[V8] Missed it! Dammit!

[Andrew Schlueter]

 how about a 3.6 v8 in a '91 200 avant?

Now that would be slick


Andrew W. Schlueter
'90 Audi V8 Quattro
www.westmotorsports.biz


-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
Of Roger M. Woodbury
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 9:13 AM
To: v8 at audifans.com
Subject: [V8] Missed it! Dammit!

Well, I dunno.  Maybe I did, and maybe I didn't.  

You see, I have had to come to the realization that The Black Mariah is
nearing the end of her lifecycle.  Unless I cheat mightily, The Black
Mariah will not pass Maine state inspection next summer.  In order for
her to pass inspection, she will have to have new rear abs sensors, new
UFO's, and the cursedIneverwantedoneandRalphNadercangotohell airbag will
have to be restored so that warning light is out.  In addition there
will need to be new tires and probably rear bearings and perhaps a bunch
of other stuff.
Perhaps as much as two grand will need to be lavished on her to get
through inspection, and I will not be doing that.  The car will have
around 200,000 miles at that point....176,500 and counting right now.
Right now, she runs like a top, but I know that old age is lurking right
around the next sprint to 6000 rpm.

So, I was perusing the used car ads, and eBay auction listings as I
always do, and low and behold:  there in Naples Florida at the Audi
dealer was a
'91 200 Avant that had seventy thousand some miles!  It was RED.  But
that might be OK, if it was burgundy and not Loseyourlicense Tornado
Red.  

"How much?", you ask, now sitting on the edge of your seat.  

FIVE grand.  

If it is a perfect world, I am a month away from buying another car at a
minmum, but this could have been THE one...I would like another 200
20-valve Avant....so I called anyway.....

Yep!  It is sold!  

Sigh.

So, now, I will continue the hunt, and maybe I'll find a V8
instead....hmmmmm.  But for my purposes, I think the Avant is a better
car, although there is nothing like a V8....

Roger

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