[V8] C4?

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On Oct 24, 2010, at 1:21 PM, "Roger M. Woodbury" <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> Well, ah, actually, ah..yeah.  
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> As much as I like your concept, and at the risk of demoralizing you or
> dampening your, ah, adventurous spirit, I think that the C4 being discussed
> here has a much lower expansion rate.
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> At least you got the "front end toward the enemy" part right.
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> Roger
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: jellyroll4 at gmail.com [mailto:jellyroll4 at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Bryan
> Kamerer
> Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 12:39 PM
> To: Roger M. Woodbury
> Cc: NIck Miller; V8 at audifans.com
> Subject: C4?
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> WTF in your context is a C4?
> 
> I am confident it is something cool, but as far as I know C4 is a very
> exciting nitrogenated compound with an inert long-chain stabilizing base.
> AKA a "plastique" -  to sound cool by aping the French.  Which should be
> done only in a limited way, of course.  Otherwise some dumb asses will start
> a revolution and guillotine innocent people by the thousands for no good
> reason, then an inter-continental war they will obviously loose.  That's
> just the French way about things. Has been that way for hundreds of years.
> Incredibly retarded.
> 
> But proper C4 has a gas expansion rate of around 26,000 feet per second.
> Placed behind 00 buck shot, it is a recipe for serious fun.  Serious fun.
> Comes labeled in a small plastic box that says "FRONT TOWARDS ENEMY."  Tons
> of fun, let me tell you.
> 
> I am thinking you are talking about something else?
> 
> Bryan
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> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 8:37 AM, Roger M. Woodbury
> <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com> wrote:
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> Without question, buy the C4.
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> I may have the oldest C4 on this list.  Or I may just be the oldest C4 owner
> on this list.
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> Whatever the case, our C4 is a 1994 that now has passed 157,000 miles.  We
> bought it in 2001 with 39,000 miles from the original selling dealer, and in
> the past nine years have spent the money necessary to keep it in as near new
> condition mechanically as possible.  What does this mean?  Well, including
> tires, around $2000 per year in general maintenance, and the car is now
> mechanically good to go for the next year or two with very little mechanical
> items about which I am concerned.
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> The newer car with its more expensive and sophisticated 30 valve
> engine/electronics/transmission will likely prove to be more expensive to
> maintain.
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> I don't think there is much other difference in the two models.
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> In the end, if the maintenance records for the past nine years are complete
> and show that the car has had the things that it needs and the newer car
> does NOT, then there is no question.
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> To my experience, on these cars regular maintenance is everything,
> especially in areas where there are harsh driving conditions to consider.
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> Our car gets new tires next week, and once they are on, I will write about
> them.  You all will be amazed after I posed the question to the list a while
> back.  Once our C4 is properly shod with decent tires, we'll be good to go,
> and for another 30,000 miles most likely.
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> 
> Roger
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> P.S.  I recommend the Depo e-code headlight replacement on this car, too.  I
> changed the headlights in the C4 not long after we got the car, and the
> Depo, sometimes maligned H4 headlamps have been a perfect upgrade for the
> standard DOT headlamps on this car (which weren't all that terrible,
> either).
> 
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