Audi buys Ducati

[cobram at juno.com]

On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:28:46 -0400 (EDT) TWFAUST at aol.com writes:

> What Cheer! I have a hobbyist machine shop and it seems I spend  
> altogether 
> too much time making parts for Ducati owning friends. Perhaps Audi  
> can 
> teach them about metallurgy. I have spent enough time indexing my 
> antique  
> machinery to cut metric gears.
>  
> Tom Faust

That just proves it's Italian!  They know how to make it look good and go
fast, with what seems little regard to anything else.  Pulling engines in
"supercars" to change distributor caps, electrical systems that look like
they're fresh out of "soldering 101" class, and castings which are
sometimes as porous as our southern border all add to the "fun" of
Italian machinery.  

But damn, if they don't look and sound awesome.  (when they run)

Luckily, based on the Lambo, Audi doesn't interfere with the character of
the cars, such as making celebrities at press events crawl out the
passenger compartment onto the red carpet because the drivers door on a
Lambo with 125 miles on it won't open.  

BCNU,
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.