[s-cars] Q7 ramblings
Mark Strangways
StrangConst at rogers.com
Sun Mar 4 12:07:39 EST 2007
I am taking my dry humor and moving to another list
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Sylvester
To: Mark Strangways
Cc: s-car-list at www.audifans.com ; Joshua van Tol
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 11:56 AM
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Q7 ramblings
Audi didn't galvanize anything in '83.
BTDT
http://www.urq20v.com/body.htm
The '86 type 44 was the 1st galvanized body.
Mike
www.urq20v.com
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Q7 ramblings
From: "Mark Strangways" <StrangConst at rogers.com>
Date: Sun, March 04, 2007 11:41 am
To: "Joshua van Tol" <josh at spiny.com>
Cc: s-car-list at www.audifans.com
C'mon....
does 83 not qualify as mid 80's
GOD
See the humor in it please.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joshua van Tol" <josh at spiny.com>
To: "Mark Strangways" <StrangConst at rogers.com>
Cc: "quattro quattro list" <quattro at audifans.com>;
<s-car-list at www.audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Q7 ramblings
> Actually, they did. Galvanized bodies on Audi's didn't start until the
> mid 80's. Perhaps they rusted a bit slower due to better undercoating,
> better paint, and better construction, but they still rusted.
>
>
> On Mar 4, 2007, at 9:17 AM, Mark Strangways wrote:
>
>> Audis :-)
>>
>> Mark
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Joe Pizzimenti" <joe.pizzimenti at gmail.com>
>> To: <calvinlc at earthlink.net>
>> Cc: <DGraber460 at aol.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>;
>> <s-car-list at www.audifans.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 8:30 AM
>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Q7 ramblings
>>
>>
>>> What cars from that era did't rust?
>>>
>>> Joe, playing Devil's Advocate, Pizzo
>>>
>>> On 3/4/07, calvinlc at earthlink.net <calvinlc at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>> It was about the last year of the 280Z, right before they switched to
>>>> the
>>>> 300Z...let's say 1982 or 1983. I was just starting to get interested
>>>> in
>>>> cars that weren't matchbox cars :) It was one of many examples, in my
>>>> opinion, of how consumer reports doesn't know their butt from a hole
>>>> in
>>>> the
>>>> ground about cars.
>>>> --Calvin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Joe Pizzimenti [mailto:joe.pizzimenti at gmail.com]
>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 8:08 AM
>>>> To: calvinlc at earthlink.net
>>>> Cc: Ez Veedub; t44tqtro at gmail.com; DGraber460 at aol.com;
>>>> quattro at audifans.com; s-car-list at www.audifans.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Q7 ramblings
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What year did they rate the 280Z & how old was the car at the time?
>>>>
>>>> On 3/3/07, calvinlc at earthlink.net <calvinlc at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>>> Things have changed for Lexus, they are now ranked 5th in 07 by
>>>>>> Consumer
>>>>> Reports
>>>>>
>>>>> Remember, consumer reports is the same magazine that brought us the
>>>>> "Excellent" ratings for Datsun 280Z brakes and body....hmmm how many
>>>>> rust
>>>>> free 280Z's have you ever seen outside of a hermetically sealed
>>>>> chamber?
>>>>> Any magazine that thinks that either has idiots working for them or
>>>>> they
>>>> are
>>>>> on the take. On top of that there is an issue with some new Sony LCD
>>>>> TVs
>>>>> that hundreds of people have written to them complaining about and
>>>>> they
>>>>> won't change their rating. Hmmmmm....I wonder why?
>>>>>
>>>>> --Calvin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
>>>>> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Ez Veedub
>>>>> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 7:06 AM
>>>>> To: t44tqtro at gmail.com; DGraber460 at aol.com
>>>>> Cc: quattro at audifans.com; s-car-list at www.audifans.com
>>>>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Q7 ramblings
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Things have changed for Lexus, they are now ranked 5th in 07 by
>>>>> Consumer
>>>>> Reports. They were 1st in 06. And MB in at the bottom at 36. Audi is
>>>> ranked
>>>>> 12th just to let you know. And yes, Lexus sells car very well in the
>>>>> US,
>>>> and
>>>>> ONLY the US. LEXUS (Luxury EXport US)
>>>>> Ezveedub
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> From: "Taka Mizutani" <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
>>>>>> To: "DGraber460 at aol.com" <DGraber460 at aol.com>
>>>>>> CC: quattro at audifans.com, s-car-list at www.audifans.com
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Q7 ramblings
>>>>>> Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 08:47:48 -0500
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Except that Lexus does better than MBZ, BMW and Audi and they don't
>>>>>> use a
>>>>>> stupid
>>>>>> MMI/iDrive/COMAND system. They are probably the best at gauging the
>>>>>> US
>>>>>> market
>>>>>> anyway.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think all of this crap that the Germans are foisting on us is
>>>> eventually
>>>>>> going to bite them
>>>>>> in the butt. Give me the RS5 Clubsport edition- no MMI, manual
>>>>>> heat/air,
>>>>>> manual transmission,
>>>>>> manual seats, no sunroof, no back seat, ceramic brakes, aluminum/CF
>>>>>> body.
>>>>>> :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BTW, I saw a recent R-M Auction that brought much more reasonable
>>>>>> prices-
>>>> I
>>>>>> think the
>>>>>> Barrett-Jackson bubble is going to burst (which is a good thing, as
>>>>>> a
>>>> $35k
>>>>>> '69 Z-28 is a
>>>>>> much better proposition than a $110k car at B-J).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Taka
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 3/2/07, DGraber460 at aol.com <DGraber460 at aol.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One thing we must remember is that these engineering designs and
>>>>>> decisions
>>>>>>> are NOT based on the desires of loyalists such as this group. They
>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>> driven
>>>>>>> by marketing research data. If the "Premium brand" marques are
>>>>>>> moving
>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> given direction and sales do not drop (and the press praises it),
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>> will
>>>>>>> flourish. It is cutting edge. It is market positioning and image.
>>>>>>> In building and
>>>>>>> selling high end cars there are 3 critically important factors:
>>>>>>> Image.
>>>>>>> Image.
>>>>>>> Image.
>>>>>>> Long term you have to deliver the goods. But _today_ you must
>>>>>>> impress
>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> dazzle with "new" and bragging rights type "stuff", even if that is
>>>> more
>>>>>>> complicated and detrimentally complex.
>>>>>>> The "Bangle Butt", I-Drive, and Barrett-Jackson prove that the
>>>>>>> buying public
>>>>>>> can be an illogical, image driven, herd of sheep.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am sort of old school, and love a dash full of switches and dials
>>>> and
>>>>>>> gauges.
>>>>>>> Let me control everything and give me a bank of toggle switches
>>>>>>> and
>>>> I'm
>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> happy camper.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dennis
>>>>>>> No longer the target market!
>>>>>>> Denver
>>>>>>>
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