Audi S1
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- Mr Kleen
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Re: Audi S1
The first gen A1 is all over the place here. Good looking little car.
I've seen two of the A1 Quattro's. This will be better as it has 2 more doors, non-limited production and a much lower price.
I wish the North American spec navi worked in Europe. It's a real bummer to get almost no discount from Audi (BMW, MB and Volvo offer sizable discounts) and have a navi that won't function.
I've seen two of the A1 Quattro's. This will be better as it has 2 more doors, non-limited production and a much lower price.
I wish the North American spec navi worked in Europe. It's a real bummer to get almost no discount from Audi (BMW, MB and Volvo offer sizable discounts) and have a navi that won't function.
- drwrx
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Re: Audi S1
I like the S1. But $40k? There is just no way I'm paying that kind of cash for one.
- Sabre
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Re: Audi S1
Ya, climb a little and you can buy an S4... Looks like a blast, but needs to be mid 30's full equipped for me to buy.
Sabre (Julian)
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- Raven
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Re: Audi S1
0-60 in 5.7 doesn't really sound very fast for such a small car with so much power. Usually a hot hatch is traction limited because FWD, but this doesn't have that excuse. Unless you really absolutely have to have a tiny hot hatch with AWD there are just too many things that are way better value for money. The VW GTI for a kick off, which offers similar build quality and more room for much less.
All my cars have drum brakes and are sub 200 hp, what am I doing with my life?
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- Mr Kleen
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Re: Audi S1
Sit in a GTI (FWD by the way) and sit in an S1 and tell me they're the same build quality. The GTI is nice but the Audi has a much better interior. It's not about quantity, it's about quality. But this is why America doesn't get the cool small cars: we shop by the pound.
- ElZorro
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Re: Audi S1
I just like the look of it. Its just the right mix of style and aggressiveness that so many small cars miss.
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Re: Audi S1
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- zaxrex
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Re: Audi S1
"The sole North American round will be held in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, in early August, on the same circuit that once hosted Indy Lights, ALMS, Grand-Am, Can-Am and Trans-Am races. "
Hmm would be a lovely weekend of cooler temps up there.
Would be a pretty epic trip if I could get my uncle to come down and pick us up in the amphibious plane and drop off on the river. Taxi in and camp for a few days, then get picked up at the end...
Hmm would be a lovely weekend of cooler temps up there.
Would be a pretty epic trip if I could get my uncle to come down and pick us up in the amphibious plane and drop off on the river. Taxi in and camp for a few days, then get picked up at the end...
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- PGT
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Re: Audi S1
I'd buy a three door version. I don't get the disappearance of proper hatches from the market....everybody is going five door.
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- Mr Kleen
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Re: Audi S1
I wanted a 5 door Golf R. It isn't any larger or heavier than the 3 door, but the back seat is a lot more useful. Too bad that Military Sales gets almost no allocations of the R.
- Raven
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Re: Audi S1
If your backseats are actually large enough for people, 5 doors are just more practical.
All my cars have drum brakes and are sub 200 hp, what am I doing with my life?
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- ElZorro
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Re: Audi S1
Seriously?zaxrex wrote:"The sole North American round will be held in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, in early August, on the same circuit that once hosted Indy Lights, ALMS, Grand-Am, Can-Am and Trans-Am races. "
Hmm would be a lovely weekend of cooler temps up there.
Would be a pretty epic trip if I could get my uncle to come down and pick us up in the amphibious plane and drop off on the river. Taxi in and camp for a few days, then get picked up at the end...
Jason "El Zorro" Fox
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- Sabre
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Re: Audi S1
ElZorro wrote:Seriously?zaxrex wrote:"The sole North American round will be held in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, in early August, on the same circuit that once hosted Indy Lights, ALMS, Grand-Am, Can-Am and Trans-Am races. "
Hmm would be a lovely weekend of cooler temps up there.
Would be a pretty epic trip if I could get my uncle to come down and pick us up in the amphibious plane and drop off on the river. Taxi in and camp for a few days, then get picked up at the end...
Sabre (Julian)
92.5% Stock 04 STI
Good choice putting $4,000 rims on your 1990 Honda Civic. That's like Betty White going out and getting her tits done.
92.5% Stock 04 STI
Good choice putting $4,000 rims on your 1990 Honda Civic. That's like Betty White going out and getting her tits done.
- Mr Kleen
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Re: Audi S1
This is what evo magazine though about the S1:
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- ElZorro
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Re: Audi S1
yea. its on my short list.
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- Mr Kleen
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Re: Audi S1
The more I see the A3/S3 the more I like it. Haven't driven one yet.
- complacent
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Re: Audi S1
totally agree.Mr Kleen wrote:The more I see the A3/S3 the more I like it. Haven't driven one yet.
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- zaxrex
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Re: Audi S1
I'll put in the request and see what the possibilities are. Never can tell with family dynamics though...Sabre wrote:ElZorro wrote:Seriously?
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- ElZorro
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Re: Audi S1
don't do it on my account - life probably won't accommodate it.
Jason "El Zorro" Fox
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