[s-cars] Want it. Can't have it.

[qshipq at aol.com]

 Me, I look at it all as growing older, albeit with possibly wisdom epiphanies escaping me yearly, or possibly admitting just accepting less compromises as I age?? Sleepers still rule the world, I'll be doing a prepurchase for a potential 135i buyer today yet.? 400hp after a call to Dinan for a chip and oil cooler, yer done.? No 750 refinement, no E55 acoutriments, just balls out power in a BMW sh!tbox.? Whichever and whenever you choose to get one, what they do identify clearly, is the compromises you are willing to accept.? The best part of a tweeked GLH turbo for me?? The idea that to put gobs of power to the ground needs no compromise = quattro.? I might have still gotten there eventually as a Urq-piner from my Buffum-era Prorally days, but daily drive a hell-tweeked GLH turbo, sure got me into a quattro that much faster!

David E. Davis said you haven't lived until you've owned a V12 and a sleeper.? I skipped the first part and spent the last 25 years concentrating on the evolution of the second part of that theory.? I can't think of a better place for a 25yo kid to start back "in the day" than the GLH turbo.? Now, many years later, I am able to baseline in my job and at home, what brings quattros closer to grand sport tourers, and what brings them closer to crude/effective axes.? I've built, owned and driven many, and I'm of the theory that grand sport touring, is as much the art of applied strokes, as the science of hardware.? Without question, the roots of my learning experiences go back to racing and DD one of the best crude but effective weapons of the day.

I have no regrets, and have a driveway full of neat toys because of it.

Cheers

Scott J


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: JC <jc at j2c3.com>
To: qshipq at aol.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
Sent: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 8:56 am
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Want it. Can't have it.
















Wow 
I'm so surprised I peed myself <not really - I have adult undergarments>. 



Why do you think I used the GLH Turdbo as 
an example??


Not 
because I picked it out of a random box of ugly.? It's a classic sleeper 
hot-rod sh!tbox. 


No 
need to blah blah blah about the street cred - that's why it's a the perfect 
example of Cobalt ancestor (sure Mopar vs. GM if you want to get in a redneck 
bar fight... but same same). 


I knew a guy who ruled the local autox as well and did all the Turbo II, 
lightweight strip-down, etc. over the years. 


?


Sure I 
love crazy sleeper rides as much as the next guy, but I can only go so far on 
ugly and crap-terior... at some point I'll pay to get some intangibles back. 



And I 
understand for guys who buy the craptastic budget sleeper because fastest thing 
thay can afford. 


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But - 
and just my opinion - at some point if a car is so ugly and crappily fitted (aka 
the Cobavalier) being cheapo-go-fast only goes so far.? 



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The 
GOOD news is GM is going bankrupt so a good opportunity for them to get some new 
blood in design and product management. Unfortunately the bureautards just shut 
down the SS performance division in the last few weeks so in typical style 
they're wrecking the best good stuff on the way out the door... 



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  From: qshipq at aol.com [mailto:qshipq at aol.com] 
  
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 22:22 PM
To: 
  larrycleung at gmail.com; jc at j2c3.com
Cc: 
  s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Want it. Can't have 
  it.



  


  
And having raced one of those 
  stinky turd balls, then tracked my tweeked DD version back in the 80's... I 
  can say it not only harassed, it beat much 'better' cars with routine 
  aplomb.? Back in the 80-90's competitive C and CSP autox, that turd-ball 
  won Nationals against the dunker CRX and Gen 1 RX7's.? At 2450lb with 
  A/C, a Motronic Overboost 2.2L Garrett turbo equipped engine, not much matched 
  the sheer fun and laughter from the drivers seat.? 


  


 

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