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

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

I went with a V50 turbo as my daily.  Quick car and a black Volvo
wagon is invisible to the cops.

Shame they've dropped the 6 speed out of the new ones, love mine and
with awd, can cruise at 80 in the rain...

On 12/16/08, jashburne [at] aol.com <jashburne [at] aol.com> wrote:
> A high hp wagon is perfect for really hauling ass!  :-p
>
> John
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Steve Jenkins" <steve [at] stevejenkins.com>
>
> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:25:15
> To: <jashburne [at] aol.com>
> Cc: 'The FerrariList'<ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Seeking advice on a sedan replacement...
>
>
> OK - since we're talking about Audis... did anyone else see the review of
> the RS Estate on Top Gear this week?
>
> HOLY MOLY.
>
> 570 HP from a station wagon? A STATION WAGON!
>
> SJ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Stark [mailto:MStark [at] Copper.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 7:08 AM
> To: Steve Jenkins
> Cc: 'The FerrariList'
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Seeking advice on a sedan replacement...
>
> 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:
>>
>>
>>
>>>[Howdy, all!  Please include me directly on any replies, as I'm not
>>>receiving any list-only postings... Thanks!]
>>><snip>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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