[V8] Glimmers of Bimmers, Lights, Lobster and Porsches.

[Etdmail at cs.com]

 Hi Roger and All ..

 Roger,
 Thanks for extending the invitation to a Light-Off and Lobster Fest
 once again this, hopefully, soon arriving summer (or fall?) season.
 Please do, keep us up to date, on any plans!

 And would like to extend again, an offer for you, and any other listers to
 join in, on the upcoming season's, lawn events, at the Larz Anderson,
 Museum of Transportation, located on a nice knoll, just outside Boston.

  <A HREF="http://www.mot.org/Events/calendar.html">
http://www.mot.org/Events/calendar.html</A>  

 The Calendar of events, is mostly set for the season, which will include
 dates for a German Car Day, (in addition to separate dates for MB & VW).

 Also of note the North East Chapter of the US Porsche Club will hold their
 PorscheFest 2005 event, on the lawn, at the museum park in September.
 
 As far as 928 Porsches go .. They like the v8Q's, have sperate characters
 as well as floor pans, for the differing transmission offerings. I cant 
disagree
 with your choice, of an automatic, in these cars. As they were sort of the 
limo
 in the Porsche line up.

 The early 928 MB automatics, were strong and simple units. And delivered
 good performance (and were mostly reliable) .. But expensive when not - 
 I have heard - from some fellow Club Members.

 I find, the cars character, well suited to manuals .. It is a Porsche after 
all.
 And their selection of the gear ratios, in the manual cars, made them quite
 fleet of foot and could make lesser cars 'quickly shrink' to the rear. 

 The clutch in these cars, could be an issue .. (If they were abused.)

 However it is one of the only cars I know of, that the clutch pack can 
 be changed out - without removing anything more - than the bottom 
 panel of the bell-housing. No need to remove any major components.

 And can be done, on a weekend afternoon, pretty easily as I remember.
 And sometimes, it would be possible, to have the disk(s) re-lined only.

 Funny how, our perspectives change, over time - Before, I took on the 
 V8 Quattro .. I use to think the Porsche was a difficult and complex car!

 Let me know, if you, or anyone has an interest making, an Audi Showing on 
 the German Car Day event .. (Bimmers, Benz and Porsche welcome too)!

 Happy motoring ..

 Ed.

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> In a message dated 2/3/05 10:17:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> rmwoodbury at downeast.net writes:
>
>  Message: 4
>  Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 07:43:22 -0500
>  From: "Roger M. Woodbury" 
>  Subject: [V8] RE: Worthwhile Bimmers.......
>  To: <v8 at audifans.com>
>  Cc: Stevem.Buchholz at kla-tencor.com
>  
>  Hyannis Porsche Audi .... 
>  <snip>
>   
>  I am constantly amazed at the desire expressed by a lot of people for
>  manual transmissions.  Especially so in a car like a 928.  I have had
>  two 928s now, and although when I searched for my first one, I thought
>  it should have an automatic, after I got the first car I came to realize
>  that the car was really designed and intended to have an automatic.  The
>  Mercedes four speed automatic in that car works exceptionally well, and
>  although a five speed might give slightly faster acceleration times and
>  a tad better fuel mileage, I can't imagine why having the liability of a
>  clutch would be desirable.  
>  
>  About the only car that I can think of right now that I would want to
>  drive ONLY with a manual transmission, is a Lotus, but then that may be
>  just me.  Besides, here in the outback, I doubt that I'll EVER see a
>  Lotus.  (Oh, maybe in Northeast Harbor next summer...I saw a lovely old
>  Morgan Plus 4 on the street there last summer, and every summer I see
>  someone's lovely (and I mean LOVELY) 220S Cabriolet, which  must be
>  worth fifty grand....)
>  
>  Roger
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