[s-cars] Sedan --> Avant question

Bill Mahoney wmahoney at disk.com
Tue Sep 30 10:53:28 EDT 2003


Just to add my ho hum rs2cents to this:
The avant IME is just a great overall car; big enough, comfortable,
everyday grocery getter, six person minivan/suv and home depot hauler
that can hang with a lot of cooler looking cars on the track.  It's way
faster than I can drive it; mostly cause I'm a big chicken and have to
drive it home too.
I will say that track folk view it as an anomaly and it generates quite
a few WTF inquiries; which are fun.  I've been trying to develop a two
sentence response to explain the car to the unwashed masses, such as
"well it's a 95 audi with Porsche parts added."  Which really says
nothing I suppose.  I mean how do you tell an understandable rs2 story
in less than 20 minutes?
What better car to add to the Clueless Racing stable?
http://www.valleyswimclub.com/cluelessgallery.html
To those who wonder why ever would I think this a race car, I say "No,
it's true, it will never be a real race car.  But up the RA straight it
will reach 135 which puts a grin on my face and leads the casual
observer to that WTF thought;)
And to those who insist that rs2 is not enough, I'd have to quote Mr
BTDT Haney who once said that "beyond rs2 lies heartache and a very
light wallet." (IIRC)  In other words (IMHO) RS2 takes these cars to a
very nice level without going nutz.
I'll finish this project, save my dough and with luck join the Le Mans
list in a couple years;)
There ye have it!  I'm gonna need a bigger garage!
Bill M
95 1/2 Avant -Dressed up dancing pig, but still a pig nevertheless.




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