Porsche Bags 4th Straight Wins
As Penske drivers Ryan Briscoe and Sascha Maassen claimed the manufacturer’s fourth-straight overall win, both being second in a row, in a thrill-a-minute race around Lime Rock Park’s cramped confines, Porsche maintained its winning round in the American Le Mans Series.
With the late introduced 2007-spec LMP2 air restrictors, Porsche’s RS Spyder lost 5 percent of its engine power for this race. Nonetheless, it was still the car to have around the 1.54-mile Connecticut venue. The LMP1 Audi R10s, which was much heavier, weren’t at home on the narrow and bouncy circuit. Moreover, Porsche appeared to extend its advantage over its Acura LMP2 rivals.
The second Penske Porsche mainly led the two-hour, 45-minute race. Romain Dumas and Timo Bernhard led the first two hours. But the latter was caught behind two slower cars.
After both cars went off track, the Audis ended up nowhere. Allan McNish spun twice avoiding a slower prototype. As a result, he ended up fifth overall along with co-driver Rinaldo Capello. Marco Werner crashed the other R10 massively.
Ahead of Chevrolet Corvette teammates Johnny O’Connell and Jan Magnussen, Olivier Beretta and Oliver Gavin won GT1. Their winning was essentially decided when Beretta ended up 0.01 second quicker in free practice, given that overtaking between the two cars was banned, before rain that canceled qualifying.
Porsche got its first ALMS GT2 victory of the season over Ferrari. The three F430 GTs of the race came together in one incident, thus allowing the Flying Lizard Porsche of Jorg Bergmeister and Johannes van Overbeek to win the class.
Porsche is not only dedicated to building ordinary cars or Porsche 911 parts. It also indulges in racing activities.
The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) gave all drivers and teams since 1999 the probability to compete for a whole racing season with the legendary 24-hour race of Le Mans. The ALMS regulations, which are issued by IMSA (International Motor Sports Association), are based on the long-distance classic. These are the two prototypes and two GT classes drive at the same time in a single race; meaning, the spectators watch four races in one. Year after year the ALMS satisfy its fans with enthusiasm due to the presence of many notable manufacturers and prominent drivers at this very open and attractive race series. One of the many manufacturers is Porsche.
Porsche got a double champion in the 2006 season. It succeeded as the first manufacturer to win the championship title in two different classes. Sascha Maassen and Lucas Luhr won the manufacturer’s class, while team (Penske Motorsports) and driver titles were won in the LMP2 class. In, Jörg Bergmeister won the manufacturer’s and driver titles in the 911 GT3 RSR (996) in the GT2 class.
The 2007 racing calendar has been increased from ten to twelve races. Porsche will face this challenge with the advanced RS Spyder, 911 GT3 RSR (997) models and several top class teams, including Penske Racing, Dyson Racing, Flying Lizard, Tafel Racing and Rahal Letterman Racing.
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@EinzelstueckMuc
Ich schaue mir auch oft Videos an…und manchmal ist das stinklangweilig
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It is the Audi Automatic Climate Control button, Set the temp to whatever is comfortable and hit the "AUTO" button. The myriad of sensors will keep the interior of the vehicle at the preset temp.
The fuel system is suppose to be in constant pressure even with the engine off. It might be that your fuel pressure is dropping after the engine shuts down (for a long time).
Try doing this: start the car cold (crank it for 5 to 10 second like you normally do). Let it run for about 5 seconds. Shut it off. Now try to start it again. If it started easily, then it is the fuel pressure problem (because now the pressure is back up). If it still have problems starting then it is probably something else (temp related).
I agree with your dealer, live with it. It is cheaper to replace a starter then to go chasing ghosts.
Good Luck…
P.S. I own 2000 Audi A4. Normally I would suggest you fix a problem while it still small before it become big problem. But I have a feeling this problem is not going to get any bigger.
yes they do, surprisingly when the automatic is shifted into s drive, it's a little quicker than a manual…I've driven manual for awhile and when I purchased my 06 Audi A4, it came with paddle shifters, it's way more fun than a manual because it's not a pain in traffic like a manual, and when you want to, you could just shift it back to normal automatic mode…
You won't hurt it. Sport mode just keeps you in the lower gear a bit longer. It does cost more fuel, so be mindful of that. Also, don't run your engine too hard if it is cold.
Any competent car repair shop can do the brakes in your Audi. If you just need pad replacement, it should be no more than $200 for both the front and rear. Figure on another $100 for each rotor, if you need rotors. For example, if you need the front rotors replaced, that will add around $200 for the parts and about $100 additional labor. (It will certainly cost more at a dealer but I'm talking about a competent neighborhood car repair shop.)
On most cars, the front brakes and rotors wear much faster than the rear brake pads and rotors. Don't automatically assume that the rears need to be replaced if the front brakes are worn. You can save a bunch of money by having only the front brakes replaced.
Finally, replacing brake pads is fairly easy — you may be able to do it yourself and save a bunch of money. Ask your friends and neighbors… one may be a closet car geek and can show you how to replace the brake pads yourself. It's very liberating to know how to do stuff like this.
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Too much..Find an audi you want with automatic.
@ Kastri:
Der kostet auch 3x zu viel
Coding may be able to be changed by anyone with a VAG-Com or you could go to the dealer. In order to talk with the ECM, its got to go through the OBD port though. So if this is not with the car, you may have an issue trying to find someone to change this. Also, coding may not make a difference as it depends on the type of vehicle it came out of as well as the year etc. You might be able to get a new ECM for the car that is pre-coded to a manual trans vehicle but this may be hard to come by.
Kainer vom den kan es miet den Mercedes and McLaren SLR aufnemen
If you own a newer Audi or VW you better take it to a recognized shop in the area.
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My guess is the multifunction switch. It can cause some strange problems and since you where able to turn the car off and restart it and have it run normal my guess is it's not mechanical although trans problems are hard to pin down,
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