1991 V6 in Euro spec
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:24 pm
Hello all:
I have my eye on a 1991 V6. It is a Euro market version which means it has the DIRAVI steering. That is marvellous. Less marvellous is the V6. Is that V6 the horror I suspect it is - or is it a matter of cambelt changes and checking the head gasket? Does anyone have any input on this? The reason I might be looking at this is that my wife hates the prospect of driving a UK model in Denmark because the steering while is on the "wrong" side. I found a champagne gold metallic V6 in Dormagen, Germany for a modest €1200 with about 110,000 miles on the odo. It even has the nice alloys seen on the promotional literature (which my 2.0 has). The other downside is I suddenly might have a spare car with nice new paint, generally good maintenance standards but some underbody rust a leaking pinion valve. Too good to throw away, costly to fix and impossible to sell here!
I have my eye on a 1991 V6. It is a Euro market version which means it has the DIRAVI steering. That is marvellous. Less marvellous is the V6. Is that V6 the horror I suspect it is - or is it a matter of cambelt changes and checking the head gasket? Does anyone have any input on this? The reason I might be looking at this is that my wife hates the prospect of driving a UK model in Denmark because the steering while is on the "wrong" side. I found a champagne gold metallic V6 in Dormagen, Germany for a modest €1200 with about 110,000 miles on the odo. It even has the nice alloys seen on the promotional literature (which my 2.0 has). The other downside is I suddenly might have a spare car with nice new paint, generally good maintenance standards but some underbody rust a leaking pinion valve. Too good to throw away, costly to fix and impossible to sell here!
