[s-cars] Shift knob

[Daniel Hussey]

Hummers are pieces of $hit!

If you want a good off-road vehicle, buy a Rover or a Jeep... and do a nice
2.5" lift on it with either Old Man Emu or some other well respected setup.
I think the Rancho and Black Diamond setups are also quite popular on these
rigs.  I've been driving a Land Rover Discovery for the last few days and
believe it or not, I don't miss the S-car as much as I thought....  And it
was pretty cool to drive straight through a roundabout the other day (up and
over the center divider)!

I really need a Jeep soon to cure my off-roading fix, which keeps getting
worse and worse.  Attending a British car show and Land Rover club meet this
week didn't help things any either!

Please, I urge you to leave the Hummer dealer and never return.  And, visit
a Land Rover Centre or your local Jeep dealer... check out the new Grand
Cherokee with Quadra-Trak AWD...  it's quite an impressive system.  Get a
practical sport ute with good road manners and capable off-road
characteristics and you will be happy...  and at least you can actually park
them in a typical downtown parking stall (which happens to be about 3./4th
the size of a normal parking space).  I sprained my ancle last year because
I was laughing at some idiot in downtown Bellevue TRYING to parallel park a
Hummer instead of looking where I was walking.

Confusious say:  He who laughs last may also sprain ankle.

Later,
Dan
'94 S4 (Black/ecru)...  For Sale
'95 S6 Avant (Europa blue/ecru)
'95 Jeep Grand Cherokee Ltd 4X4 (future 2nd car?)
Seattle, WA


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kirby Smith" <kirby.a.smith at verizon.net>
To: "Peter Anderson" <panderso at maine.rr.com>
Cc: "s car list" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Shift knob


> But it has plenty of tor$ens.
>
> kirby
>
> Peter Anderson wrote:
> >
> > Speaking of shift knobs....
> >
> > Having just bought a camp property on a mountain accessed by a
"primitive"
> > road, well, logging trail.  I am looking for a vehicle with a bit more
> > ground clearance than an Allroad - a LOT more.  A new Hummer dealership
has
> > opened nearby so my wife and I stopped in.  Believe it or not, it was
her
> > idea!  Getting to the point, I sat in the H2 and it has this HEFTY
looking
> > aluminum shift lever.  On closer inspection it turns out to be cheap
> > plastic!  This immense 8000+ lb beast cost $50k+ and has a cheesey
plastic
> > interior.  This is the vehicle that should have that depleted uranium
knob
> > ;-)
> >
> > --
> > Peter Anderson
> > 93 S4 6speed
> >
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