[V8] [s-cars] V8 vs A8

[Michael Lardizabal]

If you decide on a D2 ....make sure you have contacted or are near a trans shop that has sucessfully rebuilt a D2 tranny. . To date I only know of Krasusky's S8 having a relatively good rebuild. Maybe others can chime in w/ resources.
 
OR- buy a cheap D2 thats hi mileage but well maintained and spend the leftover money to have Gabor do a 6 spd swap. This IMHO, would be quite a superb DD.
 
If it were my money.....I'd add a well sorted 95.5 S6 ( which can be a task these days ) or a 2.7TT Allroad w/ 6MT thats been sorted w/ air suspension delete , Ko4's or new Ko3's to my list. I've already  seen one such Allroad for 9500.00.
 
I agree w/ Dave that the 2.7TT's can be very reliable once they've been sorted and they can go like stinky socks for relatively little money .  
 
As an aside...I'm on my 3rd UrS car and they've all been relatively cheap to run. The sound and pull of a turbocharged 5pot at full song really hits all my hedonistic tendencies and the car is about DIY friendly as it gets. Lots of parts and an awesome support group.
 
Lots of choices in this economy. Have fun. 
 
 
 
 
--- On Thu, 2/18/10, Dave C <dconner at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Dave C <dconner at gmail.com>
Subject: [s-cars] V8 vs A8
To: v8 at audifans.com, s-car-list at audifans.com
Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 11:39 AM


Howdy Q-heads,

My fleet of Audi's consists of two 1987 type 44's.  I bought one of 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 unable
to repair it when things go wrong, etc.  I recently drove a 2007 A8 for the
first time and was in awe of the complexity of the cockpit with so many
electronic gizzies.  I've never driven a V8, or even sat in one for that
matter, but I'm aware of the loyal following they have.

It looks like I could buy a first generation A8 (D2) for somewhere in the
neighborhood of $10K but it would be a ten year old car with 100K miles on
it, so I would need to anticipate repairs from the start.  I 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
maintenance, would I be better off with the more familiar technology of the
V8 or an URS4/6?  I think there would be a benefit to getting something ten
years newer than that (A8) but it would still be a 10 year old car.  Another
upside re: the A8 is that there are a >lot< more of them available to 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 century
automotive technology?

Decisions, decisions.
- -
David Conner
Columbus, OH
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