Re: Wrath of Audi gods

[Mike Loeks <neanderthal@ardvark.com>]

At 01:19 AM 3/2/96 -0500, you wrote:
>
>        
>        They will cause me much pain and anguish, but I must know:
>
>        Do you have, or know anyone with a Toyota Celica All-Trac Turbo? I
>have seen a couple of these, and they look nice. They look a little on the
>'boy-racer' side of things, but hey.. 
>        My question is - are the '88s in the old celica style? Those are
>ugly...The ones i have seen looked really nice, the paint and general
>condition would make one think that it was newer, so I am trying to acertain
>if there was a body style change somewhere between 88 and 91.
>        
>        Why am I asking? Well..you know, always looking for cool cars. My
>list of cars that I consider 'normal' ( non-exotics - $100,000 + )
>includes the
>        Mistu. Galant Vr-4          ( Well...Somewhat cool ) 
>        Toyota Celica Alltrac turbo ( pretty cool, I suppose )
>        All Quattros!               ( of course! )
>        Subaru SVX                  ( needs a stick ..):
>        Bimmer iX series..          ( most are pretty ugly though )
>       
>As you can see, I am a true AWD fan. I guess I just live the rallying
>spirit.. Plus we get a lot of snow here. 
>
>Anyway, I managed to write another page or two of meaningless stuff when I
>had a simple question. Damn damn damn.
>
>brooks    '  They are cool! really!  '
>
>
Brooks,
  I too have thought about buying one of the Celica Alltrac turbos, but I
just can't see spending $8000.00 or so when I can buy an Audi 5ktq for
around half that figure.  The Alltracs use a viscous type differential (so I
have been told)
and don't have diff locks.  I have driven a couple of them and these were my
impressions:
1. Very heavy clutch as compared to a normal GTS
2. Fast, but not as fast as I would have expected for a turbo.
3. Handled pretty well. Didn't have a chance to test it very much though.
4. ABS available.
5. Tape decks have a design flaw that causes the tape to load but not play.
   (I know how to fix this if anyone is interested)
 
   The Alltrac turbo was available in the '86 to '88 body style, and in the next
generation body style, so you do have a choice.
                
                              Gotta go
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                   Michael Loeks
                   Warren,Oregon (30 min. North of Portland)
                   Current fleet:
                   '86 5KCSTQ - Red w/Fuchs wheels
                   '86 5KCSTQ - Grey 

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