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

[LL - NY]

First a congrats to Fred for such a wonderful find.

And Jeff, I now don't feel so bad making my 95.5 Black/Ecru a garage
queen, staying clean and salt free at the expense of my Saabaru. Gotta
preserve the (almost) irreplacable. Funny thing, the 9-2X might become
one of those because of it's wild "popularity" (not!).

LL - NY

On 3/16/06, Postupack, Jeff <Jeff.Postupack at analog.com> wrote:
>
> Fred:
> You are the one dedicated maniac who could handle 2 S-cars. You gotta
> keep both Fred  you're in another place.
> That 1997 will only be more valuable with time.
> Lord knows Dave Forgie would petition any '97's heading south !
>
> There's a declining population of great C4- S cars examples on the
> market these days. I think the manual controls and analog gauges are
> really key in the driver position.
> No drop down cascading menus and MMI's!
> (Your experience with that dealer is exceptional
> And lucky for that dealer, you are giving great references here on the
> Internet!)
> I have had a similar nearly trouble free experience with my 1993 S4,
> which seduced me into buying another one owner Black/Black 95.5.
> That S6 is now my garage queen until fair weather hits the lower '48,
> the mildly modded S4 is the all weather model!
> Vehicle stability/reliability varies widely.  I know of many owners who
> have all kinds of maintenance troubles and recursive visits to the shop,
> not me at all.
> Why is this?
> One such friend wrote to me after I joined the XM broadcast with B.
> Armstead of how his S car is really troublesome to the point of lost
> interest.
> I wanna know when the "Fecal matter is going to hit the cyclic
> Rotisserie for me?
> My big mental debate is to MOD or NOT to Mod, that is the S6 question.
> I think I'll  bring the S6 to S Fest 2006 as a bone stock 2nd owner car.
> just to tease everyone about it.
> " Oh Posto you gotta add the GT3071 and the suspension is TOO All Road
> and.. the FMIC Bar and Tube will let it breathe and  yadda On and on.
> While I grin like the cherish cat knowing .. why have one S-car when you
> can have 2 and debate the virtues of mod or sales or whatever.
> It's a lot of fun now, because they're RUNNING.
>
> Posto
>
>
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:05:48 -0500
> From: captmagu at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Double the trouble, double the fun.....
> To: munrof at sympatico.ca, s-car-list at audifans.com,
>         SOS-cars at yahoogroups.com,       quattro at audifans.com
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> 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>
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com; SOS-cars at yahoogroups.com;
> quattro at audifans.com
> 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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