[s-cars] Double the trouble, double the fun.....

[captmagu at aol.com]

Fred
 
Sounds like a great car and a greater buying experience. Could the car have an RS2 urbo and thus cause the lag at shift issue???
 
Hap, wit dakine tubo Q not from Evahboost, Maguire 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Munro <munrof at sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:03:47 -0500
Subject: [s-cars] Double the trouble, double the fun.....



I've been feeling kind of left out of all the fun since my '94 S4 has been
so rock-solid over the years and isn't entertaining me with mysterious
misses, coil failures, hydraulic shenanigans or the like. In a fit of
madness I bought a sleek black on black '97 S6 this weekend. At 145k km it's
nice and tight and oh so quiet. Now I own two of these beasts - what are the
chances they'll both remain trouble-free? :)

I usually buy my cars privately but I bought the S6 through a used car
dealer in Toronto. It's been an interesting and unusual experience. I first
viewed the car a month ago, took it for a test drive, had them put it up on
a lift, and listed all the things I saw that needed repairing. The dealer
said "Right, we'll get that sorted for you". He called back a week later and
said it needed a new MAF to fix the power delivery problem and that would
take some time to get in, so he was taking the car off the market until it
was sorted out and I had a chance to come back down to see it and decide
whether I wanted it. He replaced the fuel lines, rear diff seals, MTFS, MAF,
front shocks, and freed up the trunk lock cylinder. When I test drove it
this weekend I thought there was still a bit of a lag after a shift change,
so he replaced the BOV and cleaned the throttle body and ISV. Not what I
would typically expect from a used car dealer - my past experience has been
what you see is what you get unless it prevented the car from getting a
safety certificate. This guy seems very up-front and seemed to want to make
sure the car was in good condition before it was sold. The dealer was Lang
Motorcars in Toronto - he sells European makes, primarily Audi, Saab,
Jaguar, and Land Rover from what I saw on the lot. I'd have no hesitation
about buying another car from him.

The car passed the MIL and wife test with flying colours. I almost gave the
FIL heart failure when I did a WOT second gear pull on Lakeshore during the
test drive - it's a real beast when the power comes on, I'm wondering if
it's chipped. The dealer's mechanic was wondering the same thing but I never
did get around to checking to see if the carpet was cut. I'm still not
completely satisfied that the lag issue after an upshift is resolved but I
guess that will entertain me for a bit getting it sorted out.

In a massive act of self-denial I've parked it in a garage for the rest of
the winter - I've got to get some use out of the new clutch I put into the
'94 last month. Now I have to decide whether to sell the '94 or use it for a
winter beater....decisions, decisions...

:) :)

Fred Munro
'94 S4 270k
'96 S6 145k

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