The gawd Roadster. It's not a TT. Help!
07-14-2001, 09:58 PM
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The gawd Roadster. It's not a TT. Help!
Got a ride Thursday night in a roasdster with a propeller emblem.
M Roadster+~$15k = 400b.h.p. Dinan kit, front to back, including 3-inch exhaust kit. 390 lb.-ft. torque. It was fun, just like a TT. It was cute, much like a TT. It was fast like Mercury's own chariot, unlike all but the most exotic TTs.
It also left stripes on the on-ramp at Portola and highway 1 north. In second gear at 40 m.p.h. Go check and see!
Friends, I am having a true crisis of faith. Should I succumb to the BMW, or continue saving money for the down payment on a TT? With wicked horses on tap, nice styling (not as sublime as the TT) and rear-wheel drive handling, should I stray or should I go now?
Another crisis. It's not nearly as beautiful to the camera as a TT.
Spoiler: The owner of the BMW was an Audi mechanic for five years. Now he writes linux-based wireless network gateway code! He does own an unmodified S4, and is considering an engine swap once he gets a donor TT.
M Roadster+~$15k = 400b.h.p. Dinan kit, front to back, including 3-inch exhaust kit. 390 lb.-ft. torque. It was fun, just like a TT. It was cute, much like a TT. It was fast like Mercury's own chariot, unlike all but the most exotic TTs.
It also left stripes on the on-ramp at Portola and highway 1 north. In second gear at 40 m.p.h. Go check and see!
Friends, I am having a true crisis of faith. Should I succumb to the BMW, or continue saving money for the down payment on a TT? With wicked horses on tap, nice styling (not as sublime as the TT) and rear-wheel drive handling, should I stray or should I go now?
Another crisis. It's not nearly as beautiful to the camera as a TT.
Spoiler: The owner of the BMW was an Audi mechanic for five years. Now he writes linux-based wireless network gateway code! He does own an unmodified S4, and is considering an engine swap once he gets a donor TT.
07-14-2001, 10:23 PM
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Get the TT!!
With the 5k you save vs. buying the BMW, you will have a total of 20k to replicate that type of performance in a TT. I think the HPA Motorsports Twin Turbo VR6 TT sounds about right.....
07-15-2001, 04:49 AM
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Here's two cents:
Eye candy: TT - BMW tried with the Z8 and "didn't quite make it.
Rear drive, power, handling: M roadster (Mcoupe even better)
Few engine-swap monsters turn out as refined as a off the show-room floor ride.
Ahhhh, but what fun!
Rear drive, power, handling: M roadster (Mcoupe even better)
Few engine-swap monsters turn out as refined as a off the show-room floor ride.
Ahhhh, but what fun!
07-15-2001, 06:31 AM
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I wouldn't want that much power in a droptop. Scary to me if the back end goes out and
you flip 'er. Personally I don't care for the looks of the M Coupe but with all that power, I'd rather have the steel around me head.
THis is all rather irrelevant, I know.
THis is all rather irrelevant, I know.
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