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

[Joe Pizzimenti]

Wait a minute...

Why are you lifting off the throttle during shifts?

:)

On 3/17/06, Fred Munro <munrof at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> Hi Hap;
>
> Interesting comment about the RS2 turbo - I hadn't thought of that. It
> feels
> like a turbo lag issue. If you are driving at part throttle and floor it,
> there isn't a problem. It's only when you lift completely during an
> upshift
> that there seems to be a lag getting back on throttle. I thought a bad BOV
> might be stalling the turbo so the dealer replaced it - didn't notice much
> improvement. Come to think of it, the dealers mechanic told me he used to
> be
> an Audi tech who had a couple of customers with S cars. When I was
> discussing the problem with him he mentioned that these cars could have
> different turbos and maybe that was the issue. I knew they were all
> supposed
> to have the K24 so I kind of brushed the comment aside. Maybe he was
> trying
> to tell me something. Maybe I got more than I thought I was buying, but
> with
> my luck it'll be an old K27 on there :) I guess I'll have to take a look!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Fred
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: captmagu at aol.com [mailto:captmagu at aol.com]
>   Sent: March 16, 2006 9:06 AM
>   To: munrof at sympatico.ca; s-car-list at audifans.com;
> SOS-cars at yahoogroups.com; quattro at audifans.com
>   Subject: Re: [s-cars] Double the trouble, double the fun.....
>
>
>   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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