[s-cars] '02 //S6 Avant - likely spoken for...

[pkrasusky at ups.com]

USS Carl Vinson - bwha!

The B6 S4 fit me like an Armani suit.  Not that I've worn one, but I did
'wear' Jim P's Avant a bunch @ WOT 8-).  Very appropriately sized, very
athletic.

So I ran that C5 //S6 last night from a rolling start @ 30...  well?
***Dead nuts even*** to 130, where mine shifted to 5th and I started to
pull slightly.  Fun stuff.  Guess that 50lb difference and equal torque
translate exactly to that, and then the extra 20 horses give it some
leg.  

Answered that question!  

We're going to try some launch comparo's next week for empirical data
and in the name of science (pronounced:  stoopidity), and, well,
because.

-Paul supertanker captain K.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Noland [mailto:wenoland at pacbell.net] 
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 9:04 AM
To: s-car-list at audifans.com; Krasusky Paul (WQQ2PXK)
Subject: Re: '02 //S6 Avant - likely spoken for... 

 There, there, there, Paulie. It really helps to talk it out.   :-)

Know what ya mean. Our allroad feels a little USS Carl Vinson-like after

climbing out of the B6 S4 -- wide, long and somehow wrong. After a
little 
seat time, all is well. S8 -- now there's a supertanker I could come to 
love. Enjoy.

Bill Noland

> Getting back into mine this a.m., mine does feel maybe a TICK faster,
> mostly past 4k on the tach.  And wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiider, yikes.
That
> was the first sensation last night...  the C5 felt like an econobox
> sizewise after acclimating to my car for 90 days now.  The C5 is
> definitely more nimble and tossable, and the suspension maybe a tad
> stiffer.  Don't like the seating position as much, as with the C4 it's
> just too high.  The D2 sits so nice and flat / low inside.  But the C5
> is likely a hair better driver's car.  And who doesn't like 7 acres of
> alcantara headliner???
>
> Anywho...  my typical useless useless.
>