Audi A8 wheels

[Taka Mizutani]

A8s are pretty scarce- it's not hard to find A8 wheels on ebay.de, just need
to find
a seller willing to ship to the US.

If you have an allroad 2.7T, yes, that is the same engine.

IMO, the current MBZ E500/550 4Matic wagon is a much better drive than the
allroad
or A6 Avant. Airmatic suspension has a nice range of adjustment from soft to
firm and
works decently in practice. Engine is much more tractable, but that's the
advantage of
5L vs. 2.7L + turbos.

Dynamically, the E39 540i Touring also is better than the allroad, but only
RWD. Available
M Technic sport package makes all the difference- the standard 540i is too
soft to be really
fun (although if you want to, you can easily do doughnuts all day long, even
in the dry, with
the crappy all-season 16" tires).

Taka


On 2/8/07, Alex Cagann <alex at symbolicautosales.com> wrote:
>
> I finally found that A8 shortie I was looking for for a client. Got him a
> 2005 silver and gray leather one with 25k miles. However, it does not have
> the wheels he prefers...the 05 A8's came with one of 4 different wheel
> packages. I am looking for a set of the 18 inch 5 spoke 'monoblock'
> polished
> wheels. If you have any or know of any for sale, please let me know. There
> are none on ebay currently. Additionally, I bought an 03 Audi Allroad
> yesterday. One word, WOW. I've never driven one before, what a blast. The
> roads here in Indy are covered with snow right now...that sucker is
> amazing.
> Is that the S4 engine?  Very nicely built and a solid driver. I have
> driven
> 5 series tourings and Eclass Benz wagon's...this thing blows them ALL away
> in every category.
>
> Alex
>
>
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