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Best modern Engine
Posted by: cartalk ()
Date: August 09, 2009 11:40PM

We're in the market for a used car and a few relatives have pointed us to the GM 3800 as one of the most reliable engines. Many Buicks and Olds have them. Just curious if anyone has any recs of other solid engines. How about Transmission?

Thanks

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: carguy ()
Date: August 10, 2009 09:37AM

family car? or sports car? Lexus GS 97-04 it uses the 2jz engine, the same engine on the MKIV Supra, it was a bulletproof engine. The Lexus IS 300 uses the Sjz-GE motor which is solid.

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: ITRADE ()
Date: August 10, 2009 11:24AM

Thomas the Tank Engine.

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: § ()
Date: August 10, 2009 11:57AM

I'm partial to the Audi TSFI engine they are using in the new models. It was only out for about 6 months overseas (before it came here) and it was named Engine-of-the-Year. If I recall correctly, the previous 2 engines they produced for the A4 also won the award.

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: August 10, 2009 12:05PM

If it has one of these symbols, the engine will last you 300,000 miles with no break downs.




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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: cartalk ()
Date: August 10, 2009 12:22PM

carguy Wrote:
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> family car? or sports car? Lexus GS 97-04 it uses
> the 2jz engine, the same engine on the MKIV Supra,
> it was a bulletproof engine. The Lexus IS 300
> uses the Sjz-GE motor which is solid.


Looking for a daily driver, 4dr sedan. Any thoughts on the Tranny?

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: cartalk ()
Date: August 10, 2009 12:24PM

btw- looking for 6cyl to help with the gas mileage. thx

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: § ()
Date: August 10, 2009 02:34PM

I'd look in to a 4-cyl engine if gas mileage is your concern.

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: Lexus FTW ()
Date: August 10, 2009 02:35PM

§ Wrote:
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> I'd look in to a 4-cyl engine if gas mileage is
> your concern.
>
> The last generation Audi A4 had a 170hp turbo
> 4-cyl that got 23 city and 30 hwy. It was peppy,
> but not a lot of torque off the line. But that's
> not what your looking for anyway. Certain models
> without the AWD option came with a CVT
> transmission which was very smooth. You can't
> feel the shifts and there is no lurching
> whatsoever. I believe I've seen other brands
> offer the CVT transmission combined with a 4-cyl
> as well. IIRC, they were VW and Mazda.



No one gives a damn about your piece of shit Audi.

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: § ()
Date: August 10, 2009 02:45PM

Thanks, RV.

And no one gives a damn about your generic-looking, bland, re-badged Toyota Camry. Could the Japanese have at least made their luxury segments look somewhat different than their multi-production counterparts?

I guess Lexus drivers like boring.

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: Lexus FTW ()
Date: August 10, 2009 02:51PM

One of these will be in the shop every two months; the other will go twenty years without a breakdown. Looks and style won't matter when you are on your second and third transmission.




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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: § ()
Date: August 10, 2009 02:55PM

How do you figure? Do you drive an Audi? I haven't had any issues with three I've owned aside from a burnt out tail light.

Besides, who the fuck drives a car to 200k? Are you really that car poor?

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: Lexus FTW ()
Date: August 10, 2009 03:02PM

Plenty of people drive a car to 200k. They're called Camry, Corolla, IS, ES, LS400, Accord, Maxima, Civic owners.

Not everyone buys a car every time they finish paying off their last finance or lease.

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: Lexus FTW ()
Date: August 10, 2009 03:06PM

To answer your other question, I have had friends with A4s and A6s that had electrical and transmission problems. If your Audis have been reliable, more power to you, but every Lexus owner I have known keeps them for the long term and they never had a single problem.

Check the reliability ratings, Hyundai and Kia get higher reliability marks than any German brand.

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: § ()
Date: August 10, 2009 03:07PM

I didn't know that there were so many poor people driving Lexuses.

To each is own, I guess.

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: Audi = POS ()
Date: August 10, 2009 03:09PM

§ Wrote:
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> I didn't know that there were so many poor people
> driving Lexuses.
>
> To each is own, I guess.


Yeah, because keeping a car for more than five years is a mark of poverty. If buying a luxury car that you can't afford every few years helps with your crippling depression, more power to you.

To each his own, I guess.

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: § ()
Date: August 10, 2009 03:20PM

Yeah, because keeping a car for more than five years shows that you probably get laid about once every five years. It's ok, I'm sure the granny down the street thinks your re-badged Toyota Camry is HOT. If you can't buy a new luxury car with a six-figure cash bonus because your career never really took off, more power to you.

To each his own, I guess.

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: § ()
Date: August 10, 2009 03:33PM

Lexus FTW Wrote:
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> To answer your other question, I have had friends
> with A4s and A6s that had electrical and
> transmission problems. If your Audis have been
> reliable, more power to you, but every Lexus owner
> I have known keeps them for the long term and they
> never had a single problem.
>
> Check the reliability ratings, Hyundai and Kia get
> higher reliability marks than any German brand.

