Gosh, you're pretty.



Nice work on the motor mounts . It's one of my favorite things to do because it can make such a difference to the driving experience, especially on a manual transmission. I guess the same logic applies to a DSG car.

I put stiffer motor mounts in the Focus and it's been great. The added vibrations become background pretty quickly, and I've noticed a difference with wheelspin and torque steer.

If you did more drifting/real big boy driving, that would help even out tire wear

 

a whole bag of them...makes it hard to see

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thanks Aman
I actually just realized that the trans mount and insert are the same for the DSG as my 6MT so I think there's a lot of truth to that and how much it'll help.
When in manual mode dropping into 1st when still rolling there was a pretty obvious clunk...and when switching to reverse...but mainly it just felt sloppy UNLESS
you were under load where the engine was already pushing down on itself. Oddly too the left rear has a different tire on it temporarily and I had been rubbing
a lot...I could swear when I drove it around afterward it didn't rub. These cars need to be driver weighted when aligning, I'm convinced...I'm not into my 3rd set
of tires where toe is cooked...maybe it's from lowering them and if that's the price to pay to look cool...it's worth the price of admission to me.

 

S5 is sold...
that is all.

 

Right choice, between the 2.
#4DoorSportsCar

 

wife to be had something to say.
ever since I put the bronze wheels on she's in love with the damn S4...
S5 brought enough money to pay off the suburban and get me that TL to fuck with...
S4 is a prettier color to me...roof rack for kayak, trailer hitch for bikes
...
I actually never listed the S5 but a guy that contacted me mentioned wanting a 6MT...
he fell in love with it and I decided that being able to recover almost all the money I had
into it was a wise move.

 

Not a bad deal.
After our weekend in Austin last weekend, I've been thinking about picking up a kayak. Transport would take some figuring out, since neither car has a rack.

 

Suburban, Mercedes, S4 all can do the Kayak...you can do an inflatable if you won't do it that often.

 

Not a bad idea.
Probably do a few rentals to see what I like. We had a tandem sit-on Ocean Malibu II XL over the weekend. Even with my wife taking a break (back pain) I had no problem keeping the boat on the move without a ton of effort.

Storage won't be a big problem, it's mounting it on the Malibu to get it out on the water.

Need to figure out if it'll be mostly just me on the water, or if the wife or one of the girls would want to double up.

 

You can inflate my kayak anytime

 

They also sell roof mounted foam thingys that have straps that go in through the windows...that might work...if you want to keep it cost effective and don't care about a few roof dimples maybe
I might see if you mean that...

 

You don't seem super broken up over it so it's time for a new automotive experience. You still have a pile of awesome cars so enjoy it all.

 

You bought another TL!?

 

Like at all...I basically felt stupid for the last year having 2 Audis paid off and a payment on the Suburban, I knew 1 had to go and I'm just too in love with that S4 for it to be the one.
In a way, yes...basically an almost unmolested version of my old TL.

 

It's impossible for it to be unmolested now that you own it.

 

I meant previously...
I molest everything except children.

 

thank goodness the orange one is still with you. that one is the sexy one


the coupe was just meh, even tho 6mt, it was just bleh.

I think the color and the 4 doors make the orange one super sexy

 

@justnspace always there for me like a true bro...
and the funny thing is I completely agree...at first I was like wow...so classy but over time
I felt it was a bit boring to me especially since it was polarizing to own the volcano red one and see them washed
next to each other. I don't miss the S5 at all, oddly enough.

Got my first love back anyway so been putting tons of love into that.

 

i mean; fuck the TL....should just focus on the Volcano red S4. also, your family.


the S5, just looked weird. the proportions were off. that body style HAS to be four doors in order for it to look good.

 

So what does the fleet consist of these days?

 

Naw...a cheap 4 door I love and can fix easy is alright too...J drives the S4 lately...which is fine by me.
Just took Zoe to Switz to see my Sister and her kids...Mom and her Beau were there too so family is definitely up there.
S4
Suburban
S2000
TL
E320 Estate

 

yeah, get rid of the TL.

 

TL is a gem...and doesn't put a ton of cash back in the bank!

 

Didn't you have a Volvo too?

 

Sold it like 2 months after buying...cleaned it up, made a grand. In the end she didn't like it enough to drive it and it wasn't cool enough for me to drive it.

 

 

Don't worry...he just hasn't seen the right angles of it yet...the wide hips made it look extra low and menacing...
some people just like sedans over coupes

 

it's gotta be a proper coupe!
like the S2K or Miata or Mustang or Camaro or viper or BRZ or GT86 or the RC-F

 

can you give me some examples of what you consider proper coupe coupe poop

 

1979 Equatorial Guinea, 1986 Uganda, 1992 Tajikistan, 1997 Cambodia, 1997 Congo, 2006 Fiji, 2013 Egypt, 2014 Thailand, 2015 Yeman, 2017 Zimbabwe, 2019 Sudan, 2021 Myanmar, 2021 Mali, 2021 Tunisia

 

 

Outside of the S2K, meh...
Boosted V8!

 

Ew

 

at this point I'm not surprised anymore but damn you are impressive.

 

I'd argue a S2000 or Miata isn't a proper coupe ... it's a roadster .

S5? That's all coupe breh.

 

i dont know what i'm talking about...

I guess I like the roadster look, like the Mustang/RCF/BRZ/370Z/Viper/Datsun/LFA/Supra/Ferrari Daytona/Toyota 2000GT

 

it's just sementics, man...we know what you mean

 

^ Other than the Viper, these are all coupes.

 

^ Except, some Vipers are coupes as well.

 

The OG Viper was a roadster, after that it was split...and then eventually coupe only.

 

2 doors are coupes...if they don't have a roof then they are a convertible.
That's is all.
Everything else is an estate or a sedan or a blasphemous SUV.