[V8] Future of....misc. ramblings

dconner at gmail.com dconner at gmail.com
Sun Jan 20 16:59:20 PST 2019


Roger,

I meant to ask ...

Would an an A8 serve your purpose?  I sort of lust after one of them since
taking one for a spin a few years ago.  Something tells me I would regret
it when I realized the cost of ownership/maintenance on an older one, which
would be the only thing in my price range.

On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 7:51 PM <dconner at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Roger,
>
> It's good to hear from you.  I'm still here, too, also with two Audi's in
> the stable that don't get driven much.  One is a clean rust free '92 S4
> (RS2- Colorado car) that I can't bring myself to expose to the salty brine
> of Ohio's winter roads, so it sleeps in the garage these days.  I do have a
> set of snow tires for it, though, and there is a little voice inside my
> head urging me to put them on and drive it, salt be damned.  I'm a semi
> regular visitor to Toronto and there are some treu Audi nuts there who I
> stay in touch with.  They urge me to do just that, and bring it to one of
> their ice "racing" events.  Maybe I will do just that.
>
> The second Audi is an '87 5ktq which always seems to need a little work,
> having survived 30+ Ohio winters, currently needs new tie rods and an
> alignment, but not much else.  My daily driver is a 2016 Ford minivan.  I
> don't mind exposing it to the salt since it has no soul :-o
> - -
> Dave C.
> Columbus Ohio
>
>
>
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