Follow up:
We ended up getting her a '94 Audi 100 CS Quattro wagon. It's quite nice,
and the V6 engine bay has tons of room (which I'll need when I change the
timing belt in 45k). Dark Green metallic with black leather, heated seats
and a rear diff lock. It drives and handles nice, and feels
a $250 '89 Audi 90
Quattro, which will probably become my beater winter car.
There was an '89 Audi 90Q on Craigslist with 197K miles on it for $2000 in
nice shape with good mechanicals. The ad stated that it was a reliable car
that would run forever. I've never owned any other German cars
Actually it's just a plain-Jane 10v fiver--bulletproof, but boring.
Just to clarify, the Audi 5000 diesels were also fivers, not the VW/Audi
sixers found in the Volvos and VW LT trucks.
On 1/7/07, kevin kraly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is this the one equipped with the 20 valve 5 banger? I can
I ended up with a wrecked '89 Audi 90 Quattro (w/diff lock) that I picked up
for $250. I stripped it down, and it needs a new front clip, but all the
damaged parts are bolt-on items, and can be easily found for cheap. Didn't
hit the frame rails and just smacked the cam sprocket and auxilliary
I ended up with a wrecked '89 Audi 90 Quattro (w/diff lock) that I picked up
for $250.
Is this the one equipped with the 20 valve 5 banger? I can always tell when
one drives by, even the older 5000's. Diesel content: an Audi 5000 diesel
sounds like a thrashing machine compared to a
one drives by, even the older 5000's. Diesel content: an Audi 5000
diesel
sounds like a thrashing machine compared to a properly tuned Mercedes
diesel
Freudian slip? Probably you meant threshing machine, but I kind of
like the mental picture I got from what you said!
-- Jim
Yeah, those Audi/VW/Volvo diesel are noisy, especially at idle. The
worst offender is actually the vaccum pump, as the operating rod is in
two parts. They clack. It also has much more combustion noise, as the
prechambers are much smaller and more open.
It does turn out quite a bit of
Peter Frederick wrote:
It does turn out quite a bit of power, though, and is higher
compression (105 hp on 2.4L)
Is that the six cylinder?
105hp won't keep up with the BMW 2.4L, or a MBZ 602 five cyl.
I have seen a Volvo in one of the Finns' videos which seems
to be about as fast as the 603
Yup. With the manual 5-speed its a racer, with the auto it's a bit
slow off the line, then pulls pretty hard. Smokey, though -- no one
will every wonder if you have your foot in it or not.
1983 design.
It's not been running for the last couple years -- wont' start, I think
I need the
Ah, THRESHING machine would describe it perfectly! I haven't heard one of
them 5000D's in quite a while, maybe they've all hit the boneyard by now.
MB content: Of course, there are plenty of MB diesels around, and I hope
that this is the case for many years to come.
Kevin in Hillsboro, OR
Threshing, thrashing?
Gee!
I thought that the back seat of an Audi was the perfect place to find
a Lesser spotted double breasted mattress thrasher!
Fred Moir
Lynn MA
Please don't throw things.
At 03:27 PM 1/7/2007, you wrote:
Actually farmers regularly call threshing thrashing which is
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On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, Tom Hargrave wrote:
This is her second new Grand
On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, Tom Hargrave wrote:
This is her second new Grand Cherokee and fourth new Chrysler Product
all have performed flawlessly.
I've got a 1991 cherokee that is a aquarium in the rain. Literally-- shop
vac time after it rains, every time. passenger side only.
-j.
On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, David Brodbeck wrote:
How's reliability? I've been a little leery of them every since meeting
a guy who had an older Cherokee, I think from the mid 90s. He had to
put a new ABS pump in it roughly once a year, to the tune of several
hundred bucks. Apparently it was a
Tom Hargrave wrote:
My Wife bought a 2006 4WD Grand Cherokee with a V6 last year and she loves
it. The system is a full time 4WD it uses the brakes to lock down any
wheel that spins. She does need it since she works in Wisconsin. I've driven
the jeep in the snow and the 4WD system works
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Tom Hargrave wrote:
My Wife bought a 2006 4WD Grand Cherokee with a V6 last year and she
loves
it. The system is a full time 4WD it uses the brakes to lock down
any
wheel that spins. She does need it since she works in Wisconsin. I've
I'm presently wrestling with the wife over which vehicle we'll get to
replace her aging 123 clunker. She's adamantly convinced she needs an AWD
vehicle for her alpine-related program activities (x-country ski, hike,
snowshoe, etc.), but I think it's stoopid to lug all that 4WD stuff around
for
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Subject: [MBZ] OT: Audi Allroad?
I'm presently wrestling with the wife over which vehicle we'll get to
replace her aging 123 clunker. She's adamantly convinced she needs an AWD
vehicle
Well, from personal experience I can say that a well designed system has no
reason not to lug around all that extra stuff. I've had and known more
than a couple Suby's and The only AWD issue I ever recall was a minor
tendancy for the center clutches to grab around turns which was only because
we
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Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 1:17 PM
Subject: [MBZ] OT: Audi Allroad?
I'm presently wrestling with the wife over which vehicle we'll get to
replace her aging 123 clunker. She's adamantly convinced she needs an AWD
vehicle for her alpine-related
no matter which
one you pick
Harry
69 280 SEL 135,000 Miles
72 350SL 118,000 Miles
2004 VW Passat 4 Motion
1999 Mazda Miata
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Sent: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 12:17 PM
Subject: [MBZ] OT: Audi Allroad?
I'm presently
I should mention that we're just looking to purchase a used car $20k, so
the new CDI's are strictly verboten.
Here's a vid of my wife out test driving an A6 Avant ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH6OcNmeuVcmode=relatedsearch=
On 1/1/07, Werner Fehlauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Casey -
Wish we could get away with that here in the States.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
256-656-1924
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I should mention that we're just looking to purchase a used car $20k, so
the new CDI's are strictly verboten.
Here's a vid of my wife out test driving an A6 Avant ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH6OcNmeuVcmode=relatedsearch=
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Sent: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 2:10 PM
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Casey - OK, you didn't mention a spending cap. So how about looking over
4Matic used M-Bs? The StarMark site (under MBUSA) might surprise you
After all, there's nothing as safe to have your Significant Other
If she is able to do that, she needs Gump to keep her under control.
Get her a nice old diesel go no where fast car with chains.
On Jan 1, 2007, at 11:45 AM, Zeitgeist wrote:
I should mention that we're just looking to purchase a used car $20k,
so
the new CDI's are strictly verboten.
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Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 3:19 PM
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I'm betting even a used 4Matic will put you over the 20K limit. Besides
they don't have the ground clearance that the Audi has
Harry
69 280 SEL 135,000 Miles
72 350SL 118,000 Miles
2004 VW Passat 4 Motion
1999
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