Audi vs. Subaru

[Chris Dyer]

I wish we in the US could at the very least get the cool subes, like the 
WRX/rally-car-for-consumer models. Um, er, not that I'd buy one--audigods 
forbid...


>From: quk at isham-research.freeserve.co.uk
>Reply-To: quk at isham-research.freeserve.co.uk
>To: <quattro at audifans.com>
>Subject: Re: Audi vs. Subaru
>Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 10:23:44+0000
>
> > Perhaps some people would like to know this, but here in South Africa,
> > Subaru owners challenged new BMW M5 owners as to the fastest/quickest
> > sedan status.
>
>Many will have noticed I haven't been around recently.  I've still been
>subscribed, but I had 'nomail on' set during the quattro 2000 trip to
>Ingolstadt with 50 UK ur-quattros.  In fact, we achieved (with European
>help) a staggering total of 259 ur-quattros at Ingolstadt.  More of this
>later ...
>
>Subbies are rife and rampant here in the UK.  It's almost impossible to
>drive more than thirty miles without seeing one, and I pass one talking
>to the Boys in Blue on every third or fourth trip down the M1.  They're
>everywhere.
>
>I didn't see a single one in Germany.  During a break in the trip, I
>went to see some friends in Frankfurt and one of the questions I asked
>was: "Why no Subarus in Germany?"
>
>Their reply?
>
>"A 30,000km car.  Wonderful for a few rally stages but useless for
>  Hamburg and back once a week - they just wear out in a fraction of
>  the time a German car takes."
>
>(One actual expression was: "Autobahn untauglich.")
>
>--
>  Phil Payne
>  UK Audi quattro Owners Club
>  Phone +44 7785 302803   Fax: +44 7785 309674
>
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