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Oct 30, 2004 | 01:38 PM

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Oct 30, 2004 | 07:46 PM

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My wife drives a 2002 C320. We also have a 99 4runner for trips to Costco and such.

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Nov 1, 2004 | 08:49 PM

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Re: Re: What is your other car?

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The S4 looks sweet. I honestly think that particular body style works the best for the Audi A4/S4 models (I'm not too pleased with the current style).

What kind of wheels are you riding on? They don't look like the 18" OEM flat-looking 6-spoke design on the '00-'01 S4.

Thanks, those are Volks, very light and strong, great for saving some rotational weight with a piggie AWD car.

Nov 1, 2004 | 08:59 PM

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Daily driver, although it shoudnt be... should be mainly a track car.

This should be my daily driver, but rarely gets driven...

And this is an all around track toy, sunny day daily rider...

Nov 1, 2004 | 09:20 PM

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for me? besides my gs400, i have is300 and toyota camry

Nov 2, 2004 | 09:53 AM

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I have a mini van

Nov 2, 2004 | 05:00 PM

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Nice 86 IROC LexRoc. The clean thirdgen's are few and far between these days.

Nov 3, 2004 | 05:56 AM

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Nov 3, 2004 | 07:20 AM

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My GS400 is my daily driver. That's why I bought it. Something that would be more than comfortable enough to be a luxurious daily driver, yet high performance enough to not let me get too bored on sunny days, and yet still reliable enough to not make me sometimes which I just drove a Corolla or something.

However... my fiance's new SUV is something that I'll likely end up driving quite a bit... so I guess I could add that to my list.

http://www.threxx.com/car/4Runner/4runner.htm

Nov 3, 2004 | 09:02 AM

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Very interesting that you have all the suspension pieces except for springs/shocks or coilovers.

What's your idea behind that? Do you plan on anymore mods in the future?

Nov 3, 2004 | 09:27 AM

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Quote:

Originally posted by 400DGRZ
Very interesting that you have all the suspension pieces except for springs/shocks or coilovers.

What's your idea behind that? Do you plan on anymore mods in the future?

Well all of the stiffening mods do nothing to hurt the ride quality of the car at all, heck they actually help it by allowing the suspension to soak up the bumps for predictably and keeping the car from getting as wiggly over bumps. Chassis rigidity mods are one of the few mods that literally have no downside except on certain applications maybe the occasional slight loss of ground clearance (I don't think that's an issue on the GS cars though). So if I can do something that not only makes the car ride better but makes it handle better, heck yeah I'll do it.

The brake lines again, have no downside, and the stock pedal feel of the GS was crap so I had to go for it.

The sway bars were really the only mod that affected the ride quality, but everyone was telling me it was hardly noticable at all. I'm not sure I agree with them completely, but I do appreciate not leaning like a boat through the turns as I was before.

So all in all my car now has the ability to outhandle any stock BMW short of an M3, while still maintaining a softer, quieter, and more controlled ride over the bumps.

That combination to me I believe was the original intention with the designers of the GS, and I think I did nothing but enhance more of the same.

Nov 3, 2004 | 11:32 AM

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It could be possible that most people had already lowered their cars before they had sways installed, and that's why they said it barely affected ride quality. I'm sure lowering affects ride the quality quite a bit.