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  1. Got a new DD - 2019 ZR2

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    Congrats! I'm sure it will be plenty capable for you! I hauled a LOADED trailer from OH to CO with my Z71, and get to do stuff like this on the weekend. I'm sure yours will be even more fun! Nice color ;)

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    Very nice! Yeah the color was a “must have” after seeing it. I was just amazed at how nice it drives. I like the “tidier” proportions versus a full size in driving it every day.

     

     

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  3. Got a new DD - 2019 ZR2

    in Passing Lane

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    Hell yeah, nice choice! Awesome color too :cool:

     

     

     

    Thanks! Yeah once I saw the “Kinetic Blue” I knew that was the color I wanted. It is very metallic and pops in the sunlight. This one has the “Dusk” package so everything is blacked out. It looks a little too “bro truck” to me but overall I was sold.

     

     

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  4. Got a new DD - 2019 ZR2

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    So about 3 years ago I bought a house on 5 acres. Since then I have “needed” a truck. I have used my wife’s Volvo XC90 to carry everything you can imagine. I had the perfect DD in my 15 S4 but it was not helping on the truck front. I don’t need a full size as I have a trailer for oversized items and I HATE driving a full size. For whatever reason I have had a soft spot for these since the day they came out. After driving one I was sold. Bonus was it fits in the 3rd bay of my garage which is good as my wife parks in bay 1 like a potato with the lawn machinery in bay 2. So this is the DD with a C6 Z06 to come in the spring.

     

    (I could have done without the sport bar, but it was a great deal)

     

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  5. Spring install

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    Who is installing aftermarket parts these days? Want to put some sport springs on my 2015 S4. I am past the days of installing myself :). They would have to be familiar with Audi as these things tend to be finicky.

     

     

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  6. How many of you..

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    I wish I still had my 02 WS6, but I had to sell

    It to get my finances in order 8-10 years ago. I know where it is and who owns it so I keep kicking around buying it bAck. No “fun” car at this point but my daily is a 15 Audi S4 with a stage 1 tune.

     

     

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  12. C8 Corvette, 7-18-19

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    I like it a lot from the pictures. AutoLOL, yes, but that still wouldn't stop me from buying it.

    I'm hoping it drops the prices of the C6 and C7 vettes to let me buy another toy I don't need.

     

     

     

    This. I am looking at C6s and C7s now :)

     

     

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  16. No 7th gen Camaro?

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    GM’s pricing strategy is killing the Camaro. They make more per Camaro than Dodge does with the Challenger and Ford does with the Mustang. They refuse to discount the car due to the R and D invested I assume. Meanwhile Dodge discounts the crap out of the Challenger - why not they paid off the 20+ year old platform years ago.

     

     

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  17. Parents..WWCRD

    in Dumpster

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    First of all, congrats! My wife and I are recently dealing with being young empty nesters ...I am 46 and wife is 44. Our daughters are 24 and 21 and we have been married 25 years. The only advice I can give is make time to invest in your relationship with your wife as a solid mom/dad relationship benefits the kids the most (as others have said). I would also say, if you have not done so, reiterate your commitment to her - “I love you and will never leave you”. You can never remind them enough at the commitment you made and you will stand by it. Hopefully she will respond in kind. There is peace in knowing you do not have to tackle challenges alone....ever.

     

     

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  22. C8 Corvette, 7-18-19

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    The Wheels are fuckign Hideous.

     

    But, with a set of wheels that fucker may be a 10 out of 10.

     

    Can't wait to gap one in my NA C6. :)

     

     

     

    Man I agree on the wheels - I really hope they are not close to production.

     

     

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  24. What did you do for your ride today? (v3.0)

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    Not really what I did today, but what I've been dealing with for the last 3 months.

     

    January 1st I picked up a new-to-me 2013 Audi S6 with 50k miles on it. 2 weeks later the car started misfiring like a son of a bitch and would not even run or start if the engine was at operating temperature. Car did not throw any codes, so after some head scratching and Google searching figured out that the symptoms point to turbo failure.

     

     

    As I was doing some research online, I came to find out that this is a massive problem on the 4.0T engines that are found in the Audi S6/S7/RS7/A8/S8 and Bentley Continentals. The issue is an oil filter screen that is placed before the turbos that gets so clogged that no oil reaches the turbos. Poorly designed oil screen combined with the 10k mile oil change interval, these turbies are poppin' like Orville Redenbacher.

     

    Audi actually has a TSB out that proves that they are completely aware of this issue, and that the oil screen needs to be replaced with the latest revision to prevent turbo failure, along with an oil backflow valve and the PCV valve (which is about the size of a shoe box). I tried to fight Audi on this and to get them to fix this at their expensive. Some owners had success where Audi either covered all or a percentage of the repairs. After a bunch of back and forth, towing the car to Audi, they told me to go pound sand since I did not buy the car from an Audi dealer...total bullshit. I reported the issue to the NTSHA. Audi quoted me $10k for parts and labour, btw.

     

     

    So my options were either replace them with stock S6 turbos or replace them with stock RS7 turbos that bolt right on and cost about the same....

     

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    ...I went RS7, as well as replacing all the TSB revision/replacement parts and vowing to never go over 5000 miles without getting an oil change.

     

    Once all the new parts were in, next was to get a custom tune so that I'd be able to take advantage of the new, larger turbos. A typical stage 3 setup would include RS turbos, downpipes (gets rid of primary cats) and an upgraded boost cooler...I did not want to go down that rabbit hole, I'd like to keep the car as stock, comfortable and reliable as possible.

     

    I reached out to VAST Performance in Detroit who did a hell of a job on my B5 S4 about 10 years ago and they said that they could do a custom, mild stage 3 tune on it that would not burn up the cats and keep everything nice and reliable.

     

    Here is a Facebook post they made about it.

     

    They did an ECU and TCU tune on it and according to them the ECU is very accurate at reading torque, which says it's making 610ft/lbs on a conservative 22psi. According to them, there is easily another 100ft/lbs waiting there if I decide to do downpipes. The car pulls great, shifts nice and quick, and there is no fucking way anyone can tell it's not 100% stock.

     

    Maybe I'll try to come out and make a couple passes at the track day to see how she runs. Will probably also get her on a dyno just to see what kind of power it's making. Who still has an AWD dyno around on the North side?

     

     

     

    Man that sucks - when I bought the S4 I really wanted the S6 but read all about the turbo problems. Almost pulled the trigger after seeing the ridiculous power they put out with the RS7 turbos. I even looked for one with the swap already done.

     

     

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  25. New car for my mid-life crisis!

    in Passing Lane

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    Corsa. Its pretty quiet. It needs some headers.

     

     

     

    Nice pick up! Be careful on the Corsa exhaust - it is quiet with stock manifolds but can get ridiculous with headers and catless. Anthony will remember my Trans Am which was Corsa / headers / no cats. I did love how there was no drone inside though.

     

     

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