egoroff
September 25th, 2004, 04:58
Got interested in Audi with a cheap lease offered on the A6 in 2001. Signed up but found that 2.8 liters was nice but wanted more power. Started to hear about the RS6 read about it off and on till now, when my lease was expiring. Looked on ebay and found one that had been owned by some big golf course executive in Miami. He bought two brand new and had one 'tuned' with an OC.T upgrade package which was done by the Audi dealership there in Miami. I guess he wanted to have a Mercedes so he traded it back to the dealer with 10,600 miles on it. Dealer in turn sells it to an independent dealer who puts it up on ebay. I put a couple of bids in on it but decide to stop bidding and see if the reserve is met. It isn't, so I contact the seller and since we are both in Florida, I establish that I would be interested in the car. Turns out they have an office in Orlando so I ask them to give me a bottom line price. $62,500. I said 'I'll take it.' Figured from my watching ebay pricing that this was reasonable.
Been driving it for one day. All I can say is that the blood is just now draining back into my brain. Feels just like some of the thrill rides at Disney! Thinking of taking some 'Driver Education' classe from the Central Florida Chapter of the Porche BMW Club. I really want to take this to the track and let it loose. Did do some high risk driving on deserted road around Orlando (hard to believe there are any) and I was impressed. Granted that I've never owned a vehicle even close to the level of this one. But I gotta say, this is one interesting theraputic session for the proverbial midlife crisis. Not really having one, but I guess that is the excuse some people give for these exuberant purchases. Or it could be that I just want to own one of the best made and fastest cars out there. I'll think about this and check in next week for another post traumatic driving experience exercise.
P.S. The only odd thing about the car is that the RS6 badges have been removed as well as the the rings on the trunk. I can see the sense of the RS6 badge (hides identity for theft purposes) but what is with the thing with the rings??
Been driving it for one day. All I can say is that the blood is just now draining back into my brain. Feels just like some of the thrill rides at Disney! Thinking of taking some 'Driver Education' classe from the Central Florida Chapter of the Porche BMW Club. I really want to take this to the track and let it loose. Did do some high risk driving on deserted road around Orlando (hard to believe there are any) and I was impressed. Granted that I've never owned a vehicle even close to the level of this one. But I gotta say, this is one interesting theraputic session for the proverbial midlife crisis. Not really having one, but I guess that is the excuse some people give for these exuberant purchases. Or it could be that I just want to own one of the best made and fastest cars out there. I'll think about this and check in next week for another post traumatic driving experience exercise.
P.S. The only odd thing about the car is that the RS6 badges have been removed as well as the the rings on the trunk. I can see the sense of the RS6 badge (hides identity for theft purposes) but what is with the thing with the rings??