Well it helps to have a closed block and cylinder walls thicker than my fingers lol.

 

this is a thread about 6.2 litre v8s dude

 

Iron blocks too. But they were largely unstressed at 300hp, the VG30DETT would start to struggle north of 400hp, the 6g63 in the 3000GTs would struggle IIRC around 500hp, 2JZs and RB26s are known to go 1000hp and all that, but they take a tremendous amount of money and work to get there, and for as "bullet proof" as they, they don't seem to still be running around anymore. I mean even the famous Castol Supra chucked the 2JZ in favor of the 3SGTE (yeah yeah weight savings). It's kinda hilarious, anytime one of those imports show up on those neanderthal shows like Street Outlaws, they almost have always have some sort of failure. Pretty hard to beat the value proposition of a Whippled Coyote.

 

https://www.thedrive.com/news/gms-br...eline-dries-up

HA! This article was basically repeating was I was posting at the beginning of the thread, but the driver quoted in the story is the one we use who told me all of this in the first place. Small world. She has been doing this for a while and I feel for her. Shout out to Chey.

 

Oh I was just talking about the G16 under the hood of our GRCs

 

The bigger issue here is why a headlight is failing on a 4-5 year old car. I love the Macan and thought about buying one many times, but hearing things like this is why I still haven't.

 

My DD is 11 years old. Japanese and manufactured in JDM. LED headlights, and zero issues in over a decade. $4000 and also requires 2 motors? Leave it to Ze Germans to make things over complicated and overpriced. You could literally buy several JDM vehicles for what that thing costs as well. You don’t need a Porsche to drive to the grocery store.

 

I mean the headlight unit probably turns with the steering wheel, which was no doubt an option (because Porsche). It's also a brilliant feature that I personally love. Also one that does require motors. Highly doubt your DD has the same feature. Should the unit have failed? Of course not, but making a disingenuous comparison does nobody favors.

 

Yeah, I agree it should not have failed. Time will tell if it stays pretty solid or turns into a money pit.

I will say though to people considering one, if you don't need it to be a sports car, just get the 4 cyl. The big draw is the ride quality, a nice interior, and decent handling and the base model has all three. The 4cyl is not fast, but it is not bad and it has a run of the mill GTI engine which is very reliable and cheap to maintain. I shelled out more for an S model and it is a smidge quicker and more to maintain. If I had to do it again, I would have saved $10k and bought a 4cyl because I drive it sedately 95% of the time. I am TOLD by many including my mechanic they are all pretty reliable, but I only have 1 yr and 8,000 miles requiring one new headlight. (bought used with 32k on it) It is a really nice driving car for commutes and long trips. Super comfortable. I can't comment on performance driving because I feel dumb trying to throw around a lifted blob.

As far as the headlight failure, it turns, self levels, and I think it raises the beam to see farther as speed increases unless you have cars directly in front of you. Given all that, none of that failed, it was just a stupid LED bulb that went out. Sadly, you can't fix them. I personally would prefer as a buyer a headlight as bright as they are because they are tremendous at lighting the road, but fixed in place, cheap and easy to replace.

 

I loved that engine...in my GTI. No way in hell I'd ever purchase a Macan with the same 4 banger under the hood. Also if the Macan had a manual I'd probably own one now - would be perfect for my use out here in MT.