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

[matt ludwig.]

haha- agreed. in no way in hiz-el was i thinking of comparing a Cobra  
of old, to a current RS6. pretty much an apples to antelopes  
comparison there..... ; )

On Nov 8, 2007, at 8:56 AM, Taka Mizutani wrote:

> I halfway seriously disagree with the Cobra comparison, because the  
> Cobra does not appear to be that difficult to service- the engine  
> is right there, access doesn't look horrible and there's really  
> nothing else in the engine bay.
>
> As I said, check the book rates on the S6 and the RS6, they're scary.
>
> The guys putting LSx engines in Miatas are making modern-day  
> Cobras. :-)
>
> Taka
>
>
> On Nov 8, 2007 8:41 AM, matt ludwig. < urs6avant at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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