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Old 03-14-24 | 08:55 PM
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I think of it this way. $25,000 investment, 10 years. If you do really well, you could sell it and buy a brand new luxury car
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Originally Posted by Toys4RJill
I think of it this way. $25,000 investment, 10 years. If you do really well, you could sell it and buy a brand new luxury car
In this case I'm 1000% throwing it down a hole so to speak, I'm not selling this one lol!

For replacement I still have no idea what I would buy nor do I really want anything right now, I guess a 3rd gen flying spur but I don't feel a strong "pull" toward anything
Old 03-15-24 | 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Striker223
In this case I'm 1000% throwing it down a hole so to speak, I'm not selling this one lol!

For replacement I still have no idea what I would buy nor do I really want anything right now, I guess a 3rd gen flying spur but I don't feel a strong "pull" toward anything
i get it. You’re passionate about the car. Reason why you want the extra motor
Old 03-15-24 | 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Toys4RJill
i get it. You’re passionate about the car. Reason why you want the extra motor
Exactly lol! I've driven a LOT of cars and few have stood out to me half as much as this one
Old 03-15-24 | 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Striker223
In this case I'm 1000% throwing it down a hole so to speak, I'm not selling this one lol!

For replacement I still have no idea what I would buy nor do I really want anything right now, I guess a 3rd gen flying spur but I don't feel a strong "pull" toward anything
Maybe you're not feeling a "pull" to upgrade because you're already driving a $100k plus car.

You'll have to go up into the bespoke big bucks cars to beat what you already have. Lol
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Had my first issue with the car late today/yesterday, AC was acting strange. It did this last year too where it would sometimes not blow cold for a little longer than normal when started after sitting.....usually only when being used for the day going about.

However when I moved the cars around I finally noticed something was actually wrong, system was low on 134a and I promptly freaked out. Thankfully it was just the low side valve lol!

Still not totally solved since I'm paranoid and want to machine evacuate the whole loop and refill the lube and charge to be exactly correct. But I threw 400g in and all is well pressure wise and core temp wise now and felt ac is back down to 39*


Problem

Little sob made me freak out

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look who just drove the A8 W12


"if you were the type of person who benefited from, and were morally ok with tricking the lower classes into taking out variable rate mortgages on houses you know they can't afford, this is what you drove"
Old 09-09-24 | 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Stroock639
look who just drove the A8 W12

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QaWBncZ-tw

"if you were the type of person who benefited from, and were morally ok with tricking the lower classes into taking out variable rate mortgages on houses you know they can't afford, this is what you drove"
Im still trying to get him to review my D4 since it's so different than the D3 lol!
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