Fwd: audis at Waterfest

[jesper moreau]

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From: jesper moreau <jesper5ktqm.audi at gmail.com>
Date: Jul 25, 2006 5:00 AM
Subject: Re: audis at Waterfest
To: LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com>, Bing <bing30v.audi at gmail.com>

Most of the "new Audi owners" I talk to haven't the slightest Idea what the
Ur Quattro is. That makes me laugh.


On 7/24/06, LL - NY < larrycleung at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Showing my age a bit, but I recall when (okay, don't laugh) Saabs were
> rather
> cult cars in the early 80's (it was the turbo's that did it) every Saab
> driver waved
> and acknowledged one another. When the cars became popular "status
> symbols",
> they became just that, those that bought one with little thought to the
> Saabs's rally
> past and their early history hardly even noticed the earlier or non-turbo
> cars (I had
> a mid-cycle 99, and IF anywone asked, the only question ever asked was "is
> it a
> turbo?", which it wasn't). So, it seems as if history is repeating itself,
>
> as Audi has
> emerged from it's '90's doldruns and has become a sort of "status symbol"
> it's
> popularity now has PUHLENTEE of non-lore oriented owner's now. They really
> don't
> care it's an Audi, they only care about it's symbolism. So, they don't
> care
> about the
> past cars. I'd venture a guess that the same holds true for most BMW and
> Mercyless
> Benz owners. Of the major "prestige" makes, I'd say only Porsche, Ferrari,
> Lambo
> and Aston owners really have a connection to their maker's past. All else,
>
> it's just
> status.
>
> LL - NY
>
> On 7/21/06, Alex Kowalski <hypereutectic1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Bing wrote in response to what Dan wrote:
> >
> > >ITS TRUE ABOUT THIS, driving home from NY yesterday we(me,wife,and
> > daughter)
> > >were caught up in a 7 mile traffic jam due to an accident.
> >
> > Yep, the wave frequency among recent Audi owners is dropping even as the
>
> > quality of the cars improve beyond all measure.  It's kind of pathetic,
> > because I think basically the connection to Audis past has been lost
> among
> > a
> > large group of these folks, and I can even get police officers to wave
> > back,
> > but some Audi owners still won't.  I don't want to impugn them, but when
> > you
> > see a nice Audi and the owner is waving, you should wave back.  You
> might
> > find that person knows more about your Audi than you think when and if
> it
> > is
> > broken down somewhere.  It's just a good thing to do.
> >
> > Alex Kowalski
> > '87 5KCSTQ
> > '86 5KCSTQ
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Jesper Moreau
'88 5KTQ rocket - 239HP CIS Daily driver
'87 5KTQA Projekt eminent - future 500HP EFI
'86 5KTQ stocket - gone but not forgotten


-- 
Jesper Moreau
'88 5KTQ rocket - 239HP CIS Daily driver
'87 5KTQA Projekt eminent - future 500HP EFI
'86 5KTQ stocket - gone but not forgotten