Dream cars!

[RICHARD]

One of my favourites was the Subaru Vortex, I had one of those for about 8 years, bought it in 1999, and sold it only a few years ago now. I loved that car, so smooth to drive, and the turbo was unreal.....really made them move along. And the air suspension....pure magic.

Did that model have the turbo icon on the dash?

The one that would light up when you hit the gas???

[kokopup]

wombat2u2004

One of my favourites was the Subaru Vortex, I had one of those for about 8 years, bought it in 1999, and sold it only a few years ago now. I loved that car, so smooth to drive, and the turbo was unreal.....really made them move along. And the air suspension....pure magic.

Your car called the Vortex in Australia and NZ was the XT for the opposed 4 and the XT6 for the Opposed 6. Both cars were turbocharged. Nice symmetrical AWD system. It is different in the Audi & VW since Symmetrical is mostly Mechanical in nature while the Audi AWD system has 7 computers controlling the system. There is something to be said for simplicity since I messed mine up once by removing the cover from my cabin filter and not replacing properly. It had a heavy rain and the lose cabin filter cover allowed water to flood my floorboard. Guess where one of my computers was. Right under my passenger floor carpet. I was able to find one on ebay for $200 other wise $1400 from dealer.
It was in limp mode so I just had to wait until the new unit came.

[wombat2u2004]

wombat2u2004


Your car called the Vortex in Australia and NZ was the XT for the opposed 4 and the XT6 for the Opposed 6. Both cars were turbocharged. Nice symmetrical AWD system. It is different in the Audi & VW since Symmetrical is mostly Mechanical in nature while the Audi AWD system has 7 computers controlling the system. There is something to be said for simplicity since I messed mine up once by removing the cover from my cabin filter and not replacing properly. It had a heavy rain and the lose cabin filter cover allowed water to flood my floorboard. Guess where one of my computers was. Right under my passenger floor carpet. I was able to find one on ebay for $200 other wise $1400 from dealer.
It was in limp mode so I just had to wait until the new unit came.

Subaru never actually made many of the Vortex, so they are a pretty rare car here. I read that it was Subaru's first go at a sports coupe, so they put everything into them. They had every feature inbuilt into them.
AND, what may interest you, was the inside dashboard and controls...evidently Subura at the time were making aeroplanes, and the dash of the Vortex was very similar to look at, and built along those lines.
But I loved that car to bits. I wish now I never sold it.

[RICHARD]

I am not fond of the 'rounded' style car bodies, but this car revs my engine.

[kokopup]

How about an Audi R8 Spyder It has a V10 525 HP Lamborghini powerplant

Audi owns Lamborghini so the Lamb engine is really an Audi (GERMAN) engine.



You might like the All Carbon fiber R8 Razor GTR with the 525 HP (Both CARS ARE ALL WHEEL DRIVE)

[wombat2u2004]

Did that model have the turbo icon on the dash?

The one that would light up when you hit the gas???

Yep, that's the one. And once that light was on, man they really scooted along.