My daily driver is a 2001.5 Audi S4 Avant. Needed the wagon to carry the child and the dog at the same time, plus they depreciate a little slower than the sedans do. Chip, exhaust, intake gives you about 320hp and 390ft lb of torque, I wanted awd since I live in Colorado. This thing with snow tires is a mtn goat, you really have to do something foolish to get stuck.
Build quality is very good, I had to replace the precat O2 sensors shortly after I bought it, (bought it with 49k on it, 61k on it now) but you can splice in the VW 4 wire ones which are $25 each, so that's not a big deal. Working on the car is difficult due to the tight confines, but do-able. I like it alot, if Subaru had made an STI wagon, I probably would've bought one instead tho... --- [email protected] wrote: > Andrew, > > It is good to hear that you solved your hot > temperature issues. I am afraid that I may have to > spring for a new radiator myself as my Gli is > running a little warmer than I care for. It is odd > because I replaced it about four years ago. In > addition, my Corrado runs really hot with the A/C on > (fan works fine) so I may have to do that in the > fall too. > > Interesting comments on the satisfaction of driving > an older car. I have five vw's. I use the Corrado in > the good weather and the Jetta Gli sees the New > England winters and whenever the Corrado is out of > commission. I rent out garage space for the weekend > toys: 77 Scirocco, 83 Rabbit Gti, and an 84 Rabbit > Gti. They are a lot of fun and are neat to take to > the vw events throughout the year. I like the idea > of doing a majority of the work on my own and would > never consider that on a newer car (void the > warranty). > > However, I have been getting the itch to upgrade to > a car payment and have a year-round car but keep a > few toys on the side. I was considering the Subaru > WRX (new or used if unabused). A friend has one and > it seems practical as an everyday driver in New > England for my 60 mile commute each day. The only > downside is that it would be driven in miserable > traffic each way :( > > For those who agree with holding on the the older > cars, if you were to get a fairly recent car (4 > years old or less) what would you go after to > replace what you have now? > > Jim > > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 22:36:16 -0400 > To: [email protected] > From: Andrew White <[email protected]> > Subject: [a2-16v-list] overheating solved (and a > little more..) > > > Swapped out the old radiator for a new one, as folks > had suggested (thanks > for all the emails!). The old radiator was seriously > about 30 pounds. It > was full of gunk, and was the original radiator. My > guess is that it had > been a little clogged for a while (the car used to > always overheat after > sitting in traffic for a long time), and the extra > gunk from the leaking > headgasket as well as things getting shuffled around > when the new > headgasket was installed really plugged it up. With > the new radiator, the > car runs about 20-30 degrees cooler- it stays right > at about 200 on the oil > temp gauge all of the time, with the water gauge > around halfway. Doesn't > really budge much at all, and I tried running with > max A/C in stop-and-go > traffic with the outside air temp around 95, with no > problems. Made a huge > difference. Having the Passat dual-fan must help as > well! > > The other thing- I was talking with a few friends of > mine this weekend, and > one was saying "why would you want a car that you > have to fix?" He buys a > new car every few years, and although he is in debt > up to his eyeballs, > never really has to fix his cars, since they don't > get old enough to break > down. Now, my 16v has never stranded me- I do > preventative maintenance so > that it doesn't happen, but I do have to do work on > it every so often. I'm > sure that if I got a new car, I wouldn't have to > worry about all of the > little things that I have to do with my 16v, but > man, it's just so much > more fun to drive! My dad got a 2003 Saab, with the > turbo motor (forget the > model), and I drove it this weekend. Super quiet, > lots of bells and > whistles, supposedly has about 200HP. Was also super > boring! No road feel, > motor felt weak, not a lot of fun. This is now my > 4th Jetta GLI (I've had > an 84, 87, 89, and now a 92), and my first 16v. I've > had it about 5 years, > and still love to walk out and drive it, which I'm > not sure how many folks > would say about a new car! Plus- it's got history. I > got it out of a barn > in Vermont, with 67K original miles. That's a much > better story than saying > that I picked it up at the dealer! > > Anyways, just my .02. With the new radiator, the car > runs amazingly. I'm > going to put a GIAC chip that I had lying around in > this week, just out of > curiosity. I had taken it out, since it seemed like > it made the car knock > pretty bad. See how it works now. > > Andrew > > > ........................................................................ > PGP public key available from: > http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x82D3E4A0 > > 26 + 6 = 1 > > > --__--__-- > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
