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Architex, I quite agree. And I'd rather hear someones' opinion however they care to express it, than do without it at all.
On the other hand. Ach! Maybe it's the times we live in. So only 55 'D1's' still on the road? If you'd said '5' I'd have believed you! The D2 is a great car though, as surely time will tell. I'm not selling mine. |
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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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For me classic status is determined by a few simple factors.
1. Did it do something new, different and/or better than it's contemporaries? 2. Does it have a quality to it's design that could put parts of it into my home purely for aesthetic reasons? 3. Would owning one make me smile? Using those criteria the 2cv, ds, Original quattro, Opel manta A, XJ series 1, Mini and the D2 A8 qualify. All ally construction, great powertrains, characterful handling once you figure out how to stop it understeering (Feckin' odd tyre pressures help ) butch looks without being garish. It works for me, even my current one feels special every time I drive it. the only time it has been slagged off was by a 207 driver i work with so reinforced its goodness by his negativity. I did threaten to fold his car up and put it the boot if he carried on mind... Bill
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"Man Math" - The means by which a caring husband convinces his wife that a 4.2 A8 is in fact cheaper to run than a tiny Auto crap box "Being in touch with your feminine side" - The ability to, in the 30 seconds following a major accident, obtain your wifes approval for replacing your big german car with another "because otherwise we'd be dead". See also sulking for two years until she finally allows you to get another purely on the basis of your current one being the wrong colour. |
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Don't forget the original Mini and VW Golf!
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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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My own D2 is now going better than ever.
I popped her back onto the correct Avus rims, fixed a sticky intake timing valve thingy and washed her. Came home from EDI this evening, and it was a very lovely view of the sun setting as we headed west on the M8, at a proper rate of knots. The S8 was a -humming, I had 'System of a Down' beating my head in on that ab-fab Bose sound sys. What was there to complain about? Not much! I think even the mpg has improved. (Edit. A tank got me 360 miles before fixing the stuck intake manifold actuator. What do other FL S8 owners get to a tank?) Last edited by Simon Wallwork; 30th June 2011 at 01:15 AM. |
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Conservation.
Keeping an old (but a bit sweaty) car like a D2 on the road must be one of the greenest things a chap can do! Ok, the sucker only does 19 mpg, but at least it prevents the manufacture of another car, to replace itself,as long as it keeps going. That is clearly a truism. So, your S8 may be silver, but truly- it's Green! |
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i just purchased a classic car book with the history of all classics ect... and in there is the D2 pre face lift the 32v v8 and it clearly states that the pre face lift is a classic car and it was the flag ship model that rivaled bmw and mercedes if you wish i can take pictures of the boox in question and the contence of said page ??
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I'm not sure that the D2 has the potential to be a Classic, but the true test if it is becoming a classic is that 2nd hand prices will stop dropping and if not rise, hold stable.
We're not there yet, but will that happen soon? Last edited by completelylostagain; 29th September 2011 at 11:52 AM. |
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