[s-cars] URS4 vs Biturbo S4

[JR]

I'm not upgrading it, just maintaining it.  Maybe I'm just easily
annoyed, but it seems as soon as I get one thing fixed another thing
goes wrong.  I just fixed the coolant leak and now I have a gas leak.  I
just fixed a front end wobble with a control arm/ball joint replacement
and now it sounds like a wheel bearing is going. 

I know it is a 13 year old car with 100,000 miles on it, but I've got
this 91 beater Civic for the daily commute, which I drive like I stole
it every day of it's life, and nothing ever goes wrong with it.  It's
got 220,000 miles on it and purs like a kitten.  It's making my good car
look bad  :-(

Don't get me wrong.  I love the car...when it's working.  I'm now hooked
on german cars.  Notice I'm asking about the next S4.  I'm still
semi-loyal :-P  But the S4 seems to be parked more often than not
lately.  Maybe I need to take it somewhere and just spend the million
bucks it will cost to get all of these nagging things fixed so I can
start enjoying the car again.  Don't mind me, I'm just venting.



JR


On Mon, 09 May 2005 17:04:07 -0400, "matt ludwig"
<matt.ludwig2 at verizon.net> said:
> With all due respect JR,
> 
> I would argue (and let the gods just bring it after 'send' is hit) that 
> the UrS4 is only a 'money pit' in terms of upgrades/tuning/mods and not 
> of the breed i am assuming you are implying as one w/ constant breakage 
> and annoying upkeep. I know we have UrS's on the list here w/ many, 
> many 100s of thousands on the odometers and they are just getting 
> warmed up so to speak. I am not going to through a soapbox opinion out 
> there about the NeuS4 as I really only have fun time experience with 
> them, but I do know those V6's like to loosen up over time from all I 
> have read.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> matt ludwig.
> 1995.5 S6 Avant
> 
> On May 9, 2005, at 4:58 PM, JR wrote:
> 
> > Aside from the URS4 being less expensive due to its age why would one
> > choose the URS4 over the Biturbo 2000-2003 S4?  Why would one choose 
> > the
> > Biturbo over the URS4?  Why do you folks prefer the URS4 over the
> > Biturbo?
> >
> > I'm at a crossroads with the car.  The URS4 is a known money pit always
> > needing attention.  I'm wondering if it would be less costly in the 
> > long
> > run to just upgrade to a used Biturbo now or keep the URS4 and keep
> > putting money into it.  Are the Biturbos just as needy?  Does insurance
> > hurt more?  Is the engine as strong and will it last as many miles as I
> > hear the URS4 will?
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> >
> > JR
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