[s-cars] new audi same old

[LL - NY]

Bill, your wheel concept (think the rim/tire moving, since obviously the hub
can't move) is correct.

Congrats on wifey's neu ride!

LL - NY

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 8:19 PM, bill mahoney <airbil at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks guys!
> So I guess the front passenger footwell wont work huh?
>
> On another S side note / enquiry....
> So, as reported in all the reviews, the neu S6 has a firm ride.  Very firm
> and too firm for ILL roads me thinks.
> But it sports 265 35 19's... et52 or et54 IIRC.... so thats to be expected.
> I am thinking to go to 18" wheels... but any guesses what tire size and
> offset might work here?
> I'm also not sure of S6 caliper clearance.   I believe et 52 moves the
> wheel
> in... and say offset et 35 moves the wheel out?
> It's always confused me a bit.
> I like oem, bbs and then highline offshoots like hre and fiske... that are
> ususally too $$.
> Just fishing for thoughts here kinda.
> Heretical to suggest downsize on this forum:)
> Bill~with incredibly difficult Audi dilemna's~M
>
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Mike Fitton <rfitton at vt.edu> wrote:
>
> > Second that.  Wal-mart velcro has held my rear plate on for about three
> > years.  Tried to take it off once and bent it soundly.
> >
> > -Cheers!
> > Mike
>  >
> >
> > On 2/16/2010 7:19 PM, Taka Mizutani wrote:
> >
> >> Double sided industrial velcro the plate to the sheetmetal.
> >>
> >> Taka
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 5:53 PM, bill mahoney<airbil at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> Illinois DMV no longer accepts federal reserve notes FRN's.... aka
> >>> dollars.
> >>> What up with that?  (Insert Goldman Sachs joke here.)
> >>> BUTT I was able to get new plates for the neu to my wife '07 S6...but,
> as
> >>> this here Audi sits, they still have the same old dumb and stupid
> license
> >>> plate fasteners on the rear deck.
> >>> Ahh !   The art of engineered to fail.
> >>> Maybe I'll just duct tape em on der huh?
> >>> ps
> >>> no quantifiable test yet, but der 2.2 I think could hold it's own with
> >>> the
> >>> 5.2.... no... I can't be correct can I?
> >>> Bill~Dobble S6~M
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