[s-cars] Replacement car for urs4

[Cody Forbes]

My A8q usually gets high teens in town (17-19) and 24-26 highway depending on how easy you are on it.

I've rebuilt the trans twice myself (for unrelated issues, first time was when I bought the car with the trans broken) for a total cost of about $550 total between the two (and $300 of that has been in the transmission oil). All in all I'm in my A8q for somewhere between $1500-1700. The body is like new with only one scratch on the entire thing, interior has a small amount of wear on the drivers floor mat. That includes the H&R coilovers and 18x9" wheels. Sure that's a rare thing, but good A8's aren't that far off good urS prices.

-Cody (mobile)

On Jul 18, 2011, at 9:24 PM, djdawson2 at aol.com wrote:

> Well... I also got to live with an S8 for quite a while, and drove it twice cross-country.  To me, it's not close to apples and apples with an UrS.  With the slushbox, you lose the sporting aspect, IMO.  The fuel mileage, well, you might have managed 26 on the highway, but I sure never saw that.  More commonly were figures in the low to mid teens for mixed driving.
> 
> Great car?  Maybe.  Wonderful to travel in?  Unquestionably.  But again, a pricey option... and just wait until that trans has to be rebuilt... and it WILL.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cody Forbes <cody at 5000tq.com>
> To: W. Bean <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>
> Cc: wd43 <wd43 at hevanet.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com> <s-car-list at audifans.com>; Harold McComas <haroldmccomas at comcast.net>
> Sent: Mon, Jul 18, 2011 7:17 pm
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Replacement car for urs4
> 
> Automatic and all I love my A8 on H&R coilovers. It'll run circles around a lot 
> of much more "sporty" cars, comfy as can be, looks GREAT, plenty of room, very 
> nice on road trips, not horrible fuel economy (26mph on the highway, less around 
> town but mostly because I love the V8 torque a bit too much).
> 
> Another option would be to buy a fresher urS that somebody has recently put a 
> bunch of work into and wants to bail out of.
> 
> The only VAG product I'd buy newer than a D2 A8 would be an A3q DSG 2.0t and 
> that's only because, as Clarkson would put it, I have a 'crisis' every time I 
> click up a gear in a modded DSG car.
> 
> -Cody (mobile)
> 
> On Jul 18, 2011, at 8:36 PM, "W. Bean" <theringmeister at triad.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> > Finally an answer to the question that didn't make me want to hit delete, much 
> less throw up in my mouth a little. I can't imagine going from an UrS car to a 
> Forester, or any of the other variations of boring that have been mentioned in 
> prior responses....
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ---- Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com> wrote: 
> >> Wayne,
> >> 
> >> You have maybe $5K of work identified, none of it urgent. 
> >> 
> >> If you love the car, go through it and replace all the hoses and wires that 
> you are worried about. Do any other prophylactic maintenance you feel necessary.
> >> 
> >> You will be into it for way less than a new (or newer) car purchase, and you 
> won't be driving a car that doesn't excite you
> >> 
> >> I'm starting to think about a new-to-me car, and aside from a 997 twin turbo 
> or a new A4, what I'd really like is a 5 speed V8. 
> >> 
> >> The V8 was the very first Audi I drove, and I just love the style and grace 
> of these older cars. (We ended up in a 200T).
> >> 
> >> Now, it wouldn't be my only car, and I'm not doing a lot of driving. I work 
> at home and fly or train to other offices.
> >> 
> >> Just a thought. You love the car and you don't really like the alternatives.
> >> 
> >> Best,
> >> 
> >> Lee
> >> 
> >>>> Wayne writes;
> >>>> 
> >>>> I think all that's left is Subaru.  Is there another good
> >>>> alternative that I'm not seeing?
> >>>> 
> >>>> Wayne
> >>>> 1994 S4
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> > 
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