[V8] C4?

Sun Oct 24 12:32:32 PDT 2010

Ah, got it.  So does anyone on-list have mobile field artillery?  I really
hate Microsoft.

On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 12:11 PM, MendezWerks <mendezwerks at gmail.com> wrote:

> 1995-1998 Audi A6.
>
>
>
> On Oct 24, 2010, at 2:01 PM, Bryan Kamerer <kamerer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> OK, but I still have no clue what "C4" means in audi speak.  Color me maybe
> backwards myself.
>
> Actually I was thinking of posting today because throwing my Acura SLX up
> on jacks the other day for a few hours of service has turned into three days
> (wrong tranny gasket in the kit!).  So have have hussled the V8 out the last
> few days.  Damn.  Every time I drive another vehicle, then go back to that
> car, I just marvel at it.
>
> I was marvelling yesterday (is that a real verb? "Marvelling?)  at the
> interior space.  This is something I have always appreciated, mind you, not
> a new discovery.  I can sit fully back in the drivers seat, and stretch my
> arms out and I can not touch the dash panel wood with my finger tips.
> Awesome.  I am 5-10, a muscular (and fairly attractive, I might add, in case
> there are any female lurkers on the list) 200lbs.  So I am not small.  This
> is in fact one of the reasons I bought the car way back in like '97 or so.
> It's like a living room in the front seats.  I drove that thing 5 or 6 hours
> straight on friday nighs after a 70 hour work and I arrived fresher than
> when I left.  There are damn few cars that can deliver that.  I have the
> factory 5 speed with those different seats, so maybe that makes a
> difference. But even the slush boxes will have the same space.  The other
> ting I marvel at is the engine.  I know it is only 3.6l, but it is damn
> nice.  It has, on paper, the same specs as the 4.7l Toyota V8 they used in
> everything from the mid 90s to now (it is now bored out to 5.7l in the
> newest Tototas/Watchamafucks - oh yeah, "Lexus."  Whatever.).  I live now up
> a steep hill. I actually live in a geat place to put a 105mm artillery piece
> and then shell the Microsoft HQ.  That is my secret fantasy. OK, back to
> reality - The Acura and other cars I drive are down to 2nd to get up it  but
> I just run up it at 1500 rpm and 4th gear in the V8.  And it pulls fine and
> is lively to the foot.  Gotta love that.  If any of you guys have a 105 or
> larger field artillery piece, talk to me privately off-list.
>
> My ex and I also had a 100  series Land cruiser (the 98 to 2007 body type).
> I loved that.  Only vehicle I could consider giving up the 5 speed v8 for.
> But the V8 is so much more car than the Land Cruiser, which I otherwise hold
> as the finest motor vehicle evermade (except perhaps the liter-class Honda
> sport bikes, which of course make me shiver they are so thrilling).  So much
> more refined (the V8), comfortable.  And of course except for ground
> clearance, just as all-weather capable on roads as the legendary Land
> Cruisers.  I used to live in Vermont and I recall so many times in blizzards
> having to dive my V8 into snow banks to pull around Range Rovers and such
> that were stuck on the road.  Really.
>
> I was considering selling my V8 and getting a 100 series Land cruiser, but
> I have firmly decided I will just get a cheaper tow vehicle (I have a horse
> and trailer I need to two periodically now) and keep the 5 speed V8 as my
> "forever" car.  I did buy an Acura SLX for that purpose (gussied up Isuzu
> Trooper - it's pretty cool, actually. But it's no Audi and it only has a
> V6).  I might actually, when I get old, buy a bulldozer and then have
> whoever has to clean up after me just dig a big hole and bury me in my '91 5
> speed.  Love it.
>
> Ok, so what the fuck is a C4?  Besides a great way to kill commies *en
> masse*.
>
> Bryan
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 11:29 AM, MendezWerks < <mendezwerks at gmail.com>
> mendezwerks at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> LOL
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>> On Oct 24, 2010, at 1:21 PM, "Roger M. Woodbury" <<rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>
>> rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Well, ah, actually, ah..yeah.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > At least you got the "front end toward the enemy" part right.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Roger
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: <jellyroll4 at gmail.com>jellyroll4 at gmail.com [mailto:<jellyroll4 at gmail.com>
>> 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>V8 at audifans.com
>> > Subject: C4?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 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
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 8:37 AM, Roger M. Woodbury
>> > < <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Without question, buy the C4.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I may have the oldest C4 on this list.  Or I may just be the oldest C4
>> owner
>> > on this list.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > The newer car with its more expensive and sophisticated 30 valve
>> > engine/electronics/transmission will likely prove to be more expensive
>> to
>> > maintain.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I don't think there is much other difference in the two models.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > To my experience, on these cars regular maintenance is everything,
>> > especially in areas where there are harsh driving conditions to
>> consider.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Roger
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 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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