audi sighting (rally of the tall pines) (long)

[jason at omglol.com]

Hit the nail right on the head.

I dont know what audi is thinking (are they thinking? nobody can afford
that LeMans!!).

80% of audi's i see on the road today are driven by middle age women, most
likely rich mom's or something.  Though it is kind of classy, i don't dig
the whole "Luxury Sedan" thing where Quattro is just considered something
like a safety feature.

Bring it back to the roots man, we need to show these guys again why they
banned us from rally back in the day!



Jason


PS: Audi, can we get some dealers with brains too please?  That could help
your market too ya know!





> well yesterday i took a trip north to the rally of the tall pines. i
> expected a great day and that is exactly what i got.
> frank sprongl, who im sure most people on the list know, dominated
> winning the rally by about 6-7 mins in his mitsubishi evo 6.
> if you dont know frank sprongl shame on you:
>
> (these stats are all in an audi s2 approx 500hp 10vt w/ aluminum block)
> -Six Canadian and four North American rally championships (and numerous
> related titles)  -Earned Audi several manufacturers titles in the U.S.
> and Canada
> -Built the longest winning streak in recent memory in the sport
> The box score:
> -6 Canadian Rally Championship titles
> -8 Canadian Rally Open Class Championship titles
> -4 North American Rally Cup titles
> -3 North American Rally Cup Open Class titles
> -50 National and International Victories
> -1998 season that included 6 wins in 7 starts in the Canadian series
> -1999 season that included 6 wins in 7 starts in the Canadian series
> -Victory and new course record at the SCCA Audi/Mt. Washington
> Hillclimb in New Hampshire (1998)  -Domination of the SCCA PRO Rally
> round in Pennsylvania (1998)
> -Victory in the FIA-sanctioned Ramada Express Casino & Hotel (1998)
> International Rally in Nevada  -1997 season that included winning the
> Canadian and North American championships, two wins in three starts in
> the SCCA PRO Rally Series in the U.S.
>
> anyhow... one again he was wearing his audi jacket, in his audi driving
> suit in his evo :) i got to see dave hord's car and more importantly
> hear his exhaust... i liked... his rally dash is very nice... as is his
> new rally paint job. his exhaust sounded... it sounded quite and
> pleasant but still had a very mean edge. i think it would sound amazing
> on a turbo car. nothing too excessive, nice noise levels and a very
> good sound.
> dave: you should put the muffler on a turbo car and record it and put
> it on the web.
>
> two audi's competed. a 1988 audi 90tq10v 034efi, custom looking
> intercooler and radiator... javad if you have pictures or more info on
> this car id appreciate it. the car was in 80's audi factory colours.
> there was also a 4kq (not sure of the year or engine but im sure it was
> turbo'd due to the grill sticking out an extra 3 inches. it was
> sporting christmas colours in bright neon red and green... the 90
> seemed to have quit due to a dead clutch and im not sure about the 4kq.
>
> there seemed to be less audi spectator cars this year... i was rather
> dissappointed. audi is crazy to think that rallying wouldnt affect
> sales; there were probably about 100 subaru wrxs at the rally x $35 000
> + about 50 other subarus at roughly $30 000 150 000... = $5 000 000
> worth of subaru's attending a single race. a very large portion of the
> wrxs were 2004. at least half. there were so many wrxs that in the
> parking lot of a 10 000 people event, the 3 cars me and my friends came
> in were all parked  beside blue 2004 wrx's (and we all arrived at
> different times) :)
> audi is crazy to scoff at this market. mitsubishi seems to have caught
> on and im sure we will see way more lancer's in north america in the
> near future.
>
> well my hands are tired now... so thats it :)
>
> -luke
> 90tq
>
>
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