The Audi S8.

"jkm7680" (jkm7680) 03/16/2015 at 21:55 • Filed to: None

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Costs $10,000+ to have a manual swap done. And it was available in Europe with manual transmission, but we never get the cool shit.

PS9 > jkm7680 03/16/2015 at 22:02

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That's not true. Sometimes it's Europe that can't get the cool shit!

Opposite Locksmith > PS9 03/16/2015 at 22:07

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what is your picture showing. US bound m5?

Vicente Esteve > jkm7680 03/16/2015 at 22:53

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$10K?!

Well, another thing added to my To Do List if I ever become a millionaire.

signintoburnerlol > jkm7680 03/16/2015 at 23:10

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But we did get an S8 with a manual...

Edit: Wasn't it the 2nd gen? Super rare, manual?

Doug DeMuro > signintoburnerlol 03/16/2015 at 23:20

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Nope. All US S8s are auto. In the first-gen, it was Tiptronic which has a 100% failure rate. A lot of guys have swapped them to sticks because we did get a few Audis with that engine and a stick shift. You see them on BaT and Craigslist in northern California every so often. Very cool.

jkm7680 > Doug DeMuro 03/16/2015 at 23:37

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That's the beauty of early Tiptronic. When it craps out, you have no other choice but a manual swap!

samssun > jkm7680 03/17/2015 at 03:57

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As awesome and SAVE DAH MANULES as it sounds, I think clutching a 4500 pound barge around would get old, and also make you cringe from all the slippage on hills and such.

Better would be to give it the dual clutch, and leave the RS3 manual.