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

[Steve Powers]

No doubt the timing of which will coincide with that time when
gasoline is no longer available. :(

Steve Powers

On 1/5/07, Vincent Frégeac <s.sikss at gmail.com> wrote:
> And that will probably make the RS6 the perfect toy car for the mechanically
> inclined who want a cheap, very fast, third or fourth car, but probably a
> nightmare as a daily driver...
>
> ... in a few years, watch it.
>
>
>
>
> Vincent.
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] De la part de Taka Mizutani
> Envoyé : 3 janvier 2007 20:10
> À : calvinlc at earthlink.net
> Cc : //Scar //Scar list
> Objet : Re: [s-cars] Subject: NAC: GT3RS - muwhahaha - pardon
>
> I knew someone would pull up some labor rates on the RS6- thanks, Calvin!
>
> That maintenance is ridiculous- it's the kind of car that once your free
> maintenance and
> warranty have expired, you want to get rid of it ASAP.
>
> Taka
>
>
> On 1/3/07, calvinlc at earthlink.net <calvinlc at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > Matt:  I think when they were new, at 80k that was definitely the case.
> > however, now that you can find them for the price of some domestic pickup
> > trucks, it's a little different story.
> >
> > The best example I can think of is that the book for changing an 02 sensor
> > on the RS6 is 24 hours!!!  So let's see, $160 for the part and $2400 for
> > labor...ouch.
> >
> > --Calvin
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> > [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of matt ludwig.
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 12:55 PM
> > To: //Scar //Scar list
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] Subject: NAC: GT3RS - muwhahaha - pardon
> >
> >
> > gut tells me; if you are in the market for an RS6, your wallet ain't
> > really caring about the labor costs to fix that "tightly wedged
> > engine".....
> >
> > ; )
> >
> >
> > matt.
> >
> > 1995.5 S6 Avant
> > South Portland, Maine
> >
> >
> > On Jan 3, 2007, at 12:37 PM, Taka Mizutani wrote:
> >
> > > 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
> > >>
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