How the hell did you break the crankshaft? How many miles were on the car when that heppened, cause they came with a 100,000, 10/yr powertrain warranty. VR6's are damn near bulletproof, I beat the shit out of mine all the time, and have never had anything go wrong. Did you not do PM on the motor or what? And of course it cost 1500 to fix, you would have to basically rebuild the whole motor. You can get a crankshaft for fairly cheap, it was the labor that made that so expensive I am guessing. And your rant about only using german parts in a german car, no shit, would you put chevy parts in a honda? NO.