A nifty package from Audi

[Ti Kan]

I just received a cool package from Audi.  It came in a 11"x11"x2.5"
silver box, containing a "Welcome to the Audi family" parchment sheet,
a beautiful hardbound and boxed book "Sharing a singular vision" containing
60+ glossy pages outlining Audi technology, design, performance and
emotion, plus a fold-out chronology of Audi history 1899-2000.  Nothing in
there I don't already know, but it's such a nicely put together package.
The book has a dark grey hard cover with the four rings embossed on the
it, and the box it goes in is silver, also with the four rings it.
An excellent coffee table piece!

Also included in the package is a silver envelope box with a congratulatory
letter on my purchase of the my S4 and a few pamphlets outlining the Audi
Advantage program, Roadside assistance program and membership cards and
decals, features of the Audi, etc.

I wonder if all new Audi owners now get this?  Or is the S4 somehow a
more "elite" model?  Back in '96 when I bought my A4q I certainly didn't
get anything like this...  Any recent A4 1.8t owners here that got this too?
This definitely enhances that "feel good" factor of new Audi owners.

P.S. Quoted from page 33 of the book: "In the considerable mythology of
     the three leading German luxury car makers you'll come upon familiar
     stereotypes: The whale. The shark. And the dolphin."
     Hmm!

-Ti
01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
96 A4 2.8 quattro (sold but not forgotten)
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