[s-cars] Pearl White S8

[Taka Mizutani]

That's a bit surprising, to say the least. I've only been a passenger
in both the A8 and S8 and I can only say that the S8 has a far better
suspension, much higher limits and makes the coolest sounds when going
WOT. Too bad we in North America got ripped off and never got the
6-speed manual version.

With a manual transmission, the S8 would be a car I'd want to own,
maybe even more so than the Evo/STi.

Taka


On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:09:51 -0500, Mark Pollan <mark.pollan at mci.com> wrote:
> My $0.02 on the S8 is that it is very underwhelming.  A good buddy has a
> 2000 4.2 40V A8L which I have driven quite frequently.  We recently went to
> drive an S8 in the area as he thought (and frankly so did I) that the delta
> between an A8 and S8 would be similar (albeit to a lesser degree) to that
> between our vintage A6 and S6.  Not even close!!  Other than the sport seats
> in the S8 and the taughter suspension, my seat of he pants measurement
> recorded no difference at all.
> 
> At nearly $10K more than an A8L, he is staying put with the caveat that he
> is trying to source some sport seats.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Igor Kessel
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 11:44 AM
> To: Taka Mizutani
> Cc: s-cars
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Pearl White S8
> 
> Taka Mizutani wrote:
> > Just in case anyone is interested, there is a Pearl White S8 (appears
> > to be an '02, have Avus wheels) at a local dealership, Philadelphia
> > area. I've never seen a Pearl White S8 before- Brilliant Black,
> > Brilliant Silver, Ming Blue, burgundy (can't remember the name), BRG
> > (whatever the official color is called), but never Pearl White.
> >
> > Taka
> >
> 
> Which one, Taka?
> 
> --
> Igor Kessel
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