[V8] Confessions of an S4 and V8 owner

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I had an 00 S4.....honestly was not overly impressed with how the car performed when I had it,
though as a daily driver, it was a terrific car.  It's a car that does not do anything
spectacularly well - it just does everything pretty damn good.  For a daily car, its nice. 
Terrific interior, and a nice stereo for a stock car.  Mods were too expensive and frankly, did not
deliver a lot of gain, so I left mine to an MTM ecu, MTM suspension, some Oetteinger wheels and
that was it


Adam
Z1 Performance
www.z1auto.com
631-863-3820


----- Original Message -----
From: Charles Wurts
To:  V8 <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 22:35:32 -0500
Subject: [V8] Confessions of an S4 and V8 owner

Well.... in addition to my 1990 beast, I have an '01 S4 Avant 6 Speed.   
My history is much like yours, but somehow I still managed to suck it  
up and buy the car;  I had it in my sights for at least two years  
before it actually came to the US.   I still want an RS2!

So now it is 4 years old with 48k and I am wondering if I should sell  
it.... its killing me; its going to be brutal to maintain myself.  I  
love it, and yet the old beast really is a desirable long hauler by  
comparison and easier to work on;  I love them both for what they are,  
but am unsure about taking the S4 to 165k.  FWIW, If I spend a lot of  
time in the S4, I really find myself missing the V8.  And I mean that;  
the beast is one of my all time favorites.  I think the 1995 S6 avant  
has my top vote to date.

I sold a 1995 S6 Avant and swore that I would never make the same  
mistake again; I should never have sold that car.  So I am really  
tortured by this decision.  Believe it or not, I am contemplating a  
TDI, but I can't get my head around not having Quattro, I haven't owned  
anything but quattros since 1986.  I am a complete junkie.....



On Jan 31, 2005, at 11:09 AM, Jeremy Ward wrote:

> My buddy just bought a 2000 S4 (hence my new wheels), and we took it
> down to a tech day at http://www.matrixintegrated.cc/ last Saturday.
> They were showing off an install of STaSIS StreetSport coilovers on a
> 2001 S4; pretty cool stuff!
>
> (point - I had one, what was it...?)
>
> Last week, my friend let me drive his new toy.  Pretty fast.  Like Dave
> said, I really liked the 'new' factor.  I didn't go nuts with it as my
> buddy was sitting in the passenger seat and I might want to drive it
> again someday.  :-)
>
> When the B5 S4 came out, I wanted one soooo bad.  At the time I was
> working for a DOTCOM and it was my semi-realistic dream car (that was
> before I was DOTDOWNSIZED).  Now having driven one, I am glad I have  
> the
> V8.  It seemed too small compared to my Panzer.  Power was definitely
> there, but seemed toned down from the factory.  Guess that's why chips
> for them are so popular (and pricey).  I hear to replace the twin  
> turbos
> (around 80k), you have to drop the whole motor to the tune of $5k.   
> Good
> time to upgrade to the RS4 turbos, eh?  It sounds like they are not
> guaranteed to fail (kind of like the auto trans in our cars) and depend
> on how the PO treated them.
>
> It would be fun to set one up for the track, but I like my daily driver
> just fine.  Maybe my buddy will sell the S4 to me when it depreciates  
> in
> half again...  Next year?
>
> Cheers,
>
> - Jeremy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On  
> Behalf
> Of dsaad at icehouse.net
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 7:47 AM
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] A8 CV joint pricing
>
> I went to Sun Valley with a couple of friends for a day ski trip
> Yesterday.
> I did not want to drive because my Fulda Extreemos kinda suck on icy
> roads so we
> took my friends new to him '97 BMW 535 - which he just got for $16K  
> with
> 40K
> miles on it. It is the classic grandmas car. Spotless and looks and
> smells new.
> It turned out the road was dry most of the way and we could cruise
> between 80
> and 100MPH (with one blast to 120 :-) for the 2.5 hour trip. What a
> ride. That
> thing was so smooth and quiet it was hard to tell we were going more
> than 50MPH.
> Kinda makes me want to look at something a little newer.
>
> Oh well.... I guess the V8 is still a pretty good ride and it IS paid
> for...
>
>
> Dave
>
>
> Quoting Kent McLean <kentmclean at mindspring.com>:
>
>> I've been giddy (or hallucinating) since I found
>> out the prices of A8s have dropped below $10K:
>>
> <http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/searchresults.jsp? 
> end_year=1998&address=0
> 3301&start_year=1997&certified=&isp=y&color2=White&search_type=used&dri 
> v
> e=All+wheel+drive&min_price=&engine=&distance=200&lang=&make=AUDI&color 
> 3
> =Blue&color=Black&max_price=&advanced=&y=10&model=A8&x=33>
>>
>> But in reviewing a buyer's guide, I was shocked
>> (over and above normal Audi pricing shock) to see
>> CV joints parts-and-labor are over $2300!
>>
> <http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/used/reviews/full/index.cfm/id/ 
> 2294#
> costs>
>> I checked the V8 repair pricing, and it's the
>> same for the CV joints.
>>
>> When did they start making wear items from gold?
>> Or is it the Audi-certified labor that is priced
>> for royalty?
>>
>> --
>> Kent McLean
>> '94 100 S Avant
>> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" is no more
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