Decision time

[TooManyAudis at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/9/2009 8:39:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
kentmclean at comcast.net writes:

TooManyAudis at aol.com wrote:
> What the hell has become of  us?  A station wagon for fun??  

Would someone else with a  chipped '91 200 20V Avant care to fill him in?

I'll start.  Stock,  it does 0-60 in about 6.6 seconds. Chipped, with
a 2.5 bar transducer, it  puts a silly grin on your face. On the highway
in fourth with RPMs above  3000, floor it and traffic disappears behind
you in a hurry.

Add a  suspension upgraded with Bilsteins and Eibachs, and a chipped
20v will make  you do bad things.

And the beast is approaching  antiquity.



Kent,
 
I was, of course, kidding.
 
I've logged at least 750k miles behind the wheel of Audis, and countless  
hours underneath them with wrenches in hand.  And, the best times were  the 50 or 
60k miles in my 91 200q20v sedan.  But, a busted  throw-out bearing, combined 
with a busted shoulder that meant I could not re-do  the clutch myself, and a 
new business meant that the fun times went by oh, so  quickly.
 
A very interesting South African guy drove down from New Jersey in a diesel  
VW pickup with a transplanted TDI engine, hooked a tow bar up to the bumper  
of the 200q20v and off he went into the night.  A sad, sad day,  indeed.
 
And, I'm thinking that an A4 avant 5-speed would be a good car for  me.  No 
wife, no kids, but plenty to haul due to work.  
 
You see, it is me who is getting old, and I had to take it out on  somebody...
 
-- Tom
Charleston, SC




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