200 Avant V8

[Per Lindgren]

Get yourself an Ur-S4 Avant with the slushbox. That way you still get to have an
Audi, and your missus can get her auto tranny!

PerL
92 Cabrio 2.3E


"Roger M. Woodbury" wrote:

> As some may recall, I am selling my 89 200 V8.  It has been (and remains to
> be) a wonderful car, and is in rather terrific condition overall.  My SO
> will need a car soon, and she has zero interest in cars aside from their
> being transportation, and less interest in learning how to drive a stick
> shift...she is REALLY an automatic transmission person, so the 200 must go.
>
> But I don't REALLY want to sell it, and so far at auction I have maintained
> a (what I felt) was a reasonable reserve, and it hasn't sold.  With the V8
> and the GMC truck in the yard, we hardly need the wagon, anyway, but I
> really don't want the V8 used for just short haul purposes, and the truck is
> a 454 V8, and likes gas quite a lot.....so, the perfect around town vehicle
> is what we need, and one with an automatic.
>
> But I don't want to just sell the 200...much too nice to just give away.
> So, it has occurred to me that it just might not sell, and then, what do I
> do?  Well, I have had a brainstorm that was related to an old desire that I
> had while I had the first Avant...a 5000 CS Quattro....
>
> The ONLY thing that is wrong with either the 5000 CS OR the 200 Avant, is
> that they tend to be a bit doggie off the line; a tad down on power.  My
> "what if" has always been that the car would be MUCH nicer if it had...oh,
> say, the 3.6 litre V8 with its added grunt and 240 horses.
>
> The recent thread about making that swap has really gotten me excited.  My
> wrench says that ANYTHING is possible, and I know that my 200 wagon is a
> PERFECT candidate for such a swap.  The transmission was rebuilt with new
> clutch last May, so it is ready.
>
> So, if it doesn't sell this season, I just might keep it, and start saving
> my pennies...now, just roll the fender edges a bit so S4 wheels and slightly
> bigger tires will fit...and we'll take the suspension and.......
>
> Quick:  I think I'll lie down until this fever passes!
>
> Roger