'91 200Q FS

[Frank Stadmeyer]

Yeah, that's the one thing I'll miss, the high speed cruising 
capability of the 200Q. But I just couldn't put that car to that daily 
grind and my wife wouldn't put up with all the cars (and the 
accompanying bills) any more.

And I can tell you it's not that skittish and high strung.  A TDI would 
be more efficient but it'll be years before you can wipe the smile off 
my face.

I'll tell you, the latest crop of high performance small cars that VAG 
makes are very refined, they go like stink but are comfy.  Not anything 
like the ricer equivalents.


On Sep 9, 2004, at 12:17 AM, Brett Dikeman wrote:

> At 11:16 PM -0400 9/8/04, Frank Stadmeyer wrote:
>
>> I'm taking a job that's going to require a 200 mi. R/T commute and I 
>> just couldn't do that to this car.
>>
>> I did replace it with another Audi  of sorts,  it's a TT with a VW 
>> body better known as an R32.  It's great, I put all of 10 miles on it 
>> in the rain and dark so far!
>
> You traded in a big comfy car with excellent aerodynamics for a 
> high-strung compact with a larger displacement engine, that weighs 
> more?  Oooookay.  Well, at least it'll be more fun to drive, I guess.
>
> I would have bought a TDI Golf or Passat in a heartbeat and laughed 
> all the way from the gas station.  The gas savings would have paid 
> easily for a nice set of Hakkas for the wintertime.  Each to his own! 
> :-)
>
> The second a TDI is offered with AWD/ 5 speed, and I've got the money- 
> I'm sold.  Maybe by the time one is offered, I will have the 
> money...lord knows I'll never have the money for an even remotely new 
> Audi.
>
> Brett
> -- 
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> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin
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>
>


Frank