Quote from: 280Z Turbo on November 14, 2007, 07:19:42 PM
You're lugging it!

You're going to burn up the bearings.

Bearings? More like just burn the trans fluid, but it's already black. How much more could it possibly burn?

Quote from: NACar on November 14, 2007, 07:17:59 PM
The 'sc0rt will still be around for a while, I hope. There will be plenty of 'sc0rt talk.

BTW, the 'sc0rt seems to have a problem downshifting from 3rd gear. As in, I floor it from a stop, and it takes off in 3rd gear. Not even a Suzuki Samurai can beat that for slowness.

Just manual shift it then.

This is outstanding news, Mr. Car!

Of all the cars recently purchased by Spinsters, I am sincerely hoping this one turns out to be a real find. The best of luck to you.

Quote from: Soup DeVille on November 14, 2007, 07:28:14 PM
Just manual shift it then.

But it's fun when I floor it and it makes all kinda noise but it doesn't hardly move because it's stuck in 3rd. 

Quote from: omicron on November 14, 2007, 07:28:29 PM
This is outstanding news, Mr. Car!

Of all the cars recently purchased by Spinsters, I am sincerely hoping this one turns out to be a real find. The best of luck to you.

Thank you, Mr. Cron, and I sincerely hope that your good wishes can find their way across from 'straya, through the innertubes and into the Audi.

Quote from: NACar on November 14, 2007, 07:01:29 PM
I am not worried about your futile attempts to terrorize me, for I will be subjecting myself to the pleasures of heated leather seats, a Bose premium sound system, power sunroof, cruise control, and heated windshield washer nozzles.

Oh no, now you're talking like Trep!

Quote from: Laconian on November 14, 2007, 08:20:36 PM
Oh no, now you're talking like Trep!

I shall mod the cupholders, as well. 
Wait... does it even have cupholders? I didn't see any.

I want to join in the V8 revolution!

1990 Audi V8 Quattro




Only 106,020 miles!

USD$11,238.

Quote from: NACar on November 14, 2007, 08:21:34 PM
I shall mod the cupholders, as well. 
Wait... does it even have cupholders? I didn't see any.

German cars were way anti-cupholder for a long time.

Quote from: Soup DeVille on November 14, 2007, 08:42:51 PM
German cars were way anti-cupholder for a long time.

They still kind of are. 

Quote from: Soup DeVille on November 14, 2007, 08:42:51 PM
German cars were way anti-cupholder for a long time.

WHere am I gonna put my coffee!?
Between my legs, it is.

Quote from: Soup DeVille on November 14, 2007, 08:42:51 PM
German cars were way anti-cupholder for a long time.

Only because the beersteins wouldn't fit!

Quote from: Raza  on November 14, 2007, 08:43:48 PM
They still kind of are. 

Unless you're Mercedes, and then you just put them in hilariously and completely unnecessarily complicated contractions that involve pressing a button and it unfolding out of the dash (E-Class, I love that cupholder for the passenger side).

Quote from: thewizard16 on November 15, 2007, 09:32:05 AM
Unless you're Mercedes, and then you just put them in hilariously and completely unnecessarily complicated contractions that involve pressing a button and it unfolding out of the dash (E-Class, I love that cupholder for the passenger side).

That's exactly what I mean.  They don't pay attention to them, they just make them collapsible and shove them wherever they'll fit.  My E class had a hidden, retracting and swinging cupholder that couldn't really hold anything larger than a can.  The swinging one could hold a very tippy small bottle.  The Boxster's cupholder is a joke; it's just there to say they have one.  I thought the Passat's cupholder was huge; by German standards it is, but many other cars have cupholders that have more volume than my center console storage.  And then the ridiculous amount of cupholders.  A Mazda MX-5 has a cupholder for every cylinder, but only two seats!  What do two passengers need four cupholders for!?

My car has a pull out in the center console that I didn't even know was there for the first two months I owned the car.  It had two cupholders and it works very well, holding just about anything.  Yet, in the general nature of Subaru where you must be able to beat the hell out of anything, they thought it was too flimsy and replaced two cupholders with just one in the 1998 redesign.  It's the same concept, but I don't like the newer design.

hehe i HATED those damn things....couldnt use 'em cause theyd get in the way of the radio!

Quote from: Raza  on November 15, 2007, 09:57:13 AM
That's exactly what I mean.  They don't pay attention to them, they just make them collapsible and shove them wherever they'll fit.  My E class had a hidden, retracting and swinging cupholder that couldn't really hold anything larger than a can.  The swinging one could hold a very tippy small bottle.  The Boxster's cupholder is a joke; it's just there to say they have one.  I thought the Passat's cupholder was huge; by German standards it is, but many other cars have cupholders that have more volume than my center console storage.  And then the ridiculous amount of cupholders.  A Mazda MX-5 has a cupholder for every cylinder, but only two seats!  What do two passengers need four cupholders for!?

