[s-cars] Dreaming of more than Thankgiving turkey

[Taka Mizutani]

Dave-
The Bang and Olufsen stereo is something like a $6.5k upgrade. Seriously
good stereo system, was reviewed as "best OEM car stereo" by one of the car
mags recently and I've heard secondhand that it lives up to the hype.

The standard stereo is "no highs, no lows, Blowse," which actually isn't all
that bad in the latest models.

The tweeters come out of the dash like little alloy capsules, it's cool. :-)

Too bad Audi doesn't offer even a DSG option with this car- a manual
transmission would make this a serious sports sedan, like the M5.
I guess they want to make a big orient express type cruiser, like the big
Mercs.

Lexus LS460 w/ TOM'S hardware upgrades (exhaust, air suspension
recalibration, etc.) would be my choice in a slushbox cruiser- serious
brakes, serious engine finally and it parks itself. :-) Oh, and $20-30k less
money.

Taka


On 11/23/06, djdawson2 at aol.com <djdawson2 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> I noticed within the text of the add, that it referred to a Bang and
> Olufsen stereo.  You don't suppose that after what, 20 years, of installing
> painfully unreliable Blowz components into Audis... that someone at HQ said
> "hey, I've been hearing bad things about the Bose stereos."
>
> If this is the case... it's about time.  Geese... I still own stereo
> components I owned in college (20 years ago) and they still work fine.
>
> Anyway... nice car.
>
> Dave
>