[s-cars] POLE: wonderful dilema, S4 or Ultrasport?

[matt ludwig.]

and on that thinking, neither should the poor Cobra who Carol forced  
a small block in that unassuming, simple, British car......

; )




On Nov 8, 2007, at 8:38 AM, Taka Mizutani wrote:

> You forget about the serviceability issues of the S6 Avant- that car's
> engine is really wedged in there- all you have to do is look at  
> book rates
> on a lot of repair jobs and you can see how the costs associated  
> with labor
> are really large.
>
> It's even worse with the RS6.
>
> The C5 chassis really should not have a V8 in there.
>
> The Volvo's Haldex AWD system is definitely not as good as quattro  
> in the
> longitudinal engined cars. I've written in detail about how bad it  
> can be,
> esp. combined with an overly intrusive DSTC system. No rally-style  
> fun in
> this car. :-(
>
> Taka
>
>
> On Nov 7, 2007 8:02 PM, Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> what about an '02-'03 S6 avant?
>>
>> the V70R also has haldex, which isn't everybody's favorite choice  
>> for an
>> AWD system.
>>
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