I use one of my front cupholders for easy access to my mp3 player/FM transmitter

Quote from: Vinsanity on November 15, 2007, 10:14:43 AM
I use one of my front cupholders for easy access to my mp3 player/FM transmitter

hehe, thats what I used to do in the Legacy.  If I had the charger plugged in, then the iPod would stay wedged in the cupholder, and 'cause it was so close to the radio, I rarely had to find a new station for the FM transmitter.

Quote from: Raza  on November 15, 2007, 09:57:13 AM
That's exactly what I mean.  They don't pay attention to them, they just make them collapsible and shove them wherever they'll fit.  My E class had a hidden, retracting and swinging cupholder that couldn't really hold anything larger than a can.  The swinging one could hold a very tippy small bottle.  The Boxster's cupholder is a joke; it's just there to say they have one.  I thought the Passat's cupholder was huge; by German standards it is, but many other cars have cupholders that have more volume than my center console storage.  And then the ridiculous amount of cupholders.  A Mazda MX-5 has a cupholder for every cylinder, but only two seats!  What do two passengers need four cupholders for!?

I don't know... wasn't there a minivan that advertised 11 cupholders a few years back or something equally ridiculous? I don't think any vehicle I've owned has had more cupholders than seats. Well, a suburban might have, but I was never in the back row of seats, so I'm not sure how many they had back there.

Quote from: J86 on November 15, 2007, 10:13:25 AM
hehe i HATED those damn things....couldnt use 'em cause theyd get in the way of the radio!

Mine don't block the radio.  They just block the vents and the HVAC controls.  The shifter gets in the way of the radio a little, but if I really wanted I could fix it.  All of the bins and holders in the center console are DIN sized, to it makes moving things around really easy.

Quote from: the Teuton on November 14, 2007, 07:20:13 PM
I will guarantee you a place to stay for free if you make it.  That is a promise.  I might have to make one of the youngins sleep in their car, but it you have a sleeping bag, I will find you a couch.

We'll see what happens...the only thing is my wife might want to come along, so we'd just get a hotel if so.  But it would be easier if not.

Quote from: Vinsanity on November 15, 2007, 10:14:43 AM
I use one of my front cupholders for easy access to my mp3 player/FM transmitter

If I recall correctly, the MX-5 has two cupholders between the seats, and one in each door.  The door ones are ridiculous.

Quote from: Raza  on November 15, 2007, 11:40:17 AM
If I recall correctly, the MX-5 has two cupholders between the seats, and one in each door.  The door ones are ridiculous.

I drive a lot of the time with my left leg resting on the door.  I couldn't imagine my Mega Gulp freezing my leg while I'm driving, but the MX-5's door cupholders are bigger than the other ones.

Mega Gulp?  Oh, dear.

Quote from: J86 on November 15, 2007, 12:54:02 PM
Mega Gulp?  Oh, dear.

Seven-Eleven's 42 ounces of fury.  It was just an example...

Quote from: the Teuton on November 15, 2007, 12:59:24 PM
Seven-Eleven's 42 ounces of fury.  It was just an example...

that much sugar or caffeine would probably kill me

Quote from: J86 on November 15, 2007, 01:06:33 PM
that much sugar or caffeine would probably kill me

Have you never had an all-nighter?  It saved my grades in all of its sugar and Mountain Dew last year when cappuccinos was making me too shaky.  I think 7-11 makes a bigger size, too, but I've never had it.

Quote from: the Teuton on November 15, 2007, 01:10:45 PM
Have you never had an all-nighter?  It saved my grades in all of its sugar and Mountain Dew last year when cappuccinos was making me too shaky.  I think 7-11 makes a bigger size, too, but I've never had it.

all nighters for me only happen for party reasons, not academic.  I dont work well past 2 AM, I just sleep and wake up at 6.

I drink Red Bull if I NEED to stay awake or want to get real fucke dup, but I usually dont caffeine, it affects me bigtime now,

Quote from: J86 on November 15, 2007, 01:13:16 PM
all nighters for me only happen for party reasons, not academic.  I dont work well past 2 AM, I just sleep and wake up at 6.

I drink Red Bull if I NEED to stay awake or want to get real fucke dup, but I usually dont caffeine, it affects me bigtime now,

Red Bulls really don't phase me for some reason.  I like Rockstar more.  Sometimes it's tough not to have to be up until 5 or 6 a.m. to finish a project.

Yick!  Red Bull is the only one I can stomach...and I dont think I even like it.  Its just kinda like crack for me...