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    AVUS Performance "Matte Black" 275 HP Audi A5

    1924 Dodge Modified, Skinny-Tired Dirt-Racing Awesome

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/04/09

    In reply to AVUS Performance "Matte Black" 275 HP Audi A5
    I'm glad to see that they don't hate blacks after all.
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    Image of TheCamaroKid TheCamaroKid
    05/04/09

    In reply to AVUS Performance "Matte Black" 275 HP Audi A5
    Don't you think this whole matte black thing has gotten out of hand?
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    05/04/09

    @TheCamaroKid: NO! GETOUT!
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    05/04/09

    In reply to AVUS Performance "Matte Black" 275 HP Audi A5
    If you can't get where you want to go in all elegance with 275HP and 442lb/ft of torque, then it's time to go to the R8. Yes, I would buy this.
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    Image of my favorite car is a motorcycle my favorite car is a motorcycle
    05/04/09

    In reply to AVUS Performance "Matte Black" 275 HP Audi A5
    Why not just get an S5?
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    05/04/09

    @my favorite car is a motorcycle: Probably because you like the idea of more torque and better fuel economy.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    05/04/09

    In reply to AVUS Performance "Matte Black" 275 HP Audi A5
    Wrapping their White Power Audi in matte black foil wrap is a cheap ploy to appease Rev. Jesse Jackson.
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    Image of Bullitt417 Bullitt417
    05/04/09

    @engineerd: Don't you mean Rev. Al sharpton?
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    05/04/09

    @Bullitt417: Him too.


    @I would like cars for $500 Alex: Or Pharrel.

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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    05/04/09

    In reply to AVUS Performance "Matte Black" 275 HP Audi A5
    This is the ultra-limited "Beijing" edition.
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    Image of The Auto Insider The Auto Insider
    05/04/09

    @tonyola: I see what you did there.
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    Image of aSoundofSleep-less nights aSoundofSleep-less nights
    05/04/09

    In reply to AVUS Performance "Matte Black" 275 HP Audi A5
    This so needs to be airbrushed on the hood:


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    Image of combat chuck combat chuck
    05/04/09

    @aSoundofSleep Forager of Pistons: Or this:
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    05/04/09

    @combat chuck: That would look pretty awesome on the hood.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    05/04/09

    In reply to AVUS Performance "Matte Black" 275 HP Audi A5
    Ah yes, the Glanzlos Schwarzer. Much better.
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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    05/04/09

    In reply to AVUS Performance "Matte Black" 275 HP Audi A5
    Sweet jeebus, I see the A5 around town and it's about the best looking car out there right now. This is what the 5 series should have become. Understated and a beautiful.
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    05/04/09

    @SirNotAppearing: The 5-series is a 4-door sedan/wagon and the A5 is a midsize 2+2 coupe, so I'm not sure I follow you. Unless you meant 6-series...


    I agree it's very nice-looking. Oddly, they seem to have gotten pretty common around here. I still lust after the Audi wagons a lot more than anything else. If they made a 2-door shooting brake from the A5, I think I'd be sold.

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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    05/04/09

    @Ash78: Yes it has two less doors, but I think the design achieves what the E39 did before. The design suggests the power and sportiness that is there, but it is subtle.
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    05/04/09

    @SirNotAppearing: Ahh, I see what you mean. I'm also impressed the way they were able to pull off that double-kinked s-curve on the main bodyline without making it look like a Kia or something. It's well done.
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    Image of Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm
    05/04/09

    In reply to AVUS Performance "Matte Black" 275 HP Audi A5
    Didn't I call this one on the white power apology post


    /pats self on back.

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    05/04/09

    @Tiberiuswise:


    I see your pat and raise you one authentic "Top Gun" up/down high-fiver.

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    05/04/09

    In reply to AVUS Performance "Matte Black" 275 HP Audi A5
    At least they didn't name it "black power."
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    05/04/09

    @pres has no shooshting star: Schwarzpanzer?
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    05/04/09

    @Ash78:


    Ja.

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    Image of Flipper_1938 Flipper_1938
    03/11/09

    In reply to 1924 Dodge Modified, Skinny-Tired Dirt-Racing Awesome
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    03/11/09

    @Flipper_1938: try this...
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    03/11/09

    In reply to 1924 Dodge Modified, Skinny-Tired Dirt-Racing Awesome
    Oh, and is this my new friend Diddles car? It just might be judging by the third picture.
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    03/11/09

    @engineerd the Preview-free edition: The Diddler
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    03/11/09

    In reply to 1924 Dodge Modified, Skinny-Tired Dirt-Racing Awesome
    This is covered in win from head to toe...er...bonnet to boot.


    I was watching Wreckreation Nation on Discovery last night. They had renegade soapbox races. Coolest thing you can do without an engine or a woman.


    Anyway, this is the motorized version of that. Slap together whatever you have lying around, find an engine (looks like a 2.3L Ford engine from a Ranger) and put a "cage" around the driveshaft. You know, for safety.

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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    03/11/09

    In reply to 1924 Dodge Modified, Skinny-Tired Dirt-Racing Awesome
    No, the best part is: no SBC, for once.


    I guess the Ford 2.3 was chosen by virtue of the fact that junkyards everywhere are full of them, but I of course would've stuffed a slant in there- to keep it in the family if nothing else.

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