# Big fat Audi grannywagon: 1.....absolutely stunning Grand National: 1

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [March 17, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-fat-audi-grannywagon-1-absolutely-stunning-grand-national-1/151708 "2010-03-17T17:00:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![bracketracer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bracketracer/32/15592_2.png) [@bracketracer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bracketracer)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-fat-audi-grannywagon-1-absolutely-stunning-grand-national-1/151708/1 "2010-03-17T17:00:31Z")

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Fun run on that wide road up there. Your car was gorgeous, and sounded great. I don’t think either one of us gave up as much as a door handle length. Didn’t look down at the end, but we started around 60 and it was a dead heat til about 110, maybe a bit less.

Good stuff.

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**Author:** ![IanK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iank/32/5016_2.png) [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-fat-audi-grannywagon-1-absolutely-stunning-grand-national-1/151708/2 "2010-03-18T13:37:49Z")

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:bigtup:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-fat-audi-grannywagon-1-absolutely-stunning-grand-national-1/151708/3 "2010-03-18T13:50:59Z")

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I wanna see pics of both!!!

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**Author:** ![bracketracer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bracketracer/32/15592_2.png) [@bracketracer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bracketracer)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-fat-audi-grannywagon-1-absolutely-stunning-grand-national-1/151708/4 "2010-03-19T08:29:23Z")

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> [@maxwell](#):
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> I wanna see pics of both!!!

No pics of the GN, since I’m still trying to figure out who it was

My car when I bought it from a guy in VA

 ![http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4She9c2muVY/SsUoioYzh6I/AAAAAAAAtb8/rt1L04vjW5w/s800/Allroad%20001.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/d/0/d08028be0124c04c3ff13afb2c7dd803698c841e.jpeg)

Rear muffler delete shot

 ![http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4She9c2muVY/S5gP4rCvXUI/AAAAAAAA3OI/KihrGAuIb68/s800/IMG_5418.JPG](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/a/1/a1f41373472bacb159317fc6e3619f1674c3c359.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-fat-audi-grannywagon-1-absolutely-stunning-grand-national-1/151708/5 "2010-03-19T10:28:04Z")

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love the plate!

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**Author:** ![Sansone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sansone/32/4970_2.png) [@Sansone](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sansone)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-fat-audi-grannywagon-1-absolutely-stunning-grand-national-1/151708/6 "2010-03-19T13:01:37Z")

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nicee

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**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-fat-audi-grannywagon-1-absolutely-stunning-grand-national-1/151708/7 "2010-04-06T09:01:31Z")

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i think you raced mike on here, he was telling me about some audi he went at it with a few weeks ago, i think hes name is 87gn

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**Author:** ![bracketracer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bracketracer/32/15592_2.png) [@bracketracer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bracketracer)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-fat-audi-grannywagon-1-absolutely-stunning-grand-national-1/151708/8 "2010-04-06T09:14:08Z")

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Cool. I’d really love to hear his take on it.

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**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-fat-audi-grannywagon-1-absolutely-stunning-grand-national-1/151708/9 "2010-04-06T09:23:34Z")

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IN.

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**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-fat-audi-grannywagon-1-absolutely-stunning-grand-national-1/151708/10 "2010-04-06T18:04:23Z")

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he said it was fun and pretty even lol

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**Author:** ![bracketracer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bracketracer/32/15592_2.png) [@bracketracer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bracketracer)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-fat-audi-grannywagon-1-absolutely-stunning-grand-national-1/151708/11 "2010-04-06T19:51:41Z")

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> [@ubengineering](#):
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> he said it was fun and pretty even lol

Yep, and granted, he had 2 other dudes in the car. My dry weight is about 4100 lbs. Altogether, it seemed pretty damn close to me also. I’d love to do it again. No bet, no anything. Just a fun run.

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**Author:** ![87GN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/87gn/32/5193_2.png) [@87GN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87GN)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-fat-audi-grannywagon-1-absolutely-stunning-grand-national-1/151708/12 "2010-04-09T08:36:29Z")

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> [@bracketracer](#):
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> Yep, and granted, he had 2 other dudes in the car. My dry weight is about 4100 lbs. Altogether, it seemed pretty damn close to me also. I’d love to do it again. No bet, no anything. Just a fun run.

Haha that was me. It was a good run pretty much dead even from 60-110. My 85 mph speedo was buried almost instantly. When we got to around 110 my front end started getting a little light and it was kind of scary so I let off. I would do it again, it would be interesting to see what would happen from a dig. Anyway, nice car, and good run :biggthumpup:

Here are the most recent pics of the grand national:

 ![http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo358/mcooper87/Buick/Buick009.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/3/3/335dd8aff95cbef64c19c4d086767168e476044a.jpeg)

 ![http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo358/mcooper87/Buick/Buick007.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/0/7/07ad5d7fd7b3176f3d4fc170d5ff54b6951b2fa9.jpeg)

 ![http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo358/mcooper87/Buick/Buick006.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/0/c/0c6e8afed87a3090661a250d2a7933356e3f126b.jpeg)

 ![http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo358/mcooper87/Buick/Buick005.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/b/c/bc3a3f9bb5b1d9423c981b9bf3dc39b9cf6f0202.jpeg)

 ![http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo358/mcooper87/Buick/Buick004.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/e/0/e013f438881d9ce407f1ed4f3b3e356c38627c74.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-fat-audi-grannywagon-1-absolutely-stunning-grand-national-1/151708/13 "2010-04-09T08:50:15Z")

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:tup: to a good matchup.

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**Author:** ![bracketracer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bracketracer/32/15592_2.png) [@bracketracer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bracketracer)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 5:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-fat-audi-grannywagon-1-absolutely-stunning-grand-national-1/151708/14 "2010-04-10T05:40:22Z")

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> [@87GN](#):
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> Haha that was me. It was a good run pretty much dead even from 60-110. My 85 mph speedo was buried almost instantly. When we got to around 110 my front end started getting a little light and it was kind of scary so I let off. I would do it again, it would be interesting to see what would happen from a dig. Anyway, nice car, and good run :biggthumpup:

Heh…my Mustang was the same way. There are a lot of guys running around in mid to late 80’s muscle who say they’re in the 150 club. While it’s possible, it certainly isn’t comfortable.

We’ll get together again sometime. I tend to avoid the typical street racing scene.

Definitely a fun time though.

Oh, and as I mentioned in the first post…the car is really damn good looking.
