[PCR-QCUSA] Re: Is an Audi a sports car?

[colin cohen]

Precisely.  SO I am going to get an email address for these guys and
hopefully we can bring some Quattro weight to bear on them in the interest
of our constitutional right to self esteem (VBG)!

Colin

----- Original Message -----
From: "John W. Comish, Jr." <kreggin at home.com>
To: "colin cohen" <ccohen5 at compuserve.com>; "Bob" <mx at snet.net>;
<Ron356A at aol.com>
Cc: "qlist" <quattro at audifans.com>; <PCR-QCUSA at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 7:50 PM
Subject: RE: [PCR-QCUSA] Re: Is an Audi a sports car?


>
>     Having owned a Corrado - I guess I beg to differ that VW never built a
> "sports car"
>
>     ....and my 225 TTC is ...an econo-box ?
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: colin cohen [mailto:ccohen5 at compuserve.com]
>   Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 6:26 PM
>   To: Bob; Ron356A at aol.com
>   Cc: qlist; PCR-QCUSA at yahoogroups.com
>   Subject: [PCR-QCUSA] Re: Is an Audi a sports car?
>
>
>   I agree, but the implication is that Audis are not collectible, or have
> any
>   marque value in the same sense that this is absent from VW.  SCM
considers
>   Buick, Cisitalia, Datsun, Mercury, Olds, Toyota and Volvo amongst the
less
>   obvious, as worthy of being deemed: sports cars.  Note I am not debating
>   whether a Mustang or a Plymouth could be sports cars, I am noting that
> they
>   believe that the VW group has never made a sports car for sale to the
>   public.
>
>   That's what I find interesting in the light of the cars they think were
>   sports cars.  Of course that makes ours the more affordable, and as at
> least
>   one person will agree, completely on a par with Lexus who are also
> excluded
>   from the list.
>
>   Colin
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: "Bob" <mx at snet.net>
>   To: <Ron356A at aol.com>
>   Cc: <ccohen5 at compuserve.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>;
>   <PCR-QCUSA at yahoogroups.com>; <urquattro at phoenixdsl.com>
>   Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 3:24 PM
>   Subject: Re: Is an Audi a sports car?
>
>
>   >
>   > Agreed... Plus I consider it a good thing that our Audis arent
> considered
>   sports
>   > cars. Its nice to know that in a modestly tweaked UrQ (or whatever)
you
>   can
>   > embarass a lot of cars that ARE considered sports cars in any
condition.
>   Police
>   > dont look twice at my UrQ. Id like to keep it that way :)
>   > Bob
>   >
>   > Ron356A at aol.com wrote:
>   >
>   > > This debate has been going on since about 1950 at least in the US.
It
>   all
>   > > depends on how one defines a sports car.
>   > > There have been numerous articles in every mag from R&T to Mechanics
>   > > Illustrated over the years titled "What is a Sports Car?" There was
no
>   answer
>   > > in 1950 and wont be one in 2050 I bet.
>   > > Who care what label other people put on your car. If you like it
> that's
>   all
>   > > that matters.
>   > > To me a "sports car" would have no roll up windows, but I have a 356
>   Coupe
>   > > that, in anyone's book, would be considered a "sports car."
>   > > I had a Testarossa that was slower of the mark than 5 L Mustangs.
Some
>   people
>   > > would consider the Mustang to be a sports car, but the TR weighed
>   slightly
>   > > less than a Kenworth and you couldn't fling it around corners like
an
>   MGA.
>   > > So..... if one wants to call whatever car one owns a sports car,
they
>   should.
>   > > It's their car and hell what anybody else thinks.
>   > >
>   > > Just 356 cents worth
>   > >
>   > > Ron
>   > > MG TC ots
>   > > 120 ots
>   > > Bentley Continental dhc
>   > > MGA Fastback
>   > > Porsche 356
>   > > MGA Twin Cam
>   > > MGA Deluxe
>   > > Audi C GT
>   > > Radio Flyer Wagon (original owner)
>   > > Bob Jackson Bicycle (original owner)
>   >
>
>
>
>
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