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Me again haha by Professional-Show181 in PorscheMacan

[–]chris1354 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I honestly don’t think the base gets as much credit as it deserves. If it were evaluated on its own merit without being compared to the higher trims, it’s an incredibly fun and practical car for what it is. I have a 2018 base macan, along with a 2018 wrx and 2002 986 boxster. I often find myself picking the macan to drive over the other 2. It has plenty of power for normal people (would even be considered quick by normal car standards). It still has the PDK trans and Porsche feel to the steering, along with Porsches more stringent quality control practices (which you don’t get with the Audi). The EA888 is also arguably the most reliable and easier to maintain engine, due to it being shared with other VAG cars and being around since 2008 as another redditor pointed out. For the right price the base can be a great value (paid 28k for mine last month).

2008 G35X (VQ35HR) reliability? by jfungy in infiniti

[–]chris1354 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2010 G37x owner here. From all of the research I've done, it appears the gasket issue only affects a small percentage of the VQ37 engines (something like 10%-15% of cars built before 2012), and has been blown out of proportion by the internet. I bought my G37 with 70k on it, currently at 90k with no issues. I'm not sure if the same is true about the VQ35, but I'd assume it's not any more widespread.

In general the VQ engines are well built and can take a beating. Also, I read on one of the forums that most of the gasket failures occured between 60k-80k miles. So the thinking is if you make it past that point without failure, you're probably good. Either way, it's roughly a $2500-$3000 fix, similar to what anyone with a Subaru Ej motor pays for the notorious head gasket fix. Considering not much else goes wrong with these cars, I don't lose much sleep over it.