Cabriolet - audis - fun

[Tony Hoffman]

Britt,

This one made me laugh.

The one thing I'll add, though, is this. The A8 is great if it's your
only car. But, there are plenty of choices that are cheaper to
maintain, if you have more than one. For road trips, we use the wifes
Camry. So, my 4000Q still suits me fine, and I don't have to make
sacrifices that I otherwise would getting into a car like the A8.

But, for a lot of people, Fay included, a car that old/noisy/small
doesn't work, and of course I understand that point of view as well.
And, as you mentioned, and I'll afree completely, if you do the work
yourself, an A8 is a rough one to beat. A $70k plus car for under
$10k?? Lemeeee see, do I want a two year old (whatever), or an A8.
Boy, that's a tough one ;-)

BTW, on your A8, have you pulled and cleaned the valve body?

Tony

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 7:58 PM, Britt Crowell <Britt at brittcrowell.com> wrote:
> The whole Audi community are now on notice. I'm done with school and my fingers being ninjaized over the last four years are ready, with nothing else to do but rebuild the tranny in my A8 (I cant afford that at the moment) and are on the offensive!
> A U Nick! (that's Audi U)
>
> But seriously, and I just finished my MBA, not that I'm superior to you, I've just been drinking since noon!
> Different Audis have their strong and week points.

> But for most daily driving, in the 5-7 year old car market, the A8 is going to be the better buy in most cases I would bet....if you can do your own mantanice.
>
> I even bet a R8 V8 supercharged, would spank a R8 V10's ass all over Colorado! Plus save you a few ten thousand!
>
> And for my final argument.
> Pack your wife, all her shit for a two week trip, on a 1500 mile drive, all your computer crap ( her stuff is shit, my stuff is crap) all the dogs stuff (two Jack Russell Terriost), plus two empty kegs, and illegal fireworks for Colorado and make the return trip with Christmas presents, two full kegs of New Belgium beer and get 26-27 mpg the the whole trip and feel like your sitting in a Lazy-Boy the whole way!
>
> A8/L baby!  :-P