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

[dconner at gmail.com]

Kneale,
Knowing what you know now ... would you buy it again?

On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 8:49 PM Kneale Brownson <kneale at knitknacks.com>
wrote:

> 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
>
> Tediously fingered on my iPhone
>
>
> > 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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