[V8] ...how long have you had your V8...

Mon Mar 17 22:02:14 PDT 2008

Got her in '99 from 2nd owner, 60K miles. Wow that long ago...now has 122K
miles ~ winter driven, but on Vancouver Island that's not much. e.g. very
little salt so still pretty much as new, orig paint and interior. Few dings
here and there. Runnin' great 'cept for the smoky oil leaks reduced by
torquing the head bolts. New infinity spkrs, sony deck and rear amp with
subwoofer.

Feeling a bit cramped compared to the LR3. Hard to believe it was "full
size" back then because it rides like a 4 door sports coupe.

In our hick town there is a white '90 roaming around and another blue one
showed up at a dealer with guts, don't know the year.

What's in the future?? Honestly don't know, I see no reason to toast it, but
if major repair came up, that might be it.

Shark

-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf
Of justin.bowers at comcast.net
Sent: March 14, 2008 6:40 AM
To: Lanier Pratt; V8 Audi Fans
Subject: [V8] ...how long have you had your V8...

I purchased my first V8 in 1997 with 114k on her...flew to UT and drove her
home to Seattle - it was love at first drive.  :)  She now has 204k on her.
I still own her, but she gets very little road time now.  I'll likely put
her up for sale fairly soon as I just don't drive her anymore.

I purchased my second V8 in early 2000 for my wife.  She had 130k on her
when we bought her.  I sold this one in 2002.

My daily driver now is my 2001 S8 that I picked up in 2006...once again, it
was love at first drive.  :)

Cheers,

Justin

01 //S8
90 V8q

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Lanier Pratt <lanierpratt at mac.com>
> Hey guys.  Long time no talk....I've been listening though.  My baby
> has been up on jacks
> since Spring of last year.  Some of you may remember that I was in
> the process of changing
> the timing belt, strut mounts, etc...well still sits where it
> was...Ron if you're out there let me know
> if you're still willing to make the trip back to Minnesota.  We've
> been above 32 degrees for about
> 4 days now.  It feels like a heat wave.  I purchased her in 2000.
> Flew out to California from Lansing
> Michigan and drove her back.  She's been great other than the
> occasional no start when it hits 10 below
> here and I left her outside over night.  I too am the only one that
> works on her.  Living in a small town
> leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to knowledgable mechanics.
>
> I would really love to make a trip to meet up with all of you self
> proclaimed Audi head cases this year.
> We should shoot for Carlisle again or maybe somewhere in the
> midwest..hint, hint.
>
>
>
> Lanier Pratt
> '92 V8Q 4.2L
> '90 V8Q 3.6L
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 14, 2008, at 12:46 AM, Ed Kellock wrote:
>
> > Bought my 91 in June of 99 with 99k miles.  Opal Mica, grey sport.
> > Currently 142k, pulsation free UFOs, and original clutch.  Previous
> > owner
> > had t-belt go at 85k.  Rebuild was monkey-lad at its best, at a dealer
> > (supposedly) no less.  Never has run right.  Much improved with
> > proper cam
> > timing when I did a t-belt job at 130k or so (thanks V8 list!).
> > Still has a
> > leaky ring or nicked valve... very uneven firing pulses when
> > lugged.  92 4.2
> > donor car in the wings.
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > PS There's a cyclamen/grey one in FL for sale right now that was
> > sold/bought
> > here (COS) and migrated SE.  Been treated to a lot of TLC by a former
> > factory trained Audi tech who really appreciates the "ur" cars. I
> > think it
> > has about the same miles as mine.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com
> >> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of too many quattros
> >> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:42 PM
> >> To: V8 Audi Fans
> >> Subject: Re: [V8] 1990 V8 5spd
> >>
> >>
> >> this makes me curious how long each of us has had our v8s.
> >> me june or july of 1994.  and it is an original 5 speed.  i
> >> got it with about 48K on it. and i too had a t-belt break.
> >> but, only messed up the heads.
> >>
> >>
> >> Shayne
> >>
> >> PARTING:  1972 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5
> >> PARTING:  1986 Audi 4000 CS quattro
> >>
> >>
> >>> From: <lundabo at msn.com>
> >>> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:22:22 +0000
> >>> To: <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>, <v8-bounces at audifans.com>,
> >>> <v8 at audifans.com>
> >>> Subject: Re: [V8] 1990 V8 5spd
> >>>
> >>>  We bought it new from Rector Porsche Audi in Burlingame,
> >> CA, in 1990,
> >>> but it had about 4k on the odometer because the general manager was
> >>> using it as a personal car.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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