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

[Keith Franchetti]

Make me put my money where my mouth is, huh?  If it were closer, I might pursue. . . . (Wife is happy it's far from VT). 

On Mar 3, 2013, at 12:32 PM, Eric Sanborn <esanborn at gmail.com> wrote:

> There is a 6-spd 2.7T A6 for sale about 45 minutes from me.  Just saw it this morning on Craigslist.
> 
> http://roanoke.craigslist.org/cto/3605538027.html
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> On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Keith Franchetti <skidfranc at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have to put in a plug for the 2.7T 6-speed.  I know the Allroad version
>> of that has been mentioned.  I had one of those, and I kind of hated
>> it--because of the squishy ride primarily, and it had been hammered by PO.
>>  But what I still have and LOVE is an '01 A6 2.7T 6-speed with sport
>> package and a chip.  Remove the servotronic relay from under the dash and
>> that thing is nice and tight, and very fast and plush.  I think it's the
>> only satisfying mid-ground (price and timeline) between the URS4/S6 and
>> going all the way (and shelling out) for something within the past 5 years.
>> 
>> 
>> I don't know how many 6-speed, sports package 2.7T sedans they made those
>> years.  I sure don't see them around too much.  But if I could put my hands
>> on another one, I might.  Can't say enough about that car.
>> 
>> What I'm wondering about the V10 S6, and others mentioned, is can any of
>> those be had with a clutch.  I'm really dreading that day I'm forced to
>> give up shifting (with my arm--not with a paddle on the wheel).
>> 
>> Also, the Allroad seems to be the ONLY way to get a turbo sports wagon with
>> a stick.  So I don't know what I'll do when my 95.5 Avant cashes it in.
>>  BMW 5 series wagon might be the closest I can come.  Too bad Volvo stopped
>> sending ANY sticks to the U.S.  Guess that's what they think of us as
>> drivers. . . .
>> 
>> Keith
>> Burlington, VT
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