I've always, always wanted a 246 Dino, as well (scarlet only). Not terribly
quick, but sexy as hell (and with an equal dose of unreliability to boot).
However, the prices have gone far too high, unless I win the lottery.
Martin
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From: SwissPace [mailto:ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 3:02 PM
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Subject: Re: [OM] Family portrait
I did always want a 246 but a 308 would have been nice, but the newer ones
require less maintenance so I have been looking at 355 or 360 the latter no
longer requires an engine out cambelt change. I have all the workshop manuals
and it is possible to look after one of these yourself but expensive if you get
it wrong. Surprisingly the brakes are much cheaper than my Audi RS4 which needs
new disks again so I will probably upgrade to the later model brake setup and
that will cost me the equivalent of 6 OM-Ds. However the car is now 13 years
old and can still give most a run for the money so I think I will chip it and
then hopefully get another 7 or 8 years out of it.
On 2/12/13 2:00 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>>
>> But, Ian, you have a fantastic car now. That really is one of the
>> best buggies around--except for the weight. If you knocked 500 pounds
>> off and pulled in the suspended weight of the front end (the engine
>> is too far forward), your car would be a real sleeper. That AWD
>> system of the Audi is superior to anything placed in any other AWD
>> sports car. They have to use an active control system to keep the
>> wheels sticking, yours does it naturally.
>>
>> 308GTS. I'll take mine in red.
>>
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