walk away

[Hayes Myers]

I was towing a trailer from Ottawa Ontario to London Ontario through a snow
storm... towing smallest Uhaul trailer full of crap (my first wife...what a
nightmare).  Her dad was a volvo nut ...had barn full of very kewl ones
including a wagon he was stuffing a 302 into.... so ..my experience was one
where the car would do 40mph with foot to the floor..and i had no choice but
to continue (thought i was killing the car! lol).. We made it safely...and
the seats left their mark as the best ever.  ANother gal i dated had a V70
wagon that i quite enjoyed carving corners in... they are solid cars.  The
240 i was in wasn't a turbo ...or a stickshift..different beast altogether
methinks!

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com> wrote:

> My 240 Turbo wasn't very slow, though, Hayes.... It had plenty of punch....
> And yeah, the seats were the best I have ever sat in
> (and that includes chairs in my house!!). The car was silver with the blue
> corduroy interior, really sharp looking... I love the silver
> and blue combination. Had the 4-speed with electric overdrive.
>
>
> Dan D
> '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
> Central NJ USA
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Hayes Myers <hayesmyers at gmail.com>
>
> *To:* Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com>; thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com>;
> TWFAUST at aol.com; quattro at audifans.com
> *Sent:* Tue, January 11, 2011 12:53:44 PM
> *Subject:* Re: walk away
>
> 240's have seats like a lazy boy...fricken amazing..and they do not
> die...they will go very slow...but won't die:)
>
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Tough to find a 740 Turbo with a stick shift though, Tony.... Personally,
>> I was
>> never crazy about the 740/940 body style. But the
>>
>> interiors were beautiful, especially in the dark read leather.... Always
>> loved
>> the 240 and still do. But then again, I lusted after a
>>
>> Volvo 164 for my first car (but ended up with a 1971 Toyota Corona ;-)
>>
>>  Dan D
>> '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
>> Central NJ USA
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com>
>> To: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com>; quattro at audifans.com;
>> TWFAUST at aol.com
>> Sent: Tue, January 11, 2011 12:24:45 PM
>> Subject: Re: walk away
>>
>>
>> Love the 240's. And, the 740's even more. My son is 14, and in about a
>> year and
>> a half, I'll be buying a 740 for him for a first car. Unless he decides to
>> buy
>> his own. But, I think he'd rather spend his money on the 1970 Honda 350
>> ;-)
>>
>> BTW, the 4000q is also non-interference, and I love that about them.
>>
>> Tony
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Jim, it was really just a hypothetical question by Tom, I don't think he
>> has a
>> >particular car in mind.
>> >
>> >I broke a TB on my trusty old Volvo 240 Turbo back in the day.
>> Fortunately, it
>> >wasn't an interference engine so no
>> >damage was done.
>> >
>> > Dan D
>> >'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
>> >Central NJ USA
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >________________________________
>> >From: thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com>
>> >To: quattro at audifans.com; TWFAUST at aol.com
>> >Sent: Mon, January 10, 2011 10:41:32 AM
>> >Subject: Re: walk away
>> >
>> >
>> >dude. you can find clean well maintained b5a4's for 3-5 grand or less [im
>> >selling mine for 3200 with loads of maintenance and tasty mods].
>> >
>> >why on earth would you even consider throwing good $ after bad on a car
>> with
>> >a grenaded motor?
>> >
>> >no comprendo!
>> >
>> >
>> >From: TWFAUST at aol.com
>> >> To: quattro at audifans.com
>> >> Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 18:38:56 EST
>> >> Subject: Bent valve symptoms
>> >> I have been noticing a lot of "bargain" A4's on my local Craig's List.
>> Most
>> >>  report "needs timing belt" and "doesn't run". With a bad timing belt.
>> >> "doesn't  run" doesn't surprise me. What does concern me is bent
>> valves. I
>> >> have
>> >> never had  one of those, and am wondering what symptoms would there be
>> when
>> >> you crank it  over?
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