[A4] new / used a4

[Rocky Mullin]

	sweet!!  you lose a little at the top, but you still have a "top"
to raise it too.  awesome.

At 11:25 AM -0700 7/7/06, Brian J White wrote:
>Yeah..it's a big car.   And with a relatively soft suspension.....a
>HUGE cure for that dynamics issue is lowering the car a bit with the
>420 mod, adding H-sport anti-sway bars at the hard setting, and
>removing the silly Servotronic relay for the power steering.    I've
>removed the Servotronic relay....and I may do H-sports someday.  But
>I won't do the 420 mod.
>
>The 420 mod lowers the Allroad even further than the setting 1 on the
>adjustable suspension.  Basically, you tell the computer that the car
>is higher than it really is (via VAG-COM) and the car compensates by
>lowering a bit more.   A rather popular mod in the Allroad crowd.  (A
>'free' lowering kit! )
>
>
>At 11:07 2006-07-07, docwyte at comcast.net wrote:
>>I recently got a '01 silver allroad 6 speed with 84k miles on it for
>>$15,800.  Nice enough car, very large, doesn't do well on gas.  I
>>sold it shortly after buying it and got out clean.  Dynamically it
>>wasn't what I was looking for.
>>
>>-------------- Original message --------------
>>From: thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com>
>>
>>  > yeah ive been looking at 6spd allroads too. paint the fenders +
>>  bumpers and
>>  > lose the stupid lowrider suspension and you have a budget s6 clone.
>>  >
>>  > whered you find the allroad? how is it on gas?
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > On 7/7/06, Brian J White wrote:
>>  > >
>>  > > Yeah..he got a tiptronic. He certainly didn't know any better.
>>  > >
>>  > > I paid $21000 for my 1998 BMW 540i 6-speed in March of 05. Had
>>  > > 54000 miles on it and was beautiful, complete, and a local car
>>  > > always. The original window sticker on the car was $57000. For
>>  > > my purposes, it has been like a brand new $57k car for the price of a
>>  > > new WhatDaYaCallItEconomyCar.
>>  > >
>>  > &g!
>>t; I pa id $24500 for my 2001 Allroad 2.7T 6-speed (w/3rd row seat,
>>  > > rare). Also had 54000 miles on it and was beautiful and
>>  > > complete. Atlas grey 6-speeds with 3rd row seat is a pretty rare
>>  > > car, so I was lucky enough to find it. But compare that to the $58k
>>  > > sticker price. (IIRC anyway...)
>>  > >
>>  > > At 09:50 2006-07-07, thejimrose wrote:
>>  > > >i have to say i totally agree that leasing is akin to setting your cash
>>  > > on
>>  > > >fire. i also HATE spending $$ on cars. it's SUCH a massive
>>  disinvestment
>>  > > [i
>>  > > >prefer booze, women, and carbon fiber motorcycle parts.. =]
>>  > > >
>>  > > >ive always had great luck buying cheap cars, well maintained,
>>  with around
>>  > > >100k and dealing with the occasional hassle of repairs. im also a
>>  > > mod-nut,
>>  > > >so that works out well. if you can afford to lose $20k o! ver
>>  the course
>>  > > >of 3-4 years on a car, go for it.
>>  > > >
>>  > > >i bought my 98 a4 for 7grand with 100k about 1.5 yrs ago. it's been
>>  > > >fantastic. i always get the 'ooooh, fancy car' bit from people
>>  [not that
>>  > > i
>>  > > >care - they dont have to crawl around under it]. it broke down
>>  thje first
>>  > > >week i had it [the common downpipe split] and has been awesome since. i
>>  > > put
>>  > > >a ton of miles on my cars too and i live and work in SF - either bus or
>>  > > >moto to work.
>>  > > >
>>  > > >all that said the new a4 is superpimp. a good buddy of mine who doesnt
>>  > > know
>>  > > >any better just got a new 07 a4 3.2 tip, nav, loaded for 43
>>  grand. OUCH.
>>  > > >
>>  > > >can you say "used m5" ?
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