This one has "Huw" written all over it

[Brett Dikeman]

At 2:02 PM -0500 12/25/01, Kent McLean wrote:
>Listers,
>
>We all know Huw Powell's penchant for yellow.
>Here's an A4 with "Huw" written all over it.
>It also has "Huw" written in the interior and
>engine compartment.
>
>http://www.lltek.com/protovendneil.htm
>

I counted no less than SEVEN(!) different silver/red fake sport
badges on the outside, including a Honda rice-burner style "S".  Then
there's a front end that looks like it belongs on a Subaru, and a
rear wing that looks like it came off the roundy celicas.  Yeah,
you're really going to need those big rally lights.  Note the
fake-sport-badge-crap intake, fluid container cover, and swaybar in
the engine compartment; I didn't add those 'badges' nor the badge on
the shifter in my count.

Never ceases to amaze me how people will turn an elegant piece of
machinery into a hideous creation; thank god its only a
common-as-vanilla V6 A4 somewhere under there, and not something
rare.  I have seen worse:

I once saw a UrS4(93 I think) at one of the Ira/NE aftermarket
events.  Huge painted rings(yellow rings, on the standard green color
paint; absolutely hideous) along the side, like the A4 racers.  I
nearly bitch-slapped the kid on the spot; he wasn't even -trying- to
-pretend- he was interested in such a car for its history, rarity,
etc; he probably just saw the chance to get something with "S4" in
the name for 1/3-1/4 the cost and found it was pretty quick off the
line.  I'd like to bitch-slap the guy who sold it to him; its like
selling a Porsche 356 to a 17 year old who just got his license.
There are some things you just DO NOT do.

   A short discussion confirmed my suspicions.  "Uh huh, and then I'm
going to paint it this, and then I'm going to get 18 inch wheels, and
then I'm going to do this and that to the engine and then..."  "stock
brakes, yes?"  "Yeah, but I'm going to paint them red!"  "Ira does
collision too, you might want to make the appointment now."

Not only is the guy disgracing the car, but he's so clueless, he's
probably going to crack it up.  Darwinism at its finest, just too bad
the car will be involved.


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