[V8] A8 97 / A6 Advant / V8 93 / Shammywow / rambling

[D Morralee]

Cool Paul. Amsterdam is a really cool place, but haven't managed to get there yet
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From: Paul Jäger <pjager81 at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:32:31 
To: <superdaveski at hotmail.com>
Cc: <v8 at audifans.com>
Subject: Re: [V8] A8 97 / A6 Advant / V8 93 / Shammywow / rambling

In amsterdam at the moment - lots of wagons here almost more than sedans. Audis are very popular but surprised to see so much Volvo v70's old and new. Rest of the city pedal powers it. I bike daily too but have not rented one here... 
 
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 On 2012-03-29, at 5:45 PM, D Morralee <superdaveski at hotmail.com> wrote:
 
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 > rambling 
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 > I still have my A8 97, but thinking of selling this summer to buy an A6 Advant. The A8 has been a great car but I feel it's the wrong fit for me. As my wife and I have three sedans and one sports car we need something more utility wise. Why I'm thinking of getting an avant is because of three things I do throughout the year. 1) Sailing, need the car to transport bit and pieces (27 foot cabin sailboat) 2) We go car camping maybe three times a year. 3) Getting me to the ski hill and home safely. I have to drive something that is a statement(audi) rather than driving something like a dodge caliber or Nissan Moreno. 
 > The corvette is still has its fun factor of cruzing around Ottawa in the summer. (74)
 > My main passion is definitely the V8. I've been working hard the last couple of night getting the Euros in. In Canada since the late 80s cars have to have their headlights on, we call them daytime running lights . this leads into why I'm having some challenges putting in these lights into the car. There are four lights per side, low and high beam, side light and a "tiny light or called the indicator light " under the low beam . kind of like a flashlight bulb. When I turn the car on I get low beam and the Indicator light.  When the car is running and I turn the on park lights, the front sidelights don't come on. The side light issue will have to be sorted out by using the original wiring directly to the side lights. It would be nice when I start the car I get only the indicator light, when I turn the park lights I get the indicator and the side light, when I turn the headlights on I get Headlights, side light and indicator light off.  High beam works great. 
 > Fog light .oops, Last year I thought I would put a yellow bulb in the fog lights instead of the clear ones . big mistake. When I was taking the bumpers off I realized that I had melted and damaged the both socket areas. Lesson learned, but I have spare fog lights so I should be okay there.  
 > I also bought new AUDI side badges for the trim in front of the driver and passenger doors . the other ones were looking a big shady. I'm going to have to figure out by looking at my manual how to replace the emblems. 
 > The previous owner of the car had painted the car an Alpine white, which I like as I don't like the cream white that it use to be painted. A few years ago I got hooked on the Shammy Wow product, but Shammy Wow as a washing/ cleaning cloth was not a good idea !!! Stupid me used it for a summer to wash the car with and I ended up scratching the shit out of the paint. I have made an awful mess of the paint, it's to the point I've got my body guy coming over to have a look at it. It isn't that bad ,but it going to take a little work to restore the paint ...  Well that is my report. Superdave 
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