[s-cars] introduction and some beginner questions

[Matt Russell]

How-DEE, Dustin, and welcome!

Had to chime in here.... M. Pelkey is no longer on this list, that I'm aware
of... as I purchased his black avant a little over a year ago and drove it
home to CO from WI. unfortunately, it fell victim to a snowstorm on I25 with
a Mazda SUV and a Subaru back in March and is slowly being parted out... if
you need anything, LMK. or if you feel like reliving the glory days...  LMK
too... 8-)

RE questions:
1- yes, also there's a good FAQ over on quattroworld.
2/3- others have already chimed in, but no... ETKA doesn't exist in an
easy-to-use-webpage anywhere that i'm aware of... genuinevwaudiparts.com is
one of the better ones, SJM autotechnik for everything else...
4- I concur on the Shell rotella... I run 5-40 synthetic in the winter
months, and sometimes go 0-40 mobil 1 just for the extreme cold weather
months. 5-40 will work out here in the winter, but it cranks a bit more
slowly in the cold.

-Matt, Fort Collins

95.5 s6 europa Avant-DD
95.5 s6 black Avant-parting
92 s4 pearl - sold


On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 9:32 AM, <s-car-list-request at audifans.com> wrote:

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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