1.8T VS 2.8?
#21
07-13-2007, 01:50 PM
RE: 1.8T VS 2.8?
+1 on the insurance. It's a tad higher for me since I rock the 1.8t. Turbo + under 25 male driver = higher rates. It would have been closer to $250 less a year with the 2.8. Not a huge difference, but a difference.
And yes, I'm an ***. You rolled pretty well on an awareness check.
And yes, I'm an ***. You rolled pretty well on an awareness check.
#22
07-13-2007, 01:54 PM
RE: 1.8T VS 2.8?
ORIGINAL: cyberlogicx
You do know that you don't actually have a driveshaft, your car is FWD. Also, did you ever graduate second grade?
ORIGINAL: A4Tuner.
fine, since everyone is being serious up in here............
my 2 pence.....
i have 163,000 miles on my '96 2.8L FWDand she is VERY reliable.
yes, there have been things that has gone wrong, like control arms, starter motor, tie-rod ends, driveshafts ect ect ect
but she has NEVER left me stranded, i have never broken down on the side of the road, never had to call for help.
just to proove how reliable the 2.8L's are...........
i traveled from wisconsin to pennsylvania, to west virginia, to virginia, and then to florida. i was driving all the way through to each state, i had work in each of those states. took about 2 weeks becuase of the stops/work.
during the traveling..........
i hadslightly bold tires. traveling through FL and PA in the fall is not a good idea with bold tires, now i know. it was raining that hardand fortoo many hours in PA that i was doing 40mph in an 80mphbecuase i was aquo-plaining everywhere!! but everyone else was doing like 50mph anyway.
ALL of my control arms were totaled, so i had a very squeaky ride.
my tie-rod ends were pretty bad, which is the main reason i had such bold tires. so i was fighting with my car in the rain.
i had low oil in the gearbox (automatic), so we had a couple of clunks here and there.
and a split boot (wheel side) on the driveshaft. i did replace the boot while i was in virginia since the cup was bone dry/no greace,but it had split again within only a day of driving so i left it.
with all that said, she made it florida without one hickup. she was in the same condision when i arrived in florida as when i left wisconsin, meaning she didnt get any worse, no other problems poped up.
so to top this off...... my car pretty f*cked up while i was traveling. a number of things couldve happend like my driveshaft dropping out, control arms snapping, gearbox going up the shoot, a blow out ect ect ect
but nothing happend at all. and becuase of this i actualy trust my car to the fullest. i have had her for 5 years now. the trip was 3 year ago.
if i was driving a ford, chevy, nissan or something simalar, the car wouldve broken down before i even left wisconsin.
that is also why, in my opinion, the 2.8L'sown all the 1.8T becuase of their reliability!!
all of the above problems have now been fixed, shes still running like new.
fine, since everyone is being serious up in here............
my 2 pence.....
i have 163,000 miles on my '96 2.8L FWDand she is VERY reliable.
yes, there have been things that has gone wrong, like control arms, starter motor, tie-rod ends, driveshafts ect ect ect
but she has NEVER left me stranded, i have never broken down on the side of the road, never had to call for help.
just to proove how reliable the 2.8L's are...........
i traveled from wisconsin to pennsylvania, to west virginia, to virginia, and then to florida. i was driving all the way through to each state, i had work in each of those states. took about 2 weeks becuase of the stops/work.
during the traveling..........
i hadslightly bold tires. traveling through FL and PA in the fall is not a good idea with bold tires, now i know. it was raining that hardand fortoo many hours in PA that i was doing 40mph in an 80mphbecuase i was aquo-plaining everywhere!! but everyone else was doing like 50mph anyway.
ALL of my control arms were totaled, so i had a very squeaky ride.
my tie-rod ends were pretty bad, which is the main reason i had such bold tires. so i was fighting with my car in the rain.
i had low oil in the gearbox (automatic), so we had a couple of clunks here and there.
and a split boot (wheel side) on the driveshaft. i did replace the boot while i was in virginia since the cup was bone dry/no greace,but it had split again within only a day of driving so i left it.
with all that said, she made it florida without one hickup. she was in the same condision when i arrived in florida as when i left wisconsin, meaning she didnt get any worse, no other problems poped up.
so to top this off...... my car pretty f*cked up while i was traveling. a number of things couldve happend like my driveshaft dropping out, control arms snapping, gearbox going up the shoot, a blow out ect ect ect
but nothing happend at all. and becuase of this i actualy trust my car to the fullest. i have had her for 5 years now. the trip was 3 year ago.
if i was driving a ford, chevy, nissan or something simalar, the car wouldve broken down before i even left wisconsin.
that is also why, in my opinion, the 2.8L'sown all the 1.8T becuase of their reliability!!
all of the above problems have now been fixed, shes still running like new.
and why did you ask about my schooling eh? cant you read english? dont worry mate, unlike you i wont take the **** out of you becuase your a moron, i wont take little things out of your replies on here and point them out saying that your grammer is totaled, spellings way of, and its defined wrong. nah im nothing like you.
#23
07-13-2007, 02:02 PM
RE: 1.8T VS 2.8?
No... not really. All cars have axles, but only ones without their wheels mounted directly to the transmission (FF, MR, RR) will have a driveshaft (or propeller shaft, if you're l33t European.) Don't get all pissy just because you don't understand your car, and I never once insulted anyone using European terminology. And if you think that driving a broken *** car around for so long is some sort of proof of anything other than your own stupidity, you're sadly mistaken.
#30
07-13-2007, 02:50 PM
RE: 1.8T VS 2.8?
hahaha... there is such thing as stock vs. stock.... its when people dont wanna mod the motor...
and the 1.8 does not necessarily handle better than the 2.8, sport suspension on either of them is gonna be the same.. the 2.8 might be a little heavier but thats the only way i can think of the 1.8 handling better
and your right, there are a lot of ****** on this site, lol... you just gotta laugh it off and have fun with it or else you will never survive, but at the same time a lot of it is sarcasm that people fail to see through reading typed words ha...
audi for life, bitches.
and the 1.8 does not necessarily handle better than the 2.8, sport suspension on either of them is gonna be the same.. the 2.8 might be a little heavier but thats the only way i can think of the 1.8 handling better
and your right, there are a lot of ****** on this site, lol... you just gotta laugh it off and have fun with it or else you will never survive, but at the same time a lot of it is sarcasm that people fail to see through reading typed words ha...
audi for life, bitches.