[V8] What's next: the final demise of the V8.

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Hmm.  Most cars I know with AAN motors ARE on Steroids ;-)

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From: "quattro + 5 or 8 = fun" <thequattroking at yahoo.com>
To: "Roger M. Woodbury" <rmwoodbury at adelphia.net>; "'Kent McLean'"
<kentmclean at mindspring.com>
Cc: "V8 Audi Fans" <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: [V8] What's next: the final demise of the V8.


> Kind of an unholy comment, but go drive a turbo 5 cylinder Volvo AWD.  Any
> model.  I have driven the V50 and V70R.  The V70R reminds me of an AAN on
> steroids.  The V50 (S40 in sedan form) is was similar with less power and
> weight.  I really liked the cars.  However my wife just bought a 2005.5 A4
> 2.0T so no new cars for a while.
>
>
>
>
> Shayne
>
>
> Bay Area, CA
> Eastern WA State
>
>
> PARTING:  1972 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5
> PARTING:  1986 Audi 4000 CS quattro
>
>
> >
> > Could be, and yes, I am always thinking about the "next" car.
Unhappily,
> > there really isn't anything that I want, other than another V8, of
course.
> >
> > But I am not sure that I would want an A6 into which I had shoehorned a
V8.
> > It IS an attractive idea of course, but it wouldn't be a REAL V8, just
> > something that was sort of "cobbed up".  My mechanic has a very nice A6
that
> > he owns outright that could be a very good car for the purpose, but I am
not
> > sure that that is what I would like to  do....it just won't LOOK like a
V8.
> >
> > Hmmmmm. Maybe I'll just have to have a V8 AND a 20-valve Avant.  If I
did,
> > under the worst case scenario, the total cost of the two cars would be
less
> > than a new Camry.
>
> >
> > Roger M. Woodbury wrote:
> >> Now that gas prices have retreated from the shadow of
> >> $3 per gallon, and we can breathe again, I have begun
> >> to think about the next car.
> >
> > Hah!  Like many of us, you are alway thinking about the
> > next car, regardless of the price of gas. :)
> >
> > I know you pay a mechanic to do your dirty work, so this
> > might be cost prohibitive, but I'd drop a 4.2L V8 into
> > an early A6 Avant -- the V8 for power, the wagon for
> > utility, the combo for stealth. I might also opt for a
> > 5-speed manual. But since you like your 20V Avant, a
> > 95.5 S Avant would fit the bill with no engine-swap
> > headaches.
>
>
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