6-sp/bowden/Unka Bar

[Graydon D. Stuckey]

On Thu, 12 Oct 2000 quattro-request at audifans.com wrote:

> From: Jokeree at aol.com
> So I am at the understanding now that the '93 and '94 V8Q have an extra 30 or 
> so horsepower (thanks to the 4.2L), but doesn't' have the option of 5-spd 
> that the earlier 3.6L got. Basically, the 3.6L 5-spd is quicker 0-60 than the 
> 4.2L slush only. Thanks, my curiosity is now cured....

That is correct.  However, you could get the 4.2litre V8 in Europe with a 
6-speed tranny! :-)

> From: "Chris Dyer" <chrisdyer at hotmail.com>
> Lookin' fer part numbers &/or sources for my bouden cable/ a/c programmer 
> motor. Parts Connection emailed me & said sorry, dealer only. Or, if someone 
> has a rebuilt programmer I'd be interested as well.

Go to the dealer.  Its only a few dollars and very easy to install.  5 
minutes at the most.

> steps in on a flame war between two or more parties and starts ripping on one 
> or the other or the other....We sitting back and seeing ignorant hate posts 
> being tossed back and forth between parties can see the nonsense in it, but 
> to step in and *add negative commentary* along with what they should be doing 
> (taking it off list, stepping back and taking a breath) just isn't right, of 
> course IMHO. I see it as just adding fuel to the flame, ya know. 

Yeah, but Unka Bart is the old man around here, a curmudgeonly character 
indeed, and always steps in to stop the rantin' and ravin'.  You hafta 
expect it, and obey it, or else!  He's older than the list!

:-)

Sincerely,
Graydon D. Stuckey
'92 Audi S4 - the Original S4.
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