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

[Kneale Brownson]

As a former owner of two slushbox V8s and current owner of an 02 S8, I’d say Audi made them better and better. Still very costly 

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> On Jan 20, 2019, at 5:59 PM, dconner at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> 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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