[s-cars] Next car. Where to go from URS4?

[JR]

I have a friend who had a V60R.  I loved just about everything about it 
with one big exception.  It had the turning radius of an 18 wheeler 
tractor trailer.  He couldn't do a u-turn from an intersection to the 
far lane of a 4 lane divided street with a 6 foot median between the 
middle lanes.  I couldn't believe it the first time I was with him and 
he had to do a 3 point turn on just such a street.  Even parking the car 
in a parking lot was a tricky operation.  This seemed like a deal 
breaker for me.  It was for him.  He got rid of it.

JR


On 03/02/2013 11:17 AM, Taka Mizutani wrote:
> I went a completely different route- there was nothing until the most
> recent Audi models that really interest me (the B8 S4 is quite nice).
>
> My DD is a Volvo V70R. I have a bunch of fun cars now, so the Volvo fits
> the comfortable, quiet daily driver role and although the AWD system
> is nothing like a quattro, it works acceptably with good snow tires. When I
> want to drive something a lot sportier, I'll take out one of the "fun" cars.
>
> I do most of the work on the Volvo- there is a clone of the Volvo
> diagnostic hardware and software available for not too much money (around
> $175), so
> diagnostics are not impossible, although I don't have it. That said, basic
> service is all done by me- I let the dealer do the control arms because it
> needed
> new bushings, it was at the dealership for inspection and the labor-only
> rate wasn't exorbitant, especially considering the cost of alignment with
> the service.
>
> I replaced the shocks myself, which was a pretty big job. Swaybar endlinks
> was pretty trivial, as were brake rotors and pads.
>
> If I were to stick with Audi only, I'd go for a supercharged B8 S4 if it
> fit in the budget. Other contenders would be the C6 S6 (if you can afford
> to put gas
> in that thirsty V10), the D3 S8 (again, thirsty) and the S5.
>
> Taka
>
> On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 11:04 AM, chris chambers <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com
>> wrote:
>> JR,
>>
>> that's a great question.
>>
>> After wrecking my 93 UrS4 I reviewed the markets and determined there was
>> a newer model that met my needs.
>> I moved up to a 95 S6, I think you would like it and find it easy to
>> service!
>>
>> Good luck
>> Chris
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: JR <audiurs4 at gmail.com>
>>> To: Audifans S-Car List <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>>> Sent: Saturday, March 2, 2013 1:56 AM
>>> Subject: [s-cars] Next car.  Where to go from URS4?
>>>
>>> I still like my URS4, but at 20 years old, I'm thinking of getting
>> something newer.  The newer S4 models look nice, but I pride myself in the
>> fact that I haven't taken my URS4 to the stealership or anyplace else in
>> the 10 years I've owned it.  I've fixed anything that went wrong myself.
>> The newer S4 models do not appear to be anywhere near as easy to work on.
>> That seems to be the case for just about every car newer than the URS4
>> though.  For those of you who move on from your URS4 to a newer car, what
>> did you going with and why?
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> JR
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