[s-cars] Bottom Feeder?

[Bruce Mendel]

You just HAD to casually brag that you got yours for under $20K, didn't you?
B*stard!

I love mine, although wife gets most of the seat time while I drive my 11MPG
Suburban 2500 with dogs and kids.

But, I can not drive it smoothly, the drive-by-wire throttle sucks eggs.
Have to bring it in for VAG throttle adaptation. Then the trans takes too
long to downshift, and the steering is too light (I am the guy that always
disconnect servotronic on my Ur-S cars).

Other than those three quibbles, it goes like stink, is comfortable, rides
and handles well, has great brakes (after $400 in Pagid RS-4-2 pads), looks
classic like the Ur-S, and has tons of room for its size (you can store at
least two bodies in the trunk).

With my 2001, loaded with all options, sticker approached $85K. Four years
and 69K miles later and I got it for $23K in MINT condition (not a ding or
scratch, no paintwork). What's not to like??

Oh, and it needs a Stromung BAD. :)

Bruce
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <pkrasusky at ups.com>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Bottom Feeder?


>
> Peter bottom fed:
>
> <<<Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 01:23:02 -0400
> From: Peter Dowker <pdowker at mac.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] Bottom Feeder?
>
> I see the technorati are starting to move to the S8 class class
> cars.. does my desire to stay with:
> Old
> proven
> highly reliable and well understood
> deprceciated
>
> make me a bottom feeder?
> (insert tongue in cheek)
>
> :-) :-)
>
> Pete Dowker
> 1993 S4
> Richmond, VA
>
> Maybe I should be looking for an Avant now... hhhhh>>>
>
>
>
>
> Peter-
>
> Wow, I'm a technorati?  I assume that's a good thing???  I prefer
> technodumbass or technodillhole, but if you say so 8-).  And with class
> you say?  NEVAH!
>
> We took der beast on a foliage trip to VT for the weekend for our 8th
> anniv. and I got to spend some good time in it.  Well, good after I
> changed the f'n FLAT I got on 91N, goodbye brand f'n new SP Sport 9000.
> Marks now the 2nd //S car I've had for under 3 weeks I've gotten a flat
> in (AudiGods setting the ownership tone???).  Repairable?  Of course
> not.  $$$ right out the f'n window, awesome.  WTF.
>
> AFTER that, manohman, this thing is simply a *machine*.  It beckons to
> hammer.  HAMMER!  Throttle response is awesome, gearing fabulous (part
> of what makes the car really), steering feel amazing, brakes wondrous,
> and the soundtrack is addictive.  Carved up some great VT twisties (as
> great as they can get mit wife).  Jen actually asked me to pull over at
> one point as she got nauseous, kid you not.  Car pulls good G's.
> Averaged a wife-in-car 19.8MPG for the trip, my best yet in it.  Worst
> was 1st "Rossato'd" tank @ 13.
>
> Baaaack to the bottom feeder bit...  <<<no way>>>...  more like smart
> feeder.  C4's are one of the high point's of Audi's achievement, and do
> so many things so well for not so much $ and look good doing it.  But,
> eventually one must move on, and I to an, ahem (Keith), UrS8 (that's
> still hilarious).  Talk about BOTTOM FEEDERS!!!  That would be those of
> us with these (there's 4 of us on here now, Bruce/Ed/me/Keith), buying
> $80k cars for sub $20k (well mine at least heh heh).  That's bottom
> feeding!  Bring it on...
>
> -Paul bottom feeder @ heart K.
>
>
>
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