Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Seeking advice on a sedan replacement...

[Martin Stark (MStark]

1998.  I've delayed updating because the A8 still looks fresh and it 
accomplishes its dual missions of getting through New England winters 
with aplomb and making the weekly warm season 280 mile round trip from 
Sherborn to PTown on 10 gals of fuel.  FWIW, beginning in 2000 Audi 
added fat and shortened the final drive ratio. I recently considered a 
new S8 for European delivery but was put off by Audi's unwillingness to 
fit it with the current A8 final drive ratio.  It would have made a 
great high performance cruiser.  Http://www.audiworld.com is a good 
reference source.


Dennis Liu wrote:

> Marty, what year was your A8?  I've heard back from a bunch of folks who
> think the current gen is a reliability nightmare....
>
> Thx,
>
> --Dennis 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Stark [mailto:MStark [at] Copper.net] 
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 4:09 PM
> To: BigHeadDennis [at] gmail.com
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Seeking advice on a sedan replacement...
>
> A8 - I've put about 150K miles on mine.  Be prepared for belt service at 
> 95K miles and a few "unscheduled" maintenance issues.  It's unstopable 
> in the snow and ice and it will never rust.
>
> Dennis Liu wrote:
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> > [Howdy, all!  Please include me directly on any replies, as I'm not
> > receiving any list-only postings... Thanks!]
> > <snip>
> >
> >
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