[s-cars] For Sale, 1 Soul

[matt ludwig.]

awesome for 2 reasons:

1. you were in maine. : )
2. that you got to drive a true 'S car'........ and one newer than  
1994. a lot has happened in 12 years, eh? ; )


matt.
1995.5 S6 Avant
South Portland, Maine


On Feb 8, 2007, at 7:30 AM, Kent McLean wrote:

> I drove an '05 S4 Avant yesterday.  I want.
>
> My boss and I had to drive from Manchester NH to Moosehead Lake in  
> Maine
> yesterday.  I drove so he could use his cell phone and laptop. We took
> his S4 - a black-on-black Avant. Call it a 12 hour test drive. :)  
> Here's
> my opinion of the car.
>
> Since it was 9dF when we left, I found the seat heaters really  
> work. The
> ones in my '94 100S make my buns warm. The ones in his S4 make them  
> hot.
>
> The 4.2L 340 HP V8 rocks. Power. Lots of it. Any time. Any gear.  
> You put
> your foot down and there is a shove in the back. No waiting for a  
> turbo
> to spool up.  Without doubt, it's the most impressive feature of the
> car.  On the numbered back roads between I-95 and Moosehead Lake, we'd
> come up on traffic doing 60. Even in 6th gear, I'd just press the
> accelerator, pull out and around. The pass was quick, efficient, easy.
> By the time we pulled back in, we'd be doing 80+. We passed a lot of
> cars yesterday.
>
> I got to test the quattro, too.  The last 10 miles of the trip were on
> a dirt road covered in snow and ice. We were following a new Chevy
> Tahoe. He had ground clearance and all-weather tires. We had no ground
> clearance and Z-rate high-performance summer tires. On one sharp turn,
> I could feel the car lose grip and start to plow to the outside. The
> boss, unconcerned, said, "Give it some gas."  Which I did, and which
> pulled us out of the corner.  The next time we hit a slippery patch, I
> gave it gas, and dang, if it doesn't work. The third time, coming  
> around
> the air strip (privately owned), it plowed in the inches of snow. I  
> gave
> it some gas. Too much, apparently, as the car came around too far, and
> I had to correct. Wheeee! I'll have to save my pennies so I can take a
> Winter Driving School.
>
> The Navigation system works. The boss fiddled with the controls in the
> center panel. I got to watch the display between the speedometer and
> tach -- it tells you miles to the next turn, miles to you destination,
> direction, and a mini-map of the road showing side streets, etc. When
> you approach a turn, a voice comes out of the audio system to let you
> know. "Turn right in 200 feet." There is also a little red bar that
> indicates how close you are to the turn. It shrinks as you approach  
> the
> turn, and disappears at the turn. It is spot on.  If there are two  
> roads
> next to each other at your turn (the two we saw were about 20' apart),
> it is accurate enough for the bar to disappear at the correct turn.
> However, it didn't have the 10 miles of private road in its database.
> I can live with that.
>
> The HVAC system did its job, too. His temperature set to 68dF, mine
> to 70dF. I never felt the need to adjust it. It brought the car up
> to temperature quickly and kept us comfortable. I just wonder how it
> will hold up. :)
>
> After getting up at 3:30AM, driving 12 hours in the car, and another
> 4 hours on the job, we got back to his house at 8:30pm. I was tired,
> but not from driving.
>
> I would love to own that car.  I would hate to pay a mechanic to  
> fix it.
> I would hate to be the DIY home mechanic facing a repair task.  But  
> what
> joy on the road.
>
> -- 
> Kent McLean
> '94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke
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