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The Future Of The Manual Transmission
9950 messages, Last post on Jun 14, 2013 at 11:22 AM
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#9790 of 9950 Re: Need some advice [Mr_Shiftright] by fintail
Jan 25, 2013 (1:37 pm)
Replying to: MrShift@Edmunds (Jan 25, 2013 1:34 pm)
Most who own those cars by the time they fail are not the original owner - more like someone trying to look rich cheap/fake it before they make it (good luck) who probably can't afford the maintenance, not to mention the repair. The running cost of generation or two old luxobarges is almost like a regressive tax.
- MrShift@Edmunds (Jan 25, 2013 1:54 pm)
- cdnpinhead (Jan 25, 2013 5:15 pm)
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#9791 of 9950 Re: Need some advice [fintail] by MrShift@Edmunds HOST
Jan 25, 2013 (1:54 pm)
Replying to: fintail (Jan 25, 2013 1:37 pm)
True...in France they call those "look rich for cheap" cars -- "baker's cars".
- ateixeira (Jan 25, 2013 1:59 pm)
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#9792 of 9950 Re: Need some advice [Mr_Shiftright] by ateixeira
Jan 25, 2013 (1:59 pm)
Replying to: MrShift@Edmunds (Jan 25, 2013 1:54 pm)
AWD + aluminum + flagship = awesome. Awesome ain't cheap, even used.
- fintail (Jan 25, 2013 2:19 pm)
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#9793 of 9950 Re: Need some advice [ateixeira] by fintail
Jan 25, 2013 (2:19 pm)
Replying to: ateixeira (Jan 25, 2013 1:59 pm)
Especially when engineered to be complex for the sake of complexity. A8 resale value ranges from merely poor to catastrophic. There's a reason.
- ateixeira (Jan 25, 2013 2:20 pm)
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#9794 of 9950 Re: Need some advice [fintail] by ateixeira
Jan 25, 2013 (2:20 pm)
Replying to: fintail (Jan 25, 2013 2:19 pm)
Would be like dating that hot but trashy European exchange student back in the day. I'm sure it would have been exciting but I'd probably be paying for it long after she left. 
- fintail (Jan 25, 2013 2:22 pm)
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#9795 of 9950 Re: Need some advice [ateixeira] by fintail
Jan 25, 2013 (2:22 pm)
Replying to: ateixeira (Jan 25, 2013 2:20 pm)
The masochist's choice 
In the case of Audi, also (according to some) developing a BMW style image crisis. That will make it all the more painful.
- ateixeira (Jan 25, 2013 2:33 pm)
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#9796 of 9950 Re: Need some advice [fintail] by ateixeira
Jan 25, 2013 (2:33 pm)
Replying to: fintail (Jan 25, 2013 2:22 pm)
Cute girl, cute accent (she was Dutch), and boy could she party! I was 17 at the time. She would have eaten me alive. LOL
- busiris (Jan 25, 2013 5:47 pm)
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#9797 of 9950 I wouldn't mind an A8 by andres3
Jan 25, 2013 (4:45 pm)
or an S8 from the previous generation. It would have to be well kept, low mileage, and low cost though.I saw one on Carmax a few years ago for around 20K but it has high mileage.
#9798 of 9950 Re: Need some advice [fintail] by cdnpinhead
Jan 25, 2013 (5:15 pm)
Replying to: fintail (Jan 25, 2013 1:37 pm)
. . .is almost like a regressive tax. Yea, verily.
When the people who can actually afford cars of this sort recognize that no sane person should own one out of warranty, it's time to set up bleachers and sell popcorn.
The phrase that pays, at least in terms of Audis is "breathtakingly expensive," as posited by Mark many times.
- fintail (Jan 25, 2013 7:59 pm)
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#9799 of 9950 Re: Need some advice [ateixeira] by busiris
Jan 25, 2013 (5:47 pm)
Replying to: ateixeira (Jan 25, 2013 2:33 pm)
Cute girl, cute accent (she was Dutch), and boy could she party! I was 17 at the time. She would have eaten me alive. LOL
Probably, but just think about all the cool things that could have been written in the epitaph on your tombstone...
- ateixeira (Jan 25, 2013 5:51 pm)
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