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May 26, 2004 20:59:27 GMT
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Quando omni flunkus, mortati
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May 26, 2004 21:06:11 GMT
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Well it's nice but...... Would you mind if I stood out of the way during the carnage? ;D Not really on my list  |
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May 26, 2004 21:09:08 GMT
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Sorry Sko. The Devil told me it was all or nothing!  |
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SkoCan
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Quando omni flunkus, mortati
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May 26, 2004 21:14:38 GMT
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Sorry Sko. The Devil told me it was all or nothing! Well if the Devil had a family and needed a wagon...... |
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fredi
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Alfa Romeo 75 Twin Spark Veloce
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May 26, 2004 22:10:33 GMT
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Be too cramped for my family. That's why our main car is a Mondeo wagon and not an Alfa Sportwagon. Why do all 'junior executive' cars have useless rears and boots? Does having a family preclude you from having a motor that isn't totally mundane? Even my old 75, which doesn't have supposedly space-saving front wheel drive, has more room than the 156, Audi A4, BMW 3, etc. The solutions are thus Mondeo, Vectra, Passat or MPV - not good!
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Donne e motore - gioie e dolori
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May 26, 2004 22:27:53 GMT
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well its nice but its still a modern jelly mould car  |
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As the owner and driver of a modern jelly mould car I agree with the rolly eyes It is still quite fun, a nice hooligan estate car. |
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May 27, 2004 11:22:26 GMT
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For those needing more space the Volvo 850 T5R is a great estate. Unfortunately even it pales beside the sheer hooliganosity (a word?) of the RS2. I just love it because it's so pure - even made by Porsche not Audi, the current RS's are all made on Audi production lines, all you need to buy one is money! To get an RS2 you nedd (less) money and to be able to actually find one!
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julian
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May 27, 2004 11:34:28 GMT
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I think they're awesome  and would love one... but good ones don't come cheap  |
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May 27, 2004 12:44:43 GMT
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RS2 - last of the straight five Audis. I'm not sure I'd call it the best car ever made, but it's possibly the most useful - a compact estate, with four wheel drive, that just happens to have 315 BHP. I'd want it in stealth mode - nice dark colour, debadged, graphite alloys, maybe even change the tailgate for a standard Audi 80 one to complete the disguise. But they're still five figures, even for a German import with the service book full of words like Heizölrückstoßabdämpfung. I'll wait for them to get a bit cheaper.
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May 27, 2004 13:50:03 GMT
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With only a couple of hundred RHD's made I don't think they are going to get any cheaper! Looked at over 4 years it's actually going to be free motoring. Cost to buy £24,000 ( you can spend that on a Mondeo!). Cost to sell in 4 years £24,000 - maybe more, as long as nothing big falls off (it is an Audi so it shouldn't) you're laughing.
All I actually need is £24,000!
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I'm a big fan of the original RS2...the first time I saw one in the flesh I stared at those Porsche brakes through the cup rims for hours. The reality is though I'd still rather have a Porshe powered Caravelle, a Quattro'd GL5 Passat Wagon, or a 'bagged V8 Transit Tourneo!
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May 29, 2004 11:42:19 GMT
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These are pretty awesome too, 5 litre V8  |
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May 31, 2004 18:38:43 GMT
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The Audis nice enough, but I prefer older and more unusual stuff. Besides, if you really need an estate and high performance from the same car then a tidy old Merc or Volvo can be picked up for a couple of hundred quid, and so can a Rover V8, which can be picked up tuned to any spec from a specialist, and a Ford type 9 gearbox can be picked up from a rusty Sierra in a scrapyard, and all that would cost less than a secondhand modern Audi estate, and changing engines on old Volvos is supposed to be an easy job.
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Quick Answer: No
Long Answer: Oh Lordy No.
Extended Answer: It's distinctly lacking in style, although I like Audi's in general and even this one is OK, as far as the best car ever made, I wouldn't even include it in a list of the top 100.
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Skyline: 1963 - 1973 - 1983
Sunny: 1982
450SLC: 1973
Navara: 1992
Gloria: 1992
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A fine motor indeeed... and I would seriously love one... but as for the best car EVER..... it's got some SERIOUS competition....
Most notably, it's older and WAY cooler brother, the Shorty Sporty.... (case rests) *RK Drools at the thought*
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Indeed. The Sport Quattro is awesome, one of the best rally cars ever made, but I was basing my (hypothetical) question on alround ability really. The RS 2 is probably faster on the motorway than the Quatro, gets to 60 in jig time, handles brilliantly, comes with a CD player AND does it all carrting a wardrobe!
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 Personally I can't see it...oh no, sorry - that's camouflage! |
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and would love one... but good ones don't come cheap 
