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Thread: Wagon Stoke
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07-08-2021, 01:21 PM #4251
300hp is the perfect amount.
Just sayin.
Also, if you want that Golf R Wagon, get the allroad and get this for your gains: https://www.goapr.com/products/softw...-20T-EA888-2-LI still call it The Jake.
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07-08-2021, 01:40 PM #4252Good-lookin' wool
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It ain’t how fast, it’s how long it takes to get there. Hell, I have a little hybrid commuter to offset the 8mpg I get in my wagon and it’s basically a Prius with 1k pounds of luxury around it, so slower than a narcoleptic sloth, but I’ve been in the triple digits with it. It took me 5 minutes to get there going downhill though.
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07-08-2021, 03:57 PM #4253Registered User
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Wagon Stoke
In response to your full time 60/40 comment - I was under the impression that all b9 audis equipped with Quattro ultra decoupled the rear diff so that they’re essentially fwd until the car senses or anticipates loss of traction?? I can’t say I’ve ever noticed it, my allroad has been pretty unflappable in winter driving
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07-08-2021, 03:59 PM #4254
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07-08-2021, 04:03 PM #4255
Mine is a B8.5, last of the full-time 60/40 split.
I’ve had the B9 as a loaner plenty and honestly I couldn’t even tell when it was engaged/disengaged, unlike my old Volvo XC70T6 that you could feel the rears kick in under hard acceleration or slippery terrain.
The Quattro Ultra really is quite impressive vs the reaction-based and systems out there.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a1...nt-awd-system/I still call it The Jake.
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07-08-2021, 04:21 PM #4256
Check NASIOC for local recommended indie shops. Changing head gaskets may amount to the same dollars as swapping in a JDM EJ205 or 207, and being on the west coast, JDM importers shouldn’t be that hard to find. You may have some options.
What are you comfortable with though?
I don’t know WA laws for emissions or swaps though.
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07-08-2021, 04:51 PM #4257Registered User
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07-08-2021, 07:30 PM #4258
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07-08-2021, 07:53 PM #4260Good-lookin' wool
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Rosie’s Auto Body and Lestoration on Beacon Hill
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07-08-2021, 08:06 PM #4261
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07-08-2021, 08:25 PM #4262Good-lookin' wool
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Dusted off an old chestnut for sure. It’s been awhile. Looks like photobucket really took some liberties.
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07-08-2021, 08:46 PM #4263
Right? They don’t own Rosie or her ride!
I still call it The Jake.
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07-08-2021, 10:22 PM #4264
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07-08-2021, 10:26 PM #4265
Plague, there's also another nuance to this that's related to American driving... We treat any prospective merging driver as an interloper into our own private space. We will speed up as necessary to prevent him from merging in front of us, forcing him to play the same game with the sucker behind us.
So, in order to merge easily, one must have the most powerful car, and in order to cut off mergers, one must have a still more-powerful one. It's an arms race of sorts. 150hp, well you might as well stick to side streets like some sort of loser.
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07-08-2021, 10:48 PM #4266Good-lookin' wool
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Getting on the University or Piikoi on ramps in Honolulu requires a rocket ship.
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07-09-2021, 06:30 AM #4267
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07-09-2021, 01:11 PM #4269Registered User
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Catching up on the thread. Sad to read the death of Buster's S4.
We recently bought a 2001 VW Eurovan pop-top so now I need to decide what to do with our semi-wagon. 2004 X3 with the rare 6spd manual. We won't really use it much and I paid peanuts for it, but I sure will miss that buttery smooth 6spd ZF box and inline 6. If I am keeping an "old" car we barely use I'd rather it be a E46 325Xi Touring 6spd. That's a car I'd keep the next 30 years as my "vintage" ride. In the end we bike commute more than anything else now and the van is now the family adventure mobile that's going to need constant care and feeding.
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07-09-2021, 01:23 PM #4270
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07-09-2021, 01:50 PM #4271Registered User
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07-09-2021, 02:46 PM #4272Registered User
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Not a surprise given sales numbers I guess but disappointing nonetheless
https://www.motortrend.com/news/volv...ontinued-2021/
I guess I’m part of the problem - always thought this was a great looking wagon and considered buying one many times but never did
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07-09-2021, 03:09 PM #4273
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07-09-2021, 03:53 PM #4274Registered User
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07-09-2021, 04:19 PM #4275
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