larryV

I was pressed for time and desperate for my first service without an appointment since I'm going on a long road trip to the bay area this coming weekend. The only way they would do my car is if a VW tech did it -- I know... why would I let a VW tech work on my S4?? Well, I was desperate!

Anyhow, it turned out to be the best and fastest service experience I've had from any dealer! I checked the oil and they didn't overfill and my car was not washed as per my instructions. They even actually rotated the tires - I checked (past experience: say they did but didn't). And considering I walked in on a busy day at 11 am... I was outta there by noon! Wow!

So what did I do during my short wait?

Test drive cars of course!

I've test-driven pretty much every permutation of every Audi model available... so today, I hopped into a black GTI VR6. What a fun car! Nothing like my Audi but it was still a blast to drive. One big observation -- the spring on the clutch is sooo light. Just like all recent VW's I've driven, the clutch spring is easy on the leg... only very light effort on is necessary to put-in and let-out the clutch, making it very easy to drive smoothly. On the contrary, my S4's clutch spring is heavy -- requires lots of leg effort by comparison and makes clucthwork a bit more cumbersome. What's the reason for this??? Is it an Audi thing... anyone? I doubt this has anything to do with having more torque... does it?

I'm not really complaining, I love working my S4's clutch This is just an observation.<p><a href="http://registry.audiworld.com/audi/registry/details.asp?car=5628"><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/AudiWorldPics/2000/larryvsig4.jpg" border="0"></a>

George @ BostonAudi

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'00 Black Tip S4 Onyx/Blue Alcantara
APR Stage 1, MTM Springs

larryV

It's sitting in your garage lonely, calling your name, and wants to go out and play. You have to spend time with your baby if you want her to grow up right.<p><a href="http://registry.audiworld.com/audi/registry/details.asp?car=5628"><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/AudiWorldPics/2000/larryvsig4.jpg" border="0"></a>

FrancisB

Holy hell, I'm a loser too! 2 weeks, and 450 miles... ;-)

leslie

Keeps the weenies from away from the fast cars. Survival of the fittest! ;-)

My S4's clutch is heavier than our TT's (proving my theory). ;-) So what does this mean for tips...? ;-)

George @ BostonAudi

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'00 Black Tip S4 Onyx/Blue Alcantara
APR Stage 1, MTM Springs