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#21
17th August 2014, 09:10 PM
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I'm another one that bit the bullet and put a new gearbox in - which I can now look after from new and regularly change the oil in etc
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#22
18th August 2014, 06:52 AM
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From the other side of the coin, my old D2 3.7 had covered 192K miles when I sold it to another member here. He and his wife have pilled on the miles and its still going strong. The car had a complete history, and the gearbox was still original after 13 years and all those miles.
D2 is a fantastic car, has less things to wrong than the D3 and most things seem cheaper to fix, well except the gearbox and oil cooler.
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#23
18th August 2014, 07:48 AM
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#24
18th August 2014, 05:34 PM
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The D2 is by far the best '8 of them all, and definitely in the top three Audi models of all time. I got given a brand new A8 sport exec by my boss so had to take a pic of them all parked up together! There's another D2, too, but that's not in this shot.
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#25
18th August 2014, 05:39 PM
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I must admit my D3 has had a few more gremlins to resolve compared to the D2.
Also parts do seem that little more pricey, though I have just managed to source a second hand water pump and valves for the D3 at a reasonable price as its getting cold in there!
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#26
19th August 2014, 05:33 PM
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I mean this S8 on eBay would be a great project:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1998-AUDI-...item27e9c707bc
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#27
19th August 2014, 08:48 PM
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Have you seen this video? 3 S8 generations compared. There are english captions available.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfvU...XCPUA&index=15
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