new ride!

[thejimrose]

thanks steve! i love the pss's. had em set full soft, noticed the rebound
felt a bit underdamped so dialed up 1 click all the way around. i've seen
these on a shock dyno at stasis and they're basically 2 positions. there was
like a 5% difference in the first several clicks then like a 50% jump. which
is fine since i a subtle adjustment is all i'll need to get them riding nice
for CA.

very few concrete roads out here. still the surfaces are terrible [crumbling
infrastructure much?]

a buddy from stasis worked for eibach for a while and said vy good things
about their setup. the koni rides really nice. but they fail a lot [stasis'
streetsport kit is an enhanced koni coilover]

i am running conti something or others. sportcontact2? they're fine. quiet.
nowhere near the grip that the racy tires i have on my b5 have, which is
fine since i'm just trying to have a comfortable ride to work. =)

On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 7:13 AM, Steve Marinello <smarinello at entouch.net>wrote:

> Jim,
>
> Congratulations! I have an'07 Quartz Gray Titanium MT6.  I also have the
> PSS9's on it, but they will be coming off, as  I cannot get them set up
> right to deal with the rippled and not smooth concrete highways in and
> around Houston.  Just a pain.  Drove to Austin Saturday and realized I had a
> car that was not a road car...beats me up too much and the PZero Nero M+S
> howl like crazy over certain asphalt surfaces.  How do you have yours set
> up?  ...and do you have any concrete to deal with?
>
> Got a year old set of EibachProKit/Koni FSD's that I plan to swap as soon
> as I can find the time...or the money to pay someone else.
>
> Enjoy it!
>
> Steve
>
> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 8:58 AM, thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> hey boys n girls, thought i'd share a few glamor shots of my new toy.
>> after
>> 6 years and 90k miles Gunther, my cranky old german man of a 98 a4 1.8tqm]
>> has taken 2nd spot in the driveway. Replaced with an as yet to be named 08
>> a4 2.0tqm - it's a 6speed manual ti package car mit zee lovely black trim.
>> Found it in LA for a very good price and flew down to snag it. Bought on
>> thursday, rolled over to supreme power friday to have pss9's bolted on and
>> then to Rotiform to have some of their 19x8.5 mia's thrown on in schmancy
>> rootbeer metallic.
>>
>> http://picasaweb.google.com/thejimrose/Random#
>>
>> overall i am in LOVE with the b7. it's amazing. great power [all stock
>> currently] and turning 29mpg on the 50 mile r/t work commute. chassis
>> feels
>> like it's carved out of billet, interior is gorgeous. and the little
>> techie
>> things like bluetooth integration and bumwarmers are really nice [no nav
>> but
>> i wont mind getting lost]. stock suspension on these is AWFUL - harsh
>> *and*
>> sloppy somehow. bilsteins are perfect - firm but fair and beautifully
>> made.
>> although i do miss driving a car with a paint job i'm not really worried
>> about. driving this thing is terrifying. i'm suddenly driving like an old
>> lady. maybe a good thing. i only hope it proves to be as reliable as the
>> little 1.8 - that car only ever broke down on me 2x, both for the same
>> issue
>> [oe cat broke at slip joint] and the 2nd time was cuz the 1st time it
>> wasn't
>> fixed right. was a super solid little buggy. still is, was getting me to
>> work every day w/out fail.
>>
>> you will see gunther soon in the classifieds section if any are interested
>> [yea yea shameless plug..]
>>
>> http://picasaweb.google.com/thejimrose/B5A4111510#
>>
>> looking forward to all the "you replace a black a4 with a black a4?"
>> jokes.
>> =)
>>
>> cheers
>> jim
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