Falling in Love Again

[Jim Griffin <JGriff@pobox.com>]

Well friends... It's appropriate (or ironic), I suppose, on Valentine's
Day, that I send this message.

I must report that I've fallen in love again. Actually, I never fell out
of love... but my passion is even stronger now....

Okay... before this gets too steamy... I'll tell you what I'm really
talking about.

Yesterday, I brought my 100S into the dealer (on Friday the 13th no
less!! Boy, was I tempting the Audi gods or what?) to have the airbag
recall done and have a set of Eibach springs installed. Needless to say,
the latter is where the excitement comes from...

Putting in these Eibachs made a HUGE difference... in ride, handling,
and looks. It is AWESOME!! The car does not ride rough (except over
really bad, sharp bumps), and actually, I think they improved the ride
overall to the degree that the Bilsteins are now able to perform the way
they should (i.e. the OEM springs were too soft and too high for the
Bilsteins). There is practically no body lean... and it feels incredibly
stable, especially at very high speeds. This car is now set for the
Autobahn...

And the car no longer looks like it is on its "tippy-toes". I've gotten
more glances, stares, and comments from folks within the past 24 hours
than I think I've ever gotten in a week!! It looks really sharp...

The only complaint I have is that the front still rides higher than the
rear. They were supposed to drop the front by 1.4 inches, and the rear
by 1.0 inches. Granted, the front was originally MUCH higher than the
rear, but I would have thought that the Eibach designers would have
taken this into consideration, and "balanced" out the look. Oh well...
not much I can do (no.. I'm not going to cut off one of the front
coils!!)... it still is MUCH better than OEM.

FWIW, for those wondering, my mechanic measured it after we did it, and
the car sits 26.5 inches to the fender lip up front, and 25.0 inches in
the rear. Sorry.. I don't know the OEM ride height (anyone care to
measure their 92+ 100S FWD for me... Sean, Craig?)... I thought of it on
the drive up... to only remember it again after we had the first spring
in up front... :-(

So, my "honey" has been given a real nice gift this Valentine's Day...
(and I've received a wonderful one back)...  has anyone else given their
"loved one" a nice V-Day gift?

Anyway, thanks for listening to me rant and rave. I guess I really need
a girlfriend, eh? :-)

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                             Jim Griffin
                         JGriff@pobox.com
                    http://pobox.com/~jgriff
                          Maryland, USA
    "Perception is often stronger than reality!"
                        '92 Audi 100S
                   '87 VW Quantum Syncro
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