[s-cars] Hypothetical mods

[Calvin Craig]

This probably shows that I have been driving modified cars for way too long,
but I test drove an early Corvette ZR-1 the other day, you know, the 4 cam
32 valve one that any magazine article from the time said would make you
have an out of body experience if you ever were privileged enough to drive
it?  Well, at any rate, it was OK.  Maybe a titch faster than my '01 S4, but
if so, only by a hair.  I guess I just walked away thinking to myself that I
would never leave a car that I drove on a regular basis in stock condition,
unless we are talking some super-ridiculous car like a Ferrari F40 or
something.
--Calvin


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To: ron kirkham
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Subject: Re: [s-cars] Hypothetical mods


Yeah.  If it was a "real" sports car with the same criteria (ltd edition
etc) things could be different but I never see the UrS getting to a point
where mothballing a minty one was worth a 10x multiplier on value. For
whatever reason Audis just never have the cachet. Normally as everybody here
knows, special collector premium cars fall into a ditch of appreciation then
climb back out as they become rare collectors. But vs comparables for what
they are and represent, even UrQ's took forever to slowly start
re-appreciating. You can be pretty certain if you mothball an M BMW or ltd
edition P-car in minty low mis condition, some day some guy will pay big
bucks for it.  But we've yet to see Audis do that. Just not broad enough
interest/appeal.

So I say that all makes it a completely personal decision. Personally if it
was super sano i'd go ltd bolt ons prob RS2, then plus suspension
maintenance, then run it at whatever preserve vs enjoy ratio you think is
optimal for you personally.

Maybe im wrong but there's just no collector market preservation logic
apparent for Audi S cars at this point.

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On Feb 25, 2011, at 0:28, ron kirkham <rkaudifool at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> Just thought I'd stir things a bit with a hypothetical question.
>
> IF, someone had a mid '90's S-Audi of the very limited production type,
say
> 325 or so, and said hypothetical vehicle had around 35k miles on it, what
> would this crowd do with it?
>
> 1.  Would we keep said vehicle completely stock as a "time capsule"
example
> of showroom new?
> 2.  Would we add a few tasteful mods like suspension, brakes and perhaps
> wheels?
> 3.  Would we go a bit further and add the proven "RS2" level mods
including
> EM, Turbo, injectors and ECU?
> 4.  Would we go off the deep end and spend two or three times the cars
worth
> and make a "New" Monstah?
> 5.  Sell said car and buy something else?
> 6.  Leave said car in a garage covered forevermore?
>
> This sort of follows in the vain of the recent purchase by Mr. Mahoney,
but
> not exactly.
>
> OK, go.  All opinions sought.
>
> Ron
> Just thinkin
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