[s-cars] Q7 ramblings

Ian Duff iduff at comcast.net
Sun Mar 4 12:30:16 EST 2007 

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Nah, give it a minute for the rest to catch up. The ":-)" in your  
post was clear to me...

'83, '86, what's the diff? Both are "mid-80's" in my book, too ... ;- 
P <grin>

- -Ian Duff.

On  04 Mar 2007, at 12:07:39PM, Mark Strangways wrote:

> 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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