Why I drive an Audi

[Noelle Beaudin]

I travel quite a bit for my job.  Sometimes I am gone weeks; maybe 
even months.  I have a husband, animals and a farm.  When I am away 
from home I miss them.  When I arrive home, I see them and tell them 
that I have missed them, but now I am home.  Strange as it may seem, 
I do the same with my '91 2ctq20v.

As soon as jet lag is a remote presence in my mind, I get in my car 
and drive.  It is an experience that is pleasurable, unique and 
thrilling - all at the same time.

I have owned many cars in my lifetime, but none that give me such a 
feeling.  A feeling that is illogical, hedonistic...why should I feel 
this way about a car?  But a feeling that I know I will never want to 
give up - not for love nor money.

Today, barely back from San Diego, no sleep for 26 hours, no food for 
13...I just sat in my car and listened to Beethoven's 9th.  And in 
exchange for this excellent feeling, I am accompanied by the misery 
that the only place I can share these statements is on this list ;-)

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nkb

'86 5ktq
'91 2ctq20v Avant
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