@DrElectro: Problem is, the last kick-ass powerplant they ever developed was the wedge engine, back in the '60s. I love Mopars, I really do, but the staggering zombie that is the current Chrysler Corporation deserves a shotgun blast to the cranium.
@D-fktv: snarky comments for almost everything.: I've always wondered about oil leaking past the rings into the combustion chambers while the engine isn't running. Probably couldn't get enough to have hydrolock, but I betcha huge clouds of smoke were pretty common on startup.
Why won't Audi bring their V-14s? V-8, V-10, V-12, V-16. All very nice. What are they hiding? This should be a bigger scandal than those Ferrari trucks no one is willing to talk about.
I still tend to think of Audis as being driven exclusively by cocks and cement salesman, a la Clarkson. But still, I wouldn't mind having an Audi LP560-4 or an Audi Veyron ;)
@VTEC: If I were a middle aged woman of moderate means and a husband with a good pension, I would consider a TT as a nice car to not take care of and park just too closely to concrete abutments and Nissan Pathfinders.
Because scrapes, scratches, and wrinkles give a car character. And no other vehicle does that better than an Audi. Think of the character of a gunmetal gray Audi with yellow safety paint scraped down her flanks. And if I know something, it is that nobody gives better scrapes and scratches with wrinkles better than a cougar..I, eh, mean middle aged women.
@pauljones-Jo Schmo's saintly and opposite twin.: I experienced something similar when I learned to tell apart Cadillac Eldorados from the back from model years 1960 to 1963. Car geek zen!
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By the tone you use now to describe remote turbocharging (namely GODAWFUL) I'll take it you've since given up?
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"You're about to find out!" *sounds of strafing*
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@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet:
And a 10-foot long hemi in a 15-foot unibody compact? What could possibly go wrong?@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet:
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My bumper sticker might be more appropriate here.
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Or, y'know, "extending from behind the front seats straight back to the trunk hatch".
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I'll do it.
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Never expected that ending though, although it's very likely accurate.
But what about:
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Jag XJ13. 1 of 1. Crashed during high speed testing back in the day, 'rebuilt' fairly recently:
[en.wikipedia.org]
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and on this topic, is there some (unfathomable) reason this car has not been nominated for the JFG?
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Do we still have a garage?
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But Audis aren't "ass-engined", are they?
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Daytona 24 hours... check
Laguna Seca ALMS this year
Bristol night race next year
Le Mans... next year
Goodwood... soon.... soon...
This is one of those vents that I so need to go to...
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Because scrapes, scratches, and wrinkles give a car character. And no other vehicle does that better than an Audi. Think of the character of a gunmetal gray Audi with yellow safety paint scraped down her flanks. And if I know something, it is that nobody gives better scrapes and scratches with wrinkles better than a cougar..I, eh, mean middle aged women.
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SHE'S A TRAPP!!
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@joshman misses preview: Seeing I don't know what the picture is, this might sound stupid, but he was a Captain.
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To say nothing of the Jag, which I just noticed and totally want to dragon.
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Actually, based off the mirrors, I think that is a Mk2.
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Weird... They are body colored on the example above.
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You have no idea how immensely proud of myself I am for having been able to distinguish between the model years of a non-US car.
Being raised a hot rod/muscle car guy, that is rare for me.
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It also has those curvy hips, a nicely rounded rear end, and it's totally topless.
Time turn on a little Marvin Gaye and get all the way down with that sexy beast of a car.
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No worries, man. I'm a heterocarmosexual.
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