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You have something against a small, German, aluminum block V6 with a good blower?

Some people would say the same thing about our SSD thread.

Hey, I got you one too.

The lighting didn't do him any favors, but what really killed him is the bright surroundings around it reflecting off the "dark" glossy surface.

Those pictures pretty much suck... You get a hint of the color travel from the Colorstream pigment in them though.

So, I guess I shouldn't have gone by memory here. My recollection of how much I was paying for my Maxima's car insurance was very wrong. The S4 is 105% more than the Maxima. From $336.55 (for the most recent statement I could find that's ~1 year old) to $692.50 (for 6 months). That's more...

I received my refund from ModBargains for the Forgestar F14 wheels today, so that's a good thing. :thumbleft:

It would appear that the S4 will cost me about 30% more to insure than my Maxima did keeping the same insurance company I have now. That doesn't seem too bad for a car that's 11 years newer and a tad more than twice as expensive especially considering it's higher performance car.

Handy, I sent you a PM.

Frankly, I hadn't looked into it yet. I'll be calling soon.

It would seem my S4 is on the boat and should arrive in port 6/25. Dealer still says it's arriving on the lot the week of 7/8.

:erm: And the reason why we don't have any pictures is???

:confused: They don't sell the S3 in the US.

Uh... congratulations I guess. My experience was quite a bit different. The car slid sideways one complete lane due to gravity while at a complete stop. The tires had virtually no traction. I'd liken them to a hockey puck.

It's obviously got a hub too that helps locate the wheel. You still have to hold the wheel in place which depending on how large and heavy the wheel is isn't a piece of cake while trying to start a bolt. The wheel hangar / guide tool definitely helps.

Not to belabor the point, but what if it starts snowing after you're at work, or while you're driving? The latter scenario happened to me in my Maxima. I left home with dry roads and no precipitation falling. Before I got to work I got a first hand lesson on what summer tires do in/on snow &...

It doesn't snow in November or April where you are? It does here. Speaking from experience, you don't want to get caught in snow with "summer" tires. It's not something I would risk.

Nah... IMHO the portion of the year you can guarantee no snow is too short to run "summer" tires. You'll end up with your "winter" tires on a lot of the year. The way I see it is with my plan I can take my sweet time swapping the winter tires on in the fall without any real concern of an...

I think I'm going to get the 18x8.5 ET42 Enkei Raijin after all. I plan to get the Conti DWS after the OEM summer tires are used up. I plan to get a set Dunlop SP Winter Sport 3D to run in the winter on the factory 18" rims.

The S4 uses lug bolts. They're a little more tricky to mount on the car because you can't stick the wheels on the studs and use the studs to support the weight of the wheel. You have to hold the wheel in the right spot and get a bolt started. You can also buy a lug bolt guide tool to make it...

Be sure to provide them your credit card number and personal information for them to ship it to you. ;)

As I read it, the new plan is $100 for 3 lines with no texting or data.

Why not? It's fun!

It looks like Handy is making friends too. :)

I'm pretty sure I'll just stick with my no texting / no data VZW plan that gives me 700 minutes a month between 3 phones and costs under $80 out of pocket every month.

I'm familiar with it :-D. I don't miss my typical bedtime arguing online though.

Well not exactly. I didn't lure them into making the stupid statements. I just pointed them out. True, but I'm having fun.

I'm back to making friends at AZ. This seems pretty accurate of too many owners:

You're slowly coming over to the dark side. Pretty soon you'll be looking at Llumar Blue Air 80 tint too. :-D

Contrary to what my wife says it does happen from time to time. :-D

Wireless? Isn't that dated slang for a radio in the UK circa the 30-40's?

I don't think you have any more windows. By my count the S4 has 7 window + windshield + sunroof. The A3 has 7 window + windshield + 2 sunroofs. The most rearward windows are larger on the A3, but the count is the same.

1) If you're okay limiting your speed to under 100MB/sec PCI is fine. How far under depends on what else is on the PCI bus and the card you get. 4) Speed will be worse if you use PCI. PCI-E will depend on how many lanes the card uses, the PCI-E rev, and what you plug into it.

The local shop quoted me $500 out the door to tint windows, windshield, & sunroof w/ Llumar Blue Air 80 with a lifetime warranty. They said it would take 4-5 hours to do.

That doesn't seem too extreme. I send an e-mail to the local shop I found to get a ballpark figure for the same thing on the S4 this evening. We'll see what they say.

Both, though I guess I'm more interested in checking it out in person. I hear you on that part. I thought about quitting them cold turkey, but I don't think I have the willpower for that.

My H8 Hoen Endurance fog light bulbs arrived yesterday. Still waiting for Tire Rack to take a look at a 2013 S4. Also waiting for my dealer to get their first S4. They said the first one would come this week. As of today it hadn't arrived yet. Apparently Audi gives the dealers an arrival...

Seems plausible to me. :rotfl:

Video card drivers / Flash's hardware acceleration?

Because that's not really what they meant. But, I suspect you already knew that. ;)

Yes, it is.

I did order 5 cases of Pennzoil Ultra 5W-40 Euro from Amazon while it was $46.74 per case (free shipping). I might get it in a month or two, but that's still sooner than I will need it.

I haven't gotten a quote yet. Tint is nearly as high on my to do list.

For your sake I hope they look better than mine. I finally got UPS labels for mine yesterday and dropped them off to UPS this morning on the way to work.

More than that, I'm not even sure if you can get a second plate for the front.

Got me. I couldn't believe they put a line there myself. It looks good. I was sold on the plate free front end after first seeing it in the pictures from the Detroit unveiling.

While watching this video it sort of hit me how dated the B8 front end looks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr3YrHMuLgw

Doesn't the Ipad "3" have an even higher resolution screen?

I was under the impression it only had one, but admittedly I didn't give it more than a cursory glance when it was poasted on Engadget.

What happens if you need to plug something else into the Thunderbolt port? I guess you don't need Ethernet at the same time as any other Thunderbolt peripheral.