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that you should consider the A8. My brother had his tranny go $6.5K a =
few=20
other things $2-3K per visit to the dealer. The thing with the A8 is you =

have to be very careful to trust it to others, or other parts because =
the=20
cost of downtime etc.  It's a different league altogether.

V8's are gas-aholics. Our '06 Range Rover HSE gets better mileage to put =

things in perspective.






----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Dave C" <dconner at gmail.com>
To: <v8 at audifans.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 8:39 AM
Subject: [V8] V8 vs A8


> Howdy Q-heads,
>
> My fleet of Audi's consists of two 1987 type 44's.  I bought one of=20
> them
> in
> 1992, and have been driving and maintaining these things for a very =
long
> time, doing all my own maintenance and know them inside and out.  But =
they
> are getting on in years and I find myself considering replacement with
> something newer.  The question is "how much newer?"
>
> I'm nervous about not understanding how a car works and maybe being=20
> unable to repair it when things go wrong, etc.  I recently drove a=20
> 2007 A8 for the first time and was in awe of the complexity of the=20
> cockpit with so many electronic gizzies.  I've never driven a V8, or=20
> even sat in one for that matter, but I'm aware of the loyal following=20
> they have.
>
> It looks like I could buy a first generation A8 (D2) for somewhere in=20
> the neighborhood of $10K but it would be a ten year old car with 100K=20
> miles on it, so I would need to anticipate repairs from the start.  I=20
> don't want to spend a whole lot more than $10 K on a car, but could go =

> higher if I felt it was worth it.
>
> I'd actually like to have an avant, but choices are limited.  A 2002-3 =

> S6 avant would be very nice :-)  Maybe I should consider an A6 avant.
>
> Considering that I like to keep my cars for a long time and do my own=20
> maintenance, would I be better off with the more familiar technology=20
> of the V8 or an URS4/6?  I think there would be a benefit to getting=20
> something ten
> years newer than that (A8) but it would still be a 10 year old car.=20
> Another
> upside re: the A8 is that there are a >lot< more of them available to=20
> choose
> from.  Most of the V8's and URS4's are pretty beat by now... clean
> low-mileage examples are quite scarce.
>
> So ...  should look for a clean V8 or URS4?
>
> Or should I look at something much newer and try to adapt to 21st=20
> century automotive technology?
>
> Decisions, decisions.
> - -
> David Conner
> Columbus, OH
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