[V8] What was I thinking!

[Scott DeWitt]

The 02 and up have a pretty stiff ride, and fuel economy well just I don't 
see about 14 in the city and 18 on the highway. Next to the large amount of 
torque at nice low RPMS, The seats are about the best thing in the car!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger M. Woodbury" <rmwoodbury at adelphia.net>
To: "'Kent McLean'" <kentmclean at mindspring.com>
Cc: "'V8 Audi Fans'" <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 7:32 AM
Subject: Re: [V8] What was I thinking!


> Well, yes and no.  The color is good:  dark green.  The interior is not: 
> it
> is light linen.
>
> The basic trouble for me is that for some strange reason, I cannot find 
> the
> best, and most comfortable driving position in the C4 body style that I
> need.  This may be crazy, but the car simply doesn't seem to fit me right.
> I am not overly tall, nor overly large, although I am stocky.  The Type 44
> cars fit me perfectly but after a long day in my wife's 100CS I am really
> tired, far more so than in the 200 20Valve.
>
> Right now, I am leaning toward an S6 Avant.  These cars are around with
> relatively low miles...in the mid to upper forty thousand range will be
> about right.  I wonder how harsh the ride will be on Maine's rough 
> secondary
> roads, since the S6 sits lower than the A6 Avant from which it sprung, but
> the combination might prove a winner, with the added benefit of buying a 
> car
> that will still be well supported by Audi for a long time.  I watch the 
> eBay
> auctions all the time, and it is surprising to me how many Audi dealers 
> sell
> used inventory on eBay.  IF I end up buying something as new as a 2002 or
> 2003 Audi, it will have to have the Audi Advantage extended warranty, 
> which
> of course, would be a big "advantage".
>
> If the granite business is huge this year, I might be able to convince
> myself that I am buying something that I can depreciate...if I can 
> convince
> my accountant of that, of course.  And it would be true that the car would
> be used as my sales vehicle most of the time.  Still and all, paying more
> than twenty grand for an automobile seems obscene to me no matter what the
> excuse.
>
> It is depressing to see so few V8's for sale anywhere.  A perusal of all 
> the
> usual sites...eBay, Autotrder, Cars.com and Audifans...shows very few V8's
> and fewer still that seem worth going to look for.  There is a gray car 
> out
> in California, but that is a looooong way to go to look at one car, but it
> isn't bad.  Then there is that green one in Washington, that came from a
> used car auction, and was priced by a sales manager on steroids, and the
> black/black car that is probably overpriced and overrated in New
> Jersey..another auction car.  Sad commentary, but maybe the good '93-'94 
> V8s
> are all clustered over the horizon, and at precisely the time that I have
> decided to get on with it, there will be three or four within a 1500 mile
> radius, and I will take a magnificent road trip in the Chevy 1ton, armed
> with a bank sight draft.  Properly motivated, and after hyping myself for 
> a
> year or more (as I am doing now), I can be VERY dangerous to my balance
> sheet!
> Roger
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kent McLean [mailto:kentmclean at mindspring.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 9:26 PM
> To: Roger M. Woodbury
> Cc: 'V8 Audi Fans'
> Subject: Re: [V8] What was I thinking!
>
> Roger M. Woodbury wrote:
> > Now, the C-4 cars would make a great V8 conversion candidate.
> > My mechanic has a '97 A6 that was totaled out by the insurance
> > company because  the ECU got flooded when leaves and junk was
> > allowed to fill up the cowl area.
>
> You can pay me now or pay me later. Why wait? :)
>
> You want a newer (and low mileage?) car, which the '97 is.
> You want a V8, which it can be.  $3K for the car plus about
> $5K for the conversion gives you a low mileage V8 for $8K,
> and it has newer electrics and the prospect of better parts
> availability. Sounds like a winner to me.
>
> Is it the right color?
>
> Ducking and running,
> --
> Kent McLean
> '94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke
>
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