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Old Dec 29, 2020 | 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by V12Virage
Agreed! I think what I miss most is the manual gearbox...and being able to drive the car year-round. That said, the Virage is a special car in a way that the S5 could never be.

Wow, that's a gorgeous Virage (and S5, of course!). Do you daily drive the Virage? I assume it may be difficult given the weather conditions in your area. I had made myself a promise to keep the Virage as a weekend driver and have been daily driving it while my Cayenne gets about 1/4 of the daily mileage it used to get!

Originally Posted by brightoncorgi
The S5 would be a fading memory real quick if I replaced it with a Virage. Keep putting on the miles, the car just gets better with the more time you spend in it.

Make sure to install the remote valve control for the exhaust!
Will definitely do so! The remote valve control and a DBS diffuser are the two mods that will be done in the near future. I wasn't going to change any of the aesthetics until I came across another Virage on 6Speed that was for sale with a DBS diffuser and absolutely fell in love.



 
Old Dec 29, 2020 | 07:01 PM
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Thanks! You're right about the winters in Ottawa: between the salt, the potholes and the snow/ice, the Virage would be undrivable most of the time. That means it lives in the garage for almost five months a year. For the other seven months, I don't daily drive it but do feel that I have to commit to getting it out more next year. As for the exhaust, you might skip the remote valve control and just pull the fuse...I find that the Virage really isn't that loud with the stock system - even with the valves open - and it just sounds that much better with them open all the time. Maybe primary cat deletes next year...
 
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