[s-cars] Subject: NAC: GT3RS - muwhahaha - pardon

[Taka Mizutani]

Well, you're covered with the warranty, aren't you? :-)

If you blow the trans, maybe you can convert it to manual.

I never really warmed up to the RS6, but maybe that's because I don't have
enough
seat time in one- I've only had two looooong test drives in them
(unsupervised, fun runs).

The RS6 has too many maintenance issues- the engine is so tightly wedged
into the car that
I can't see much of anything being easy to service. That's a car that would
get really expensive
in terms of labor costs for a lot of things, and I thought the B5 S4 was
bad. I'm also more than
a little leery of using an automatic transmission to put that much torque to
the wheels- I know
that MBZ runs a ton more torque in something like a S65, that's probably
just an irrational concern.



Taka


On 1/3/07, pkrasusky at ups.com <pkrasusky at ups.com> wrote:
>
>
> Yeah, totally agreed Taka - you'd have to be a wicked glutton (um,
> hmmm...  Mikey _does_ qualify), or be rather well backed to afford the wear
> and tear on a used out of warranty RS6.  Run for the hills, I say.
>
> Hell, I'm hoping I dodge that bullet on the UrS8 even.  I better.
>
> Judging from what (little) I could see of Mikey whooping my //S8 while
> (pathetically "attempting") to keep pace in his 356B, I'd say Mikey Likes
> It.  My guess is he'll have one come spring.  $17.9k for an '02 with 60k???
> Dayum.
>
> FWIW - I still chuckle maniacally while piloting der beast, daily.  Its
> pretty darn cool, in so so many ways.
>
> -Paul friends with cool cars / jalopies for self K.
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Taka Mizutani [mailto:t44tqtro at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 03, 2007 8:12 AM
> *To:* Mike Platt
> *Cc:* Krasusky Paul (WQQ2PXK); s-car-list at audifans.com
> *Subject:* Re: [s-cars] Subject: NAC: GT3RS - muwhahaha - pardon
>
> RS6? You're really wanting to subject yourself to torture then, when you
> start
> paying maintenance bills on that one.
>
> I'd stick to the S8.
>
> Taka
>