2001 Carrera? Anyone interested

[LateNightCable]

Do the British have a lock on the Connolly leather market or something? If it's so soft, I would think everyone would want to use it.

Roll-Royce using different grades of leather for their interiors is kind of odd. That class of car is supposed to be about no compromises. I wonder what the rationale is behind that.

[911Emergency!!]

Bentley makes great cars but they appeal to the young and rich not old and rich like Rolls-Royce. VW makes great quality cars and their engines last forever. Anyway why choose "BMW engineering" over VW because for your information the cars that Rolls-Royce has been making crap cars, they've only got a 2 year warranty as oppose to their previous lifetime warranty.

[thepolarfoxqx]

i'm young and rich, rolls appeals to me more than bentley, what now?

well, the previous rolls still had a BMW V12 and a ZF tranny, not much has changed.

and VW engineering being better than BMW, give me hard facts to support that.

[911Emergency!!]

Not saying VW engineering is better than BMW but VW has been around longer and its not like if a company buys another one that companies product is going to be an exact replica of the purchasing companies. And unlike BMW, VW does not need to show a price below sticker to attract customers and then sell for $10,000 above sticker in some cases. BMW is desperate and VW does not need to be. Thats saying something.

[LateNightCable]

Originally Posted by 911Emergency!! VW has been around longer.

The history of Volkswagen can be traced back to the mid-1930's when Adolf Hitler commissioned Ferdinand Porsche to develop the Beetle. BMW as a manufacturer dates back to before World War 1, building aircraft engines. Building it's first motorcycle engine in 1920, and then building cars not many years later.

If BMW puchases a company, especially one such as Roll-Royce, chances are very good they are not going to cheap out on the engineering. They owned Land Rover, and did nothing but good things for them. I believe VW is very desperate, desperate to take over the world, or they would not be so driven to put their finger in every pie.

[thepolarfoxqx]

BMW has been great for everyone the bought. the revived mini cooper, they modernized land rover, and made the most impressive range rover to date, as well as making discovery a viable, relaible, and modern car. They have made Phantom top notch. simple as that.

[850 Ci]

a bit off top are we now. well with my "burnt out" 850, ive been lookin at several options for the 8. new engine, korman, repair, or sell it and buy a nice porsche. i still dont know though. any other high performance coupe i would get would be more than a turbo anyways. and plsu with 30000 more added to the 850, with original price, it is the equivalent in prce with the turbo. so im lookin at porsche. but man, tiptronic? that seriously ruins it. tiptronic...tut ut.

[850 Ci]

a bit off topic are we now. well with my "burnt out" 850, ive been lookin at several options for the 8. new engine, korman, repair, or sell it and buy a nice porsche. i still dont know though. any other high performance coupe i would get would be more than a turbo anyways. and plsu with 30000 more added to the 850, with original price, it is the equivalent in prce with the turbo. so im lookin at porsche. but man, tiptronic? that seriously ruins it. tiptronic...tut ut.

[LateNightCable]

You don't have to get a Tiptronic. If your talking 993 Turbo, Tiptronic wasn't even available I don't think. I'm sure the manual is much more common either way.

[thepolarfoxqx]

seriously, an auto in a porsche is quite yuppy.