I find they have better seats and more interior room. I enjoy driving them more.
I agree with you entirely on the interior room - larger car, less safety features and other gizmos to take up room. Your 505s must be a lot newer than any I've ever owned, though, the driver's seat was always sagged out on mine and the rear seats on the early models always disintegrated and ripped across the top. .
You would never contemplate rebuilding a 406 engine.
I wonder if this will continue to be true. I suspect noone rebuilds a 406 engine at the moment because they're still quite new and most are still good. Even after a catastrophic failure you'd just look for a replacement from a crashed car. It was probably a similar story with a 505 GTI in, say, 1992. In 10 years, if anyone still drives 406s, then the story may be a little different.
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