lah whether it is worth it or not



meanwhile in UK

Yes indeed. Light mods could easily reach 400hp, very tempting indeed. But I doubt the handling is good enough to handle such power in its stock form

In the meantime, I managed to stumble upon the A6 FL 3.0 TFSI. Not sure how reliable and how whiny the supercharger in practice. 
Yes indeed, C43 E43 engine haha just without the snappy 9G-TRONIC

your bonnet cable snapped already or not?


years of owning conti and jdm cars, this is the first time I encountered with this