[s-cars] Re: Newly adopted A8

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

Speaking of S8's...
Went for a test drive with the old man yesterday and
finally sold him on a black/tan 2002 S8 with
parktronic, onstar and navigation.  The thing is
beastly.  He's had an A6 2.7T, but is finally (about
time) treating himself to something truly ridiculous.
The car hauls, so I just may drag him to a track event
or 7 next year...he insists that he'll be showing the
instructor a thing or two.  :-)

Bruce, scare him for me.

Joe
--- William Noland <wenoland at pacbell.net> wrote:
> The A8 has always suffered low sales numbers and the
> used car market
> reflects that. When the unwashed masses made a buck
> or two in the dot
> com boom, they headed for the WMB, Merc, Lexus, etc.
> dealer, so they
> could let the world know that they arrived.  :-)
>
> Same fate befell the original Infiniti Q45. It was a
> fairly decent
> luxo-cruiser that leaned a bit in the sporting
> direction. They couldn't
> give them away in the used car market.
> Not necessarily a bad thing, if you're in the market
> for a large ride.
>
> I think the neu A8 will do much better. It's already
> getting very good
> press. Paul Frere's article in the new R&T (or is it
> Car and Driveway?)
> is subtitled "World's Best Luxury Sedan?", or
> something to that effect.
> I've been seeing lots and lots of new A6's on the
> road here in the SF
> Bay Area, so there seem to be lots of new Audi
> converts out there.
>
> Now, if only used S8 prices will start to
> tank............
>
> Bill Noland
> in search of the ultimate fat cat ride
>
> >Hold the phone. You walk into the Audi dealer in
> 2000 and pay $60 large for a car, plus taxes (in my
> neck of the woods, almost another $5 large) license
> and so forth and two years and 23K miles later, you
> get $24.5 large for it. OUCH! Is Audi's flagship
> really depreciating at that rate?  Very hard car to
> buy new, but then what an amazing used car.
> >
>
>
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