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11th May 2011, 03:37 AM
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pf a8 delight to drive
For the past few weeks I ve been using the s4 for work.....but this week I decided to take the a8.....so far this week been to Trowbridge and Kettering from Coventry.....
I have to say even though it is now 13 yrs old....and sometimes plays funny buggers with the gearbox....it just cruises so well....and the seats are so comfortable....love the little extension bit on the seat under the knees.... But i think the best thing about these cars is the fact they hold the road in any weather condition and to the unaware there is so much hidden power.....(had an annoying peugeot diesel driver come up behind and start flashing his lights in heavy third lane traffic....to which i quite happily obliged by slowing down a little and when the traffic cleared...put my foot down and left him sitting still) I bought the car a year ago with lpg for 2.5k....spent 1500 here and there with mods and maintenance....and its given me 25000 miles of joy....every so often i think let it go and get a newer diesel....but then I think for what I d get in return in terms of price for this now and what i would have to pay to get similar joy and comfort....I just cant move on.... So in short....so glad audi made this car from aluminium cos there isnt much out there which compares to the a8 even after a decade of new technology!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
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11th May 2011, 06:27 AM
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Conan (the Librarian) Watch it if you dare Currently, 2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block. 1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing! 1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard 2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion. 2005 C5 Allroad 2.5TDi FE - Grey - Workhorse. 2015 Q3QS SLine - Daytona Grey. Lots of extras! Long Haired Admirals cutter. Previously 2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex 1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure. 1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex. 2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on. 1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8. And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light.
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#4
11th May 2011, 07:22 AM
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I had a TDi A6 try to burn me off on the A82 Renton by-pass this morning (a long, pretty straight dual carriageway for those not from these parts).
Anyone like to guess who won? I love my S8 too - even though the b****y engine management light has come back on again!). It can't be yet another cat - surely?
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#6
11th May 2011, 07:00 PM
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Damn right!
I sold my old pre FL A8 and bought a FL S8. The S8 is very nice but, with its longer gearing the old A8 was nicer still. Can't kep 'em all I suppose and they guy who bought my 97 A8 thinks it's the best car he's ever had. Just wish the petrol was cheaper, but hey.
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11th May 2011, 07:51 PM
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Sit in a Merc S Class or Jag XJ from the same generation and you will love the D2 even more. The Merc and Jag aren't even half the car. They feel cheap, plastic and dated, nowhere near the same amount of power and of course as they aren't aluminium they will be rotting away, good riddance.
Long live the D2 and all those who keep 'um running. 
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11th May 2011, 08:21 PM
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Confidence is the feeling you have before you know better . . . .  Audi A8 D2 3.7 Quattro Sport 1999 FL - Melange 2nd Place Winner - A8-Freunde Annual German Meet 2012 at Edersee 20" x 9" Bentley GTC Wheels with 385mm W12 Front Discs & Bentley Caliper Covers, Front Lowered on Coilovers, Xenons, Combined DRLs and LED Foglights to modified OEM front fog lamp position, Alcantara/Leather, Full Black Alcantara headlining + pillars and blind shelf, Bespoke Flat Bottomed Sports Steering Wheel, Dark Myrtle Wood, Autodim Mirrors, Bose, Blinds, Digital TV, Ski Hatch, Modified rear exhaust section for extra V8 Burble  Audi S8 D2 Final Edition 2002, Avus Silver with Red Leather Interior Tiptronic with Sport mode button, Sony rear entertainment package, Bose sound system, Audi Navigation Plus, 20 inch Final Edition alloys, Full Cat Back Stainless Milltek exhaust, giving a great V8 burble Audi A8L D2 4.2 Petrol with LPG - Ebony Black Audi A8L D4 FL 4.0T Petrol twin turbo - Havana Black Audi A2 1.6 FSi Sport - Dolphin Grey with Votex body kit and Red Leather Interior and some other A8's A8L's and Mercs
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11th May 2011, 09:16 PM
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  Yeah baby!!2002 Aqua Blue S8 with Milltek - Now sold  SL55 AMG Silver with designo red leather and 20" Carlsson 1/16 Utlralight Wheels
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