I believe it, but reliability ratings are vastly overrated. For every broken down Audi, there are 100+ on the road that have no problems.

On that note, the latest JD Powers survey rated Jaguar with the highest reliability of 2008. So that means the Brits went from last to first overnight? I don't believe it.

I think it's all relative to who's got the time and effort to fill out an 8 page survey for the $1 buck they put in the envelope.

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: carguy ()
Date: August 10, 2009 03:49PM

trannys on the GS and IS are good, no problem that ive heard of.

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: ITRADE ()
Date: August 10, 2009 04:24PM

Of course....remembering that Audi is a souped up VOLKSWAGEN.

But thanks for playing.

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: § ()
Date: August 10, 2009 04:33PM

VW, yes, but is more distinctive than that of the styling of the Lexus / Camry comparison. That was my original point.

But thanks for paying attention.

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: ITRADE ()
Date: August 10, 2009 04:58PM

Passat:



A4:


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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: cakelove ()
Date: August 10, 2009 05:23PM

i'd pcik the audi easily, although i'd rather have the s4

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: bdimag ()
Date: August 10, 2009 06:06PM

2007-volvo-s60-15_460x0w.jpg

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: Audi = Expensive VW ()
Date: August 10, 2009 06:10PM

§ Wrote:
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> Yeah, because keeping a car for more than five
> years shows that you probably get laid about once
> every five years. It's ok, I'm sure the granny
> down the street thinks your re-badged Toyota Camry
> is HOT. If you can't buy a new luxury car with a
> six-figure cash bonus because your career never
> really took off, more power to you.
>
> To each his own, I guess.



§ = Washingtonelocian. Meglomania, need to impress, fabrications, etc.

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: cartalk ()
Date: August 10, 2009 08:44PM

Any comments on BMW's? Seeing some 525i w/130k+ on them (2000+).

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: bdimag ()
Date: August 11, 2009 02:45PM

its funny because they are camrys

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: bdimag ()
Date: August 11, 2009 02:46PM

eesh Wrote:
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> If it has one of these symbols, the engine will
> last you 300,000 miles with no break downs.
>

maybe that was true 10 years ago

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: ITRADE ()
Date: August 11, 2009 03:13PM

True, there has been a lot of talk about certain recent vintages of Camrys which suffer from engine sludge seizure. The result is a dead car...

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: § ()
Date: August 11, 2009 04:03PM

I hear that the Jaguar engines are one of best new engines out there today. They're not that great on gas, but they're fast and have a distinct growl to them unlike any other engine.

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: ITRADE ()
Date: August 11, 2009 09:25PM

I prefer the Cougar.

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: bloody blisters ()
Date: August 11, 2009 09:31PM

you cant beat a Nissan Altima. the older ones of course. you can hit a curb head on going 50 and only your visor will break.

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: supernuller ()
Date: October 08, 2010 04:14AM

The Bmw m50/s50/m52 in the e36's are very reliable if you maintain the cooling system.The only reason those motors ever die seems to be people don't do preventive maintenance on their cooling systems so they end up leaking coolant and people keep driving them so the head warps or cracks. E36 are fairly cheap too.

The e46 is nice but quite a bit more expensive I don't believe they have cooling system problems but make sure you don't buy an automatic e46 between 1999 and 2000 those transmissions have a tendency to loose reverse.Just get a manual one.

The old e30's are great too very cheap and there M20 motor is very reliable just remember to change the timing belt same with all of the 4 cylinder engines M10 M40 M42. One of my friends has an old e30 318i with over 278k on it.you don't have to worry about the timing belt on the M20's bigger brother the M30 that's in the bigger cars such as the E34 and e24 and alot of other cars.

Chevrolet small-block motors are excellent too especially the good old 350/5.7L and all the other engines based off these engines.

The Ford 302 and 351Windsor and Cleveland and other similar engines

The 7.3 power stroke is awesome people get crazy amounts of miles out of these engines. 400,000+ miles. I know some people who run this engine on filtered transmission fluid.

The old Nissan motors rock any 3.0 and below. I love the z31 and z32 too bad most of the old z31s are rust buckets now.

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: Troll@AOL ()
Date: October 08, 2010 08:51AM

Honda or Acura, because reliabilty is guaranteed and their
exclusive i-Vtec technology gives you optimum gas milage and
jaw-dropping performance.

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: i 1 2 ½ 6 ()
Date: October 08, 2010 10:05AM

Ford's 4.6

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: -SBS-_ ()
Date: October 08, 2010 11:14AM

i 1 2 ½ 6 Wrote:
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> Ford's 4.6

Based on what?

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: Wahhh ()
Date: October 08, 2010 11:22AM

This engine gets my vote:
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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: October 08, 2010 06:12PM

Some say the best engines are the ones that use dilithium crystals, but I say artificial quantum singularities are the way to go.

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Re: Best modern Engine
Posted by: Troll@AOL ()
Date: October 08, 2010 06:47PM

Best Engine EVER : 1988 Flux-Capacitor DeLorean Hybrid.

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