[s-cars] introduction and some beginner questions

[Wylie Bean]

Congrats on the purchase Dusten. My not-so-long reply:

1.  I search list archives by typing "site:audifans.com s-cars (insert topic)" into google or whatever you choose.

2. Vagcat was the site we used to use but I thought I heard it had been taken down in the recent past.

3. For dealer-only www.genuineaudiparts.com is the online parts outlet for Miramar Audi in San Diego. I have great luck offering my local dealer the business by taking their price into the parts dept, accounting for shipping, and seeing how close they come. I usually end up buying local.
www.worldimpex.com is a great source too.  There are others I'm sure.
4. I just switched to M1 from Castrol dyno due to consumption issues. Seems to have made a marked improvement, and yes, there are certainly many, many other opinions out there.



Wylie Bean
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dusten Tornow <Dusten.Tornow at cdw.com>
Sender: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:22:21 
To: s-car-list at audifans.com<s-car-list at audifans.com>
Subject: [s-cars] introduction and some beginner questions

Howdy -

I just picked up a '95 S6 Avant this past weekend, thought I'd introduce myself and ask some new guy questions.

I'm a former BMW guy, having just sold my built e36 m3 and supercharged 318ti.  I live in Denver (where there seems to be a high concentration of the urS6 cars).  I helped a friend (Matt Pelkey, I think he's on this list) with a RS2 upgrade on his '95.5 Avant a couple years back, before he sold it.  I've got a couple questions that I'm hoping you can help me with, just to get me started:


1.       Can I search the s-car-list archives?  I checked the audifans.com wiki and couldn't find anything, I'm sure I'm missing something here.

2.       Is there an online parts catalog available with exploded views and OEM part numbers?  BMW folks have this:  http://realoem.com/bmw/select.do, there are a variety of small parts that I need to source, and finding part numbers has been a pain!

3.       Recommendation for OEM parts supplier?  I don't mind paying a small amount extra for great service/fast turn around.

4.       Oil recommendation (hope this isn't a can of worms!)?  I'm not sure when oil was changed last, what are you folks running?  I'm totally stock.

Thanks in advance!
Dusten Tornow
'95 S6 Avant - needing some TLC

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