hasn't audi come a long way?

[Benjamin Weste Pearre]

>  i'm talking s3 here.  this car has been my favourite in the audi range (before
> i drove an s8) and is set to get much better with the new model.

I'd heard that the s3 had some crappy (non-torsen) awd system... no
longer true?  Am I on crack?  Should I just look it up myself?  ;)
'course, I'm also too tall to sleep in back of an s3, which rules it
out in my book.  YHMV.

> 2) having said this, you guys down north have yet to experience the wrx/sti
> thing.

I can imagine it, but nonetheless they're sweeeeet cars (at least
until the transmission breaks.  I have a friend who has one of these,
and he basically takes it to the dealer for its 5000-mile "change the
oil, filter, and tranny").  But when it's working, it's a superbly fun
car to drive, even unmodified, and with Hakka 1s it has "adequate"
traction ;)

>  what is "cool" now is stealth, sophistication, and non-turbo cubic
   inches.

Turbo will _always_ be cool here in Boulder, a mile above sea level,
and almost twice that over some nearby mountain passes.  :)

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Ben Pearre          1990 200TQA          http://hebb.mit.edu/~ben