Just waiting for sports car season ….

"Milky" (jordanmielke) 02/27/2014 at 09:32 • Filed to: BRZ, Winter, Crossfire, Journalism, AutoWeek, Autoblog

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Randomness after the jump.

This photo is from last weekend, but its super nice living in the same building as 2 auto journalists. Get to see all the new stuff right away. My damn lucky room mate got a ride in a SLS convertible last year.

In case anyone cares, Rory writes for AutoWeek & Steven writes for Autoblog. Their Instagrams are worth a follow.

(thats my friend's Miata there ^ )

Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger > Milky 02/27/2014 at 10:02

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Good news!

Milky > Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger 02/27/2014 at 10:12

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Ha, good point actually. But a counterpoint would be, any fast Audi I can buy for a 1/6th of the RS5's price is going to cost a boatload to fix.

Maybe someday I can DD an Audi …. but today isn't one of those days.

Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger > Milky 02/27/2014 at 10:39

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Yeah, that's the rumor. I'll tell you something though. I had an A6 2.7T for 5 years. I bought it with 38k miles on it. I was great until I blew the turbos at 98k. During that time I replaced a CV boot, temp sensor and a leaky valve cover gasket. My wife has an A4 that we bought at 24k miles. It has 84k now. We've recharged the AC and replaced two blow coil packs. Now, I fully expect to have some expensive stuff break at 100k. Seems like all German cars do. But man, until 100k miles they sure are a lot of fun. Then again, maybe I'm lucky?

I expect to replace the turbo in my MK6 GTI by 80k miles. It's so fun to drive hard.

Milky > Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger 02/27/2014 at 11:07

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Damn … I like the Audi you had.

My Crossfire just crossed the 100k mark and I'm about to replace the water pump. Its only going to cost me a hundred bucks or so and it won't be that difficult, thinking about doing one on a Audi makes my head hurt.

But I've heard a fair amount of stories like yours, aka they aren't that bad …. an Audi would be the perfect DD for Michigan.

I already was a fan, hearing more positive owner's reviews just make the case for one better.

Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger > Milky 02/27/2014 at 11:28

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Ah, you live in Michigan though! You will get scowling looks from big three owners! I used to live in Saginaw and Jackson. Head up there next weekend to visit friends in Clarkston.

Changing the turbos in my A6 was EXPENSIVE! But I really enjoyed that car and drove it pretty hard. Always did the maintenance as scheduled but had fun with it. V6 Crossfire?

Milky > Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger 02/27/2014 at 11:52

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Lol don't care what the locals think, my last car was foreign. But yea they are all V6's, mines not supercharged though, SRT's are still too much $.

I think I've seen photos like this too many times.

I love Quattro, but damn, does doing every repair require you to remove the front!?