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10/02/2019 at 11:45 • Filed to: None
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"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
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From the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , which is not available here in Murrica, was the inevitable comment about it being available in 25 years. I have actually considered DD’ing a JDM import, not seriously, but I’ve considered it. A 25 year old factory hopped up Audi? Lord have mercy.
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dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford
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10/02/2019 at 11:54 |
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We get the new RS6 so my fast Audi wagon fix has been met.
Also that S6 is one of my dream cars, I just know that despite the price of entry I’d only end up bankrupt
atfsgeoff
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10/02/2019 at 11:56 |
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I wouldn’t want a 25 year old North American-spec Audi, let alone a european market one
MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick)
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10/02/2019 at 11:59 |
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Maybe your euro wizard just wasn’t very good at finding parts
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> dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford
10/02/2019 at 12:03 |
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Having a D3 S8, I can attest to the front clip removal for a lot of front of the engine work. They really shoe horned that V10 I’m there. There is no extra room up front. But parts are typically available online, but I’m sure there will be times when that’s not the case. These cars are so specialized that I could see there not being a lot of parts available readily. And that’s just 10 years in, can’t imagine 25 years in.
MultiplaOrgasms
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10/02/2019 at 12:15 |
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Mate has a T4 Multivan (Y’ know, Eurovan to you’s all but a Eurovan in Euro is something completely different and french). Regular ass 2.5 TDi engine. Even he is starting to approach the thres hold where it becomes difficult to source replacement parts. In germany, where the things a re abundant. Difference being that us germans get our parts from donor vehicles since VAG makes up literally half of all german cars.
benn454
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10/02/2019 at 12:17 |
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But muh Deutschland über alles
Tripper
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10/02/2019 at 12:35 |
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Wrenching and research go a long way. Also since you are talking about a performance variant, there will likely be a better network of owners and parts. Finally a good inde network is super helpful. The only time my 17 year old performance BMW let me down was in the Sterling/Reston area. Sterling BMW was the least helpful dealer I have ever visited and I couldn’t find a local inde to help. So I paid for a really expensive tow back to Philly. Knowing you’re in the DC area I can empathize with the seeming lack of support.
You’ve been talking about getting out of a BMW and into something Korean so I realize that were on opposite ends of the universe but IMHO new cars are unbelievably boring to drive outside of a few super expensive ones.
RallyWrench
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10/02/2019 at 12:41 |
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Having driven one, I sure as hell do. It won’t be any harder to keep on the road than my UrQuattro was. Although I’m an old Audi nerd and wrench. I wouldn’t want any current Audi in 25 years though.
VincentMalamute-Kim
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10/02/2019 at 13:20 |
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Standard Audi service position. NBD
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> Tripper
10/02/2019 at 14:46 |
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The funny thing is I paid off my BMW and I’m just driving it hoping nothing breaks because no buyers came around close to the range I was looking for. At least in the short term it was the most financially sound move.
I’m not afraid of putting in a little time and effort to keep a car I like on the road. But in general, I prefer a baseline level of not being a bankruptcy waiting to happen (not literally, but you get the idea.)
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
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10/02/2019 at 14:58 |
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This is why my German is a base model non turbo.
Because I don’t have a bunch of money set aside for maintenance.
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Tripper
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10/02/2019 at 16:30 |
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I do. However I refuse the logic that all German (or any other cars) are ticking time bombs. Cars break, some a lot, some a little, some are cheap, some are expensive. I have a great M3 and I had a bad one. The bad one felt just the way you feel, like something was always going to go wrong so I ditched it. Has yours been so bad to you?
I’m dailying the 02' I get how this isn’t a good example, still the car is nearly 45 years old... The only time I don’t drive it is if I have my little girl with me or if the weather is really bad.
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> Tripper
10/02/2019 at 17:02 |
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Mine hasn’t honestly been terrible , but it did need a new clutch with less than 60k miles, and that was like $2700 to have done by my indy mechanic, and it’s had some other random issues. Is it a money pit? Not exactly. But as these things go an E92 335xi isn’t the most complicated car out there.
Let’s say for sake of argument that the E60 M5, or any BMW TT V8 car, wasn’t sold in the US, and then 25 years down the road they were eligible to be imported. I wouldn’t even think of chasing that shit.
OTOH, the only real thing stopping me from considering buying something like a Toyota Aristo with the 2JZ-GTE, or a JZX90 Tourer V, is that I’m not sure I’d want to deal with RHD.
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Tripper
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10/02/2019 at 20:40 |
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“Let’s say for sake of argument that the E60 M5, or any BMW TT V8 car, wasn’t sold in the US, and then 25 years down the road they were eligible to be imported. I wouldn’t even think of chasing that shit.”
Well, yeah haha . An E39 is where I draw the line. I know enough about them and I won’t lose any money on the one that eventually ends up in my driveway. My wheelhouse however, is the N/A straight sixes I’m not scared of any BMW with one . I don’t know anything about the turbo cars cept they fast.
On RHD I like the feel, like shifting with my left hand, but left hand turns are on a prayer. I’d have to spend some time with one to be sure. My only experience is driving a english vehicle into France and that was not comfortable, but it was also another country.
duurtlang
> RallyWrench
10/04/2019 at 02:15 |
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I think that is the main issue. Current 25 year old 1994 Audi ? Fine. 2019 Audi in 25 years? No, thank you. 2010 Audi in 2035? Hard pass.
Audis from 25 years ago were at least somewhat durable. Especially the ones that didn’t have a turbo or too many cilinders for the engine bay.
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RallyWrench
> duurtlang
10/10/2019 at 01:02 |
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This, exactly. I have an Ur S4 now, in fact. That’s a car that can be fixed almost indefinitely, though its electronic troubles are the reason I ended up with it . It’s still a pretty mechanical thing. The newer stuff? No way. We’re already seeing that they don’t age gracefully, even at less than 10 years old they suffer crippling mechanical and electronic issues, and the cost to repair now is horrendous given the depreciation. Hard pass, indeed.