Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive?

"04 Acura RSX---95,000 miles. Exceptional car but wears a bit on my 56 year old frame. Need something a little softer, a little more mature.

I don't have a car. I could have bought a pretty nice one but I got a stereo instead. As for cost no object: Ferrari GTO from the 60s.

Just sold my crazy modded 09 Subaru STI 440whp/475wtq with 14K to get into my very first BMW M3....an 05 with 55K mi. All smiles!

So we have in our audiophile equipped stable:

11 Audi A3 daughters new car.... She loves it...

08 S63 Mercedes Benz as the wife's daily driver.

05 BMW X5M as my usual mode of transportation.

04 Ford Expedition AKA dogs truck parked up at the mountain.

06 Ferrari 430 F1 Spider in Rossa Red - Guess what- it actually has a great sound system but you can never hear it while driving!!!!

Ok so were car nuts too. Can't help it we live in So Cal!

My wife drives my 2008 S4 V8. Sounds great, excellent interior. Now for the bad part:

Audis are garbage. I had a 2005 V8 Avant. I loved the car initially for its stealth value. The motor died at 80k. Turns out that Audi used an undercoating on the valve covers to deaden valve train noise (stopped using the coating and changed to plastic valve covers in 2006). The problem with that is that the coating leaches into the oil (always changed at 3k/mi or less) and clogged up the timing chain tensioners. The motor came out of the car 2/x at 10k per (thank God under warranty). Finally the insurance company waived the white flag and considered it a total loss.I bought a 2008 V8S4 thinking I had a lemon on the previous S4 and it is much the same. Garbage. It has been in the shop, under warranty, far too often. Hopefully Porsche can straighten out the VW group (Audi,VW,etc) as Porsche are the new majority owner. I have owned 4 BMWs including M5. BMW are much better cars. Better handling and more reliable. I hope to have a Lotus Exige S240 or 260 soon. Will work very well in the cut and thrust traffic here in Chicago...