[s-cars] Re: Newly adopted A8

[Bruce Mendel]

Joe,

Nice car to have in the family! I did not know you descended from
royalty...can he adopt me? I want an S8 too!

I hope he's buying it used...there are a few out there that already took
their depreciation hit. But what an awesome car.

Be happy to instruct him at a track event. I heard a rumor that instructors
sometimes get to drive the students car the first time out (giggle).

Bruce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Pizzimenti" <pizzoman at yahoo.com>
To: "William Noland" <wenoland at pacbell.net>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>;
<gregsj2 at attbi.com>
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Re: Newly adopted A8


> 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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