[V8] to the junk yard

[CavalloGT]

 Scott,

In response to your latest flatulence:

You mean you'd "just as soon" save them for your V8, ............ 

You can't assume you'll save them because if you haven't sold them already, by default you ARE saving them. LOL!

Yes, some folks are just plain cheap, but some of us V8 owners may be "cheap", not out of choice, but out of financial circumstance.  Either way, I don't judge because I've learned that you never know what motivates someone else till you walk a mile in his shoes.

Are some folks offensive? Sure, but that's their problem, not everyone else's, unless they allow themselves to be annoyed by such folks.

If you have bags of money and can spend it without being "cheap", GOD Bless you!

I've also found however that many times folks who have lots of money are the cheapest misers out there! They bitch about prices when they are buying, but when the shoe is on the other foot and they're selling, they call everyone else cheap when they can't get there inflated price. 

Regardless, it's all good because market demand ultimately decides what things are worth, or more appropriately stated, what they will sell for, regardless of what we may think they're worth.

Ironically, if it weren't for us "cheapskates" most of the V8s that are still on the road would have already fallen prey to the "wrecking yard". I know as far as my situation goes, I do not want to part with my 5-speed, but I cannot afford to keep it at this juncture in my life. 

I'm hanging on to the 92 V8 I have as one of our brethren worked some of his magic on the car previously, and my desire is to use it to create a 91 Avant 4.2 Automatic. 

It's not about what anyone else may think about doing that, but it's about what I would like as an individual, regardless of what anyone else thinks about it. I've always been partial to wagons and creating that particular animal with some additional power from either turbos, a supercharger, or both, is a long term goal I have on my list of automotive creations. Unfortunately, my 5-speed must be sold first.

I don't presume to be some sort of Audi authority, but I do have quite an extensive automotive service background. In fact I have in the past, and continue today to serve as an expert witness in automotive litigation cases. Regardless, I don't try to impress folks, especially at the expense of others.

So before throwing stones, I'd just as soon, assume, or at least hope anyway, that you are better with a wrench than a pen. 

Had you not, a propensity to pontificate regarding your opinions of others, you could not fly the friendly skies. We don't need to assume anything. It's obvious that all that warmth you spew is self serving: it allows the lift needed for you to go cruising in your hot air balloon. Thankfully the cool breezes of reality will prevail.

;>)



> On Sep 20, 2014, at 3:10 PM, "Scott DeWitt" <scotty at advancedautomotion.com> wrote:
> 
> I find it humerous that people try to cheapen expensive and hard to find
> parts by adding adjective such as rusting-away and wrecking yard.
> 
> I too have a set of Euros and won't even mention the price as V8 owners
> are some of the cheapest of all Audi owners out there. I'd just assume
> save them for my V8 if I ever decide to resurrect it.
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sat, September 20, 2014 1:51 pm, Kneale Brownson wrote:
>> I have a set of V8 Euros that never made it into either of the V8s
>> before they were sold.  The improvement from relaying the DOT lights was
>> so great I never felt the need.  Relayed V8 DOTs were far superior to
>> the relayed DOTs in my 200s, which did get Eurolights. I got the V8
>> lights from some guy in Germany for $650 and a lot of shipping cost.  I
>> think you found that price too dear for your use, Roger.
>> 
>> 
>>> On 9/20/2014 8:22 AM, Roger M. Woodbury wrote:
>>> Out of curiosity, I wonder if anyone has a rusting-away V8 that they
>>> are planning on sending to the wrecking yard, but which has a set of
>>> "good" euro headlights?  At some point, if I keep this old girl in
>>> service, I will want to make that upgrade.  Just askin'.....
>> 
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