Originally Posted by schwarzwagen

fahrgewehr,


i have not had to do anything crazy to it, i have owned it since 1994 and put on 220k miles of the 270k it currently has. i am really finicky about the suspension so i replace shocks every 50k miles, brakes when 20% of the pad remains, control arms and bushings every 2 years regardless... the a/c condensor and a/c high pressure hose went bad a couple years ago, replaced that, ACC mono valve went out once, flex discs and center support bearing once per year, very soon i am going to buy a new stainless exhaust from timevalve.com, and soon the head will need to be rebuilt, the fuel distributor is also getting weak...

all in all i am very pleased with this car, it has paid for itself more than once.