New Audi in the Family

[Larry C Leung]

congrats to mum.

LL - NY

On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 22:19:48 -0500 "Alexander van Gerbig"
<Audi_80 at email.msn.com> writes:
>    Howdy!  Finally after a few weeks of waiting we got to pick up
>mum's new
>'01 Allroad.  She grabbed it for $48k total with all taxes and such,
>some
>$3500 under listed value.  I was surprised because this specific
>Allroad is
>loaded (unlike the others we looked at), I think it's got every
>option
>except navigation and tiptronic.  It's black, black/gray leather
>scheme, 6
>speed, premium package, convenience package, 17" dual spoke wheels,
>and even
>a ski bag (the '02 models don't have this).  I am quite impressed in
>the fit
>and finish of the whole car, body panel gaps don't seem to exist.  It
>looks
>really sharp except for those Audi 80 style primed bumpers.  Sounds
>pretty
>subdued out those dual tailpipes, though haven't driven it, yet:)
>
>    Now the 200q20v becomes Alex's responsibility, just what I need
>another
>mess to clean up.  On the ride home it was making the oddest noises
>and
>vibrations, sounded like a small child was trapped in the dash and
>was
>screeching at 3k rpm, very strange and totally new to me.  Though
>magically
>it pulls 1.7 bar again, used to go to 1.5 bar and stop unless in 5th.
>Maybe
>if I sell all my old turbo engine bits and sell lots of europarts I
>can
>focus on the 200 a bit.  I may tinker with it over this break from
>college,
>but hopefully I won't have the time, praying my old boss at the car
>shop
>needs me for a few weeks.  It still goes like stink and burns the
>pants of
>Taurus wagons, ask me how I know:)
>
>Tomorrow we christen the allroad with some champagne (sister dropped
>a
>bottle of champagne on mum's brand new '92 100S a few days after she
>picked
>it up, most trouble free car mum ever owned, so we've gotten
>superstitious,
>but no denting this time).
>
>Cheers!
>
>Alexander van Gerbig -- '90 90q20v -- '88 80t (R.I.P)
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