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

[Bruce Bell]

Paul, My son had exactly the same assessment of my '03 D2//S8. He too
thought it pulled better in 5th than his C5//S6. Tranny gears are reportedly
the same, so I'm guessing the D2 cuts the air a bit better than the Avant.
He actually prefers the C4 because old school Z28's hate getting pulled by a
station wagon. My butt dyno tells me the B7 //S4 Avant is only marginally
faster if at all. 

 

Surprisingly, the D2\\S8 draws more attention then I expected. A Saab with
the passenger hanging out the window drove by, as they passed the one word I
heard from the driver... "Ronin!"  That movie is probably why I get more
attention from the STI crowd, wanting to embarrass me I'm sure, than I got
in San Diego with either the RS2'd C4 or the B7 S4.

 

Mall parking lots excepted, the S8 drives like a much smaller car than one
would expect. Given the wonderful wide interior, why did we only get one
diminutive cup holder up front?

 

Bruce 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: pkrasusky at ups.com [mailto:pkrasusky at ups.com] 
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 6:14 AM
To: wenoland at pacbell.net; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] '02 //S6 Avant - likely spoken for...

 

 

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.

>