[V8] Blackest Mariah?

[jpb3]

That looks to be the cleanest Blk/Blk 4.2 I have seen in a very long time!

Roger, all this drama on the V8 list over the course of 2 years with you
pining for a blk/blk 4.2 and now is your chance!  NOT Interested?

???  LOL

john b


On 7/26/06, Roger M. Woodbury <rmwoodbury at adelphia.net> wrote:
>
> I SAW IT FIRST I SAW IT FIRST I SAW IT FIRST I SAW IT FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> And frankly, I'm not really interested.
>
> Two reasons come to mind.  First off, I do NOT want another project car
> right now, and despite the glowing writup, I think this car will have
> "issues" that will need to be dealt with.
>
> Secondly, I have come to really, REALLY like driving my 200 20-Valve
> Avant...warts and all.  And I HAVE been driving it.  Three trips to
> Portland
> and back in the past month, as well as a couple of other longish trips.
> Plus making the round trip from home to Sullivan, then back, then to Blue
> Hill and back, and to Belfast....thirty to sixty mile jaunts in an average
> day.
>
> The car returns 21-25 miles per gallon and seems happy on mid-grade
> gasoline.  The car uses next to zero oil...yes, it does use a quart in
> around 4500-5000 miles, or two between changes.  The car has ALL the power
> in the world.  The acceleration is stronger than my last V8 by a whole lot
> and surprises me at how strongly it pulls and accelerates up steep grades
> in
> fifth gear.
>
> Now the negatives. The ABS is getting to be a real pita.  The rear spliney
> thingys are corroded and the ABS refuses to allow full stops without
> pumping
> the brakes when the car is almost completely stopped.  The switch does not
> turn off ABS, so the plan is when the car goes in for its new exhaust
> system, we will disable the ABS permanently.
>
> The airbag warning light is on all the time.  That means, yep, its time
> for
> a new airbag.  Not gonna happen.  I never wanted an airbag to begin with,
> didn't order one, and don't care if it is there now.
>
> Radio still doesn't work properly, and that will require a new antenna
> lead
> from the new mast in the rear to the radio.  I think that is not gonna
> happen, either.
>
> I would like European headlights.  Not gonna happen, either, as I drive am
> driving relatively little at night, but when I do, the lights aren't very
> good.  Relayed, too, still not good, as usual.
>
> Car doesn't look very good.  Oh, its ok from about fifty feet, especially
> if
> I take the time to run it through the car wash.  But it really looks like
> a
> car that has spent too many of its 165,000 miles in northern New
> England.  I
> really do wanna fix that.
>
> So, here's my plan of the day.  I am going to find a replacement for the
> Black Mariah once I am nearer to the target date/miles for retirement,
> which
> originally was 200,000 miles, or replacement of the UFO's, whichever comes
> first.  That's 35,000 miles from now, or perhaps sometime next spring.
>
> And the ideal replacement will be a 1991 200 20Valve Avant with less than
> 120,000 miles:  no more than second owner.  That's ideal.  That car will
> receive a new computer, wastegate spring and down pipe, most likely,
> although the downpipe may not be necessary.
>
> As a matter of fact, there is a likely candidate out in Oregon...but there
> is NO way that I can go out to see it before next year, so someone will
> scoop it up and I will continue to build the wish list....
>
> ...then again, I might buy an old Rabbit diesel and run it on veggie
> oil....
>
> Roger
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Del Tergo [mailto:mdeltergo at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 8:56 PM
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Cc: rmwoodbury at adelphia.net
> Subject: Blackest Mariah?
>
> Roger???
>
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