Please talk some sense into me

[Michael McLaughlin]

Funny, I've heard about that V8 from at least three people.  :-)  They'd actually fallen off my radar, but that particular car sounds very nice and is quite tempting. However, I've never heard anything good about the expense of V8 upkeep (I understand timing belt changes make the same procedure on my 1.8T seem easy and inexpensive). I could probably talk myself into it eventually, but doubt my wife would sign off on it.

Thanks for your input.

-Mike
 
On Tuesday, July 22, 2008, at 04:24PM, "Kent McLean" <kentmclean at comcast.net> wrote:
>Michael McLaughlin wrote:
>> Anyway, any thoughts/input/etc. on this issue would be appreciated. I  
>> can't help but think that buying a car that old (even if we find one  
>> in spectacular condition) is a bad idea in a lot of ways, but man, I  
>> miss my old Audis.
>
>Cars just get you from A to B. Get one that makes you happy.
>
>I've been looking at (but I'm not buying) Cabriolets.  Googling Craigslist:
><site:craigslist.org audi cabriolet 1994..1998>
>
>Returns lots of hits. Like this one:
><http://cosprings.craigslist.org/car/746071467.html>
>
>For: ragtop, v6, simplicity of manual HVAC
>Against: V6, auto, no quattro
>
>My '94 100 S Avant was the best of my Audis (until my A4).  I'd think
>(hope) the cabrio would match it.
>
>But you really want an S6, so go for it.
>
>Unless you'd like a V8. Check the V8 email archives for "DaveC's V8 5-speed FS".
>All the hard work has been done.
>
>-- 
>Kent McLean
>'99 A4 Avant, w/ quattro, V6, Tiptronic, :)
>'91 200 TQA #1, backup car
>'94 100 S Avant, "Moody", now with a new owner
>'91 200 TQA #2, up in smoke 2
>'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy", up in smoke
>
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