[V8] The end of the Black Mariah?

[Roger M. Woodbury]

Yes, well maybe.  But The Black Mariah has too many warts.  She will need to
have a new left front fender at some point as that was replaced at around
30,000 miles after being attacked by a deer.  It is corroding down near the
bottom of the fender which can clearly be seen in when the door is open, and
eventually will cause bottom of the fender to come loose.  

Also, there are other rubber gizzies that need to be replaced at some point
and I think I will try for something that is  younger, IF a younger Type 44
can be found.

The problem with the allroad I think, is that I do NOT trust that gizzie
suspension to be reliable after about 75,000 miles without a LOT of
expensive maintenance.  I love the idea of a V8 allroad, but doubt that they
will be priced in the right range when the time comes.  

R

-----Original Message-----
From: Kent McLean [mailto:kentmclean at mindspring.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 8:39 PM
To: Roger M. Woodbury
Cc: v8 at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [V8] The end of the Black Mariah?

Roger M. Woodbury wrote:
 > Actually, probably not at least right now.  But sometime between
 > now and next year at this time, I expect The Black Mariah to be
 > replaced.
...
 > Also, the car sits quite a bit lower than the A6

Let me add another to the list: Allroad.  Part wagon, part SUV,
it lets you raise the suspension for those rough roads. It may
not be a turbo, but it seems to meet your other requirements.

On the Black Mariah, why get rid of it to replace it with the
same car but with few miles?  You've put a lot of time and money
into her, while the replacement will need who-knows-what. I say
the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know.
Keep it.

-- 
Kent McLean
'94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke