Why I drive an Audi

[Tom Donohue]

Noelle...you should meet my wife...you'd have a lot in common.  Regards,
Tom Donohue (91 2ct20vA)
Noelle Beaudin wrote:

> 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 ;-)
>
> --
> nkb
>
> '86 5ktq
> '91 2ctq20v Avant
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