Anyone else notice this?

[Doyt W. Echelberger]

Give the guy a break, Tom :~) He was probably suffering from peer pressure 
and had to conform or perish in his own insane professional environment. 
But some little voice inside was screaming his real values and it knew what 
was in good taste, but he was unable to act on it. He sensed that the 1986 
Audi quattro was ten years ahead of its time and had already set the mark 
that eventually all the others would have to hit.

For different reasons, I also was unable to act on my values in 1986. I 
didn't have $30,000+ to hand over for a car or anything else. But when I 
saw that 1986 Audi 5000CS turbo quattro on the showroom floor I _knew_ that 
I would eventually own it somehow, even if I had to wait ten years for it 
to depreciate to a price I could afford.  And I eventually got one about 
ten years later. It was the most attractive car that I had ever seen in my 
life.  And I drove a used Rabbit (Polo?) at the time. And he drove a 
Countach or something.

Here is an excerpt from the January 1986 Car and Driver, in their 4th 
annual "Ten Best Cars in The World" series:

(Text from above a photo of a red 5000CS turbo quattro) "When will the 
world bow down to the Audi 5000CS Turbo Quattro and acknowledge that it is 
the most modern and sophisticated 4 door sedan on the planet?  Probably not 
as long as the prestige leaders- BMW, Jaguar, and Mercedes Benz- keep 
building cars the old fashioned way."

They had it right and lots of people knew it, even that misguided and 
overly conforming rock star.  I'll bet he is probably playing with Elvis 
right now. Many of them never made it out of the eighties.........

Hope you get some sunshine pretty soon. I could use some. It makes my pearl 
white tq look really fine. I think I can keep my dream alive for a few more 
years.

I wonder what Andre Rieu gets around in...........

Doyt Echelberger    87 5ktq

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At 11:44 AM 3/4/01 +0100, you wrote:
Yesterday, BBC2, "I love 1986"- item about the very temporary success of 
the band 'Five Star', showing their large house and their cars (two 
Countaches, a Ferrari 328, a Benz SL and a bright red SEC with horrible 
wheels and chrome wheelarch trim) One of the guys from the band: "Yeah, I 
had this flash Merc. But what I really wanted in '86 was an Audi Quattro".

With chrome wheelarch trim, presumably?

Tom