[s-cars] Replacement car for urs4

[Harold McComas]

"A4 is too small..." does that include the newer ones?  They have grown 
since the B5 chassis.

I am  fine with my 2004 Passat 4Mo, 1.8T and stick only came on the 2004-05 
models. They only made about 2000 of them, but if you look you can find 
them. Has more rear legroom than the A4, I jokingly refer to it as an A4L. 
My dad can sit next to me and we still have enough room, no shoulders 
touching, we each are at 6' and 200-lbs or so.  I will be driving it to 
S-fest if you wanted to take serious look at it.

An S4/6 replacement it is not.  But at the time (2008) it fit what I was 
looking for: under $13k, quattro, stick and potential to mod.

Harold

> From: "Wayne Dohnal" <wd43 at hevanet.com>
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> I must not be the only one thinking it's getting less and less practical 
> to
> keep the S4 going.  It has 216,000 miles on the clock, and needs a new
> steering rack, new wheels, and with 100k miles the clutch probably won't
> last a whole lot longer.  The original fuel pump must be close to the end.
> I won't do the rack or clutch myself, so I'm looking at probably $4k to 
> $5k
> over the next year or two that could be spent on a replacement car 
> instead.
> I'm noticing that a lot of things like water hoses and vacuum hoses have
> turned hard and brittle.   I'm afraid that the age-related failures are
> going to be coming more and more often.
>
> I "love" the S4 for its comfort, convenience, and solid feeling.  And I
> can't figure out what would make for a good replacement.  I do a lot of
> winter and mountain driving.  A good AWD system is mandatory, I don't want
> one of the brain-dead automatics that's always doing the wrong thing, and
> I'm afraid of the maintenance exposure with a German automatic anyway. 
> I'd
> maybe take a CVT or DSG if I had to.  The A4 is too small.  An A6 or A8
> would be great, but I don't want the maintenance exposure of the twin 
> turbo,
> and all the others have the slush boxes.   I think I just eliminated all 
> of
> the USA Audis.  The 2012 Passat looks good, but it doesn't offer AWD.
> There are some BMWs with AWD.  I don't know if the AWD system is any good,
> and I don't have an unlimited budget either.  After weeding out everything 
> I
> don't like, I think all that's left is Subaru.  Is there another good
> alternative that I'm not seeing?
>
> Wayne
> 1994 S4