NAIAS...Audi's and stuff (LAC)

[Stephen Ankney]

Listers,
Went to the Detroit Auto Show on Sunday. Nice to finally see the S8 and R8 
in person. Amazing looking cars! The R8 looks alot smaller than I imagined 
it. Looks much bigger on T.V. I suppose. Was kinda suprised that they did'nt 
show the new A4's at all. I talked to some guys from AOA about it and they 
thought that they should have shown them too. They were giving away some 
posters and stuff to the masses. One of the posters is the "20 years of 
Quattro" featuring a S1(?)short Quattro. Nice to see they hav'nt forgotten 
thier past completely...now if they can get thier dealerships to do the same 
thing!

Got to spend some time in the "hospitaliy" area upstairs. To get in one must 
show thier Audi key. Talked to alot of owners, dealers and AOA types. Nice 
atmosphere and a pleasant place to relax and take things in. To my suprise 
most of the AOA people who asked me about what car I owned(885K) seemed to 
acknowledge them as "great" or "nice" cars. Struck up alot of talk about how 
"wonderful" the 5 cylinder engines were etc. Suprised as I expected to be 
brushed aside if I didnt own an newer A4 or A6...etc. If anyone is in the 
Detroit area I would suggest checking out the show...

Oh I forgot, everyone was talking about some sort of incident that happened 
over by the Hummer Exhibit Saturday night. Apparently two groups of people 
exchanged blows and a full on fight ensued. To make things worse someone 
yelled "shots fired" and a small stampede insued. Pretty lame...some people 
need to get thier sh!T together.

Steve Ankney
88 5000
Holland, MI


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