the grill

[Steve Sears]

The RS6 owners are probably dumping them en masse to get to the latest and 
greatest after their lease is up - it happens often with the "top of the 
line cars" - there's more of a used market for the lower models that have a 
more plentiful roster of mods and spare parts (both used and new) available. 
I hear the maintenance schedule is hell - I wouldn't want one of those cars.
As to the styling, some like it, others don't.  Every time I see one of them 
go by, I think back to all of the people complaining about ripping their 
S4/A4 bumpers off on kerbs and the huge cost of replacing the plastic bits. 
I'd hate to see how much a light tap on the front of those horsecollar 
grilles would cost.
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ - with a V8 hood - almost horsecollar-ish
1980 Audi 5k - old boxy grille
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes - shiny aluminum grille looks a 
bit like a scowl - angry is cool, right?
----- Original Message ----- 
> From: cobram at juno.com
> Subject: Re: the grill
> To: Dave.Eaton at clear.net.nz
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
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> "Dave Eaton" <Dave.Eaton at clear.net.nz> writes:
>
>> i like the new corporate audi face, the more i see it, the better it
>> looks,
>
> There's no discussing taste, but I personally think the horse collar
> grill is the fugliest thing to come out of Inglostadt, ever.  I know of 4
> or 5 people who went to Acura's, BMW's and a Mercedes after years of Audi
> loyalty, they just couldn't stomach the looks of the new models.
> I don't think Audi's too worried though, for every one they lose they
> probably get a convert or 2, since their sales seem to be up.
>
> As for this being the reason for low resale, Audi's have always had
> abysmal resale value, that's why most of us on this list own them in the
> first place.
>
> BCNU,
> http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
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