[s-cars] Monday

[Chris Ludlow]

Paul,

Just to give a little background, wife and I have the UrS car, a 2001 BMW 5 
Series, and a Yukon XL to haul the three girls under the age of 6.  Between 
the UrS car and the BMW, it's hands down the UrS car in terms of room for 
kiddie seats.  Our girls are in booster seats and they "BARELY" fit into the 
BMW (the wife's car) but fit great in the UrS car.  No way would 5 point 
restraint infant/toddler seats fit into the BMW.  Rear/forward/ or combo 
seating - no way.   IMHO I'd look at a 2002-03 S6 Avant (in fact thats what 
I'm trying to talk the wife into and get rid of the BMW)  Definitely more 
room.

Issues with the BMW?  CPS bad at about 40k ~ $600 - covered by warranty. 
Idle sensor at about 43k - covered by warranty.  Oil changes every 15k miles 
per BMW.  Tires wear pretty quick (it has M suspension) might be operator 
driving habits?  ;)  Overall it's a great car to drive when its dry or 
rainy, sucks in the snow even with Blizzak LMs on all 4.

Chris


>From: <pkrasusky at ups.com>
>To: <S-CAR-List at audifans.com>
>Subject: [s-cars] Monday
>Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:41:42 -0500
>
>
>Random Monday thoughts-
>
>So 2/06 makes 4 years / ~ 80k I've had the UrS, then @ ~ 160k.  Been a
>wild ride, how all this CT insanery really got started.  Anywho...
>currently the booster and 2 rear facing kiddieseats 'fit', but barely.
>Soon as the girls face forward - Houston we got a problem.  Problem
>worsened by wife not driving stick (not well enough to trust with a Spec
>clutched LWFW car to boot), so can't just swap cars when needed.
>
>Reality settling in, and, I've got clearanceClarence from the Tower to
>*hopefully* (read: still need to fund somehow but the concept is green
>lit) pursue a replacement.  Hmmmm.  Green lit contenders include ~
>'00-'01 //S8 or ~ '00-01 E39 ///M5.  Note I will retain der Ur4kqpos for
>winter duty, tho the E39 route may be a tough sell as it doesn't buy me
>any more size and is still a stick.
>
>Question for Listwisdom here is...  anyone here know anything about
>these 2 cars in these years???  Common failures, things to look for,
>avoid, etc.???  I'm beginning my research now to troll for summer '06.
>Please save me the blahblahblah gotta be an Audi schtick, as, I don't
>care.  I *loved* the 50(WOT)k I put on my E28 ///M5 and would rather
>enjoy another.  But the //S8 is sooo ubersexy ubercool.  Figuring either
>can hopefully be had @ 60k for ~ $25-29k, tho the BMW may trend to the
>higher end and the Audi due to prevailing market demand for one and lack
>thereof for the other.
>
>Bueller???
>
>So, any potentially interested idiots out here keep mine in mind come
>summer.  Green / black '95 ~ 160k by then, 40k on CMG 6 spd / SPEC Stage
>2.5 / LWFW Mihnea tuned K24 big reds carbon fiber C5 Avus blah blah blah
>etc. etc. etc.  Will sadly have to go.
>
>Other humorous thoughts that will likely tear your eye...  (uh,
>sorry!)...
>
>Just hung up with client with //SFest '04 Ferrari entourage.  The '99
>F355 Fiorano Spider was traded in over the Turkey weekend for
>http://foreigncarsitalia.cms.dealer.com/used_vehicle_details.htm?vehicle
>Id=c93304114046381e0192563ac946e3bf'05.  Flies down to NC to drive it
>home (!!!!) this weekend... join me in an anti-snow/rain Indian dance to
>foster the trip would ya?
>
>Apparently his foregone conclusion is my whoooping it is my destiny.
>NOICE!  Hey fresh //SFest meat, added bonus.  Stay looneytooned.  I'd
>guess my whoop session will have to wait for spring.  I can live with
>that heh heh.  Man, 8,500 redlined 4.3L V8 Italian screamer.  Despite
>his Tubi'd F355 and F550M, he simply described the F430's sound as
>"ABSURD".
>
>Exxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxcellent...
>
>-Mr. Burns - hoar / kneepad wearer extraordinaire
>CT - Gathering of Fools HQ - see ya Fri.
>
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