bobski
May 29th, 2011, 12:49
Well, it has been a long time since I have posted, so I thought I would mention that I finally got my black beast on the Autobahn yesterday. I am posted in Frankfurt with the U.S. Foreign Service. It took forever for my car to pass the Tuv inspection. I had to pay $900 or so to replace the US Spec front side windows because they were too dark. Several other small things had to be replaced. Worst of all, my car was sitting so long, that my battery died, the local Audi dealer replaced it for $300, but it is still not charging after having taken it back already. I will now have to go back a second time. After driving it for 60 minutes or so, the CEL's lights lit up and the voltage meter just kept dropping. Anyhow...
The car was great on the Autobahn. I had not driven the beast for 4 months or so (and since DC does not count, really a year or so) I did not go hog wild, but within 15 minutes on the Autobahn around Frankfurt I finally hit a stretch on my way out to Wiesbaden without limits so I stomped on it and within a few seconds was cruising at 120 mph and it was rock solid with no tire vibration (and I still my Dunlop M3's on). It was so much fun to legally be going this fast. A few cars were going nearly this fast, but I never got passed until I dropped below 90 mph. Germans always pull back over to the center lane, so it is so nice to be able to cruise at a high rate of speed in the left hand lane and know that most people are used to the speeds. Even at 120 mph the rpms were under 4000 is my recollection.
Once I get the battery thing figured out (does an RS6 have a traditional alternator?) I look forward to taking it out and hitting the electrically limited 155 mph. Sure is nice to have access to the same gas prices as in the USA through the military program abroad as local gas is twice as expensive, though there is 100 gas at most stations (about 95 or so US Octane rating). Between being at sea level, having a relatively cool Spring and high octane, it is all great fun. In New Mexico, where the car and me are from, between the 6000 foot elevation and crummy 90 octane gas, this is a huge difference.
It is all great fun. Continue the great dialogue! And, for security reasons I have been told not to post the car with DIPLOMATIC plates, so I can't follow through with that promise, but believe me, they look great on the car. I do have temporary german dip plates I am allowed to keep, so since I had to pay for them, anyone who is interested in buying one or more, let me know and I could ship one out. In New Mexico, we don't have front plates, so it will be fun to put one on my TT back home.
Bobski
The car was great on the Autobahn. I had not driven the beast for 4 months or so (and since DC does not count, really a year or so) I did not go hog wild, but within 15 minutes on the Autobahn around Frankfurt I finally hit a stretch on my way out to Wiesbaden without limits so I stomped on it and within a few seconds was cruising at 120 mph and it was rock solid with no tire vibration (and I still my Dunlop M3's on). It was so much fun to legally be going this fast. A few cars were going nearly this fast, but I never got passed until I dropped below 90 mph. Germans always pull back over to the center lane, so it is so nice to be able to cruise at a high rate of speed in the left hand lane and know that most people are used to the speeds. Even at 120 mph the rpms were under 4000 is my recollection.
Once I get the battery thing figured out (does an RS6 have a traditional alternator?) I look forward to taking it out and hitting the electrically limited 155 mph. Sure is nice to have access to the same gas prices as in the USA through the military program abroad as local gas is twice as expensive, though there is 100 gas at most stations (about 95 or so US Octane rating). Between being at sea level, having a relatively cool Spring and high octane, it is all great fun. In New Mexico, where the car and me are from, between the 6000 foot elevation and crummy 90 octane gas, this is a huge difference.
It is all great fun. Continue the great dialogue! And, for security reasons I have been told not to post the car with DIPLOMATIC plates, so I can't follow through with that promise, but believe me, they look great on the car. I do have temporary german dip plates I am allowed to keep, so since I had to pay for them, anyone who is interested in buying one or more, let me know and I could ship one out. In New Mexico, we don't have front plates, so it will be fun to put one on my TT back home.
Bobski