[V8] Rare V8 in Tokyo, Japan

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Ah yes, Audis in Japan ... definitely different than Audis in the USA ... 

On one of my trips to Japan I was on the bus from Narita to the hotel in
Tachikawa-city ... and I saw the familiar 4 rings on a dealership that
seemed to be reasonably close to the hotel.  I don't usually sleep on
airplane flights, and I had a free day on the day before I left, so I
decided to try to find it.  It was a beautiful spring day, cherry blossom
time.  I remember walking down a road with a gorgeous view of Fujiyama in
front of me.  The walk was a bit longer than I imagined, but I did find the
dealership.  I didn't really think about the language barrier ... it isn't
so apparent in most of the places I visited.  Someone at the dealership got
the idea of calling someone who spoke English, who served as my translator.
I explained that I was just a visiting Audi fan ... which he communicated to
them.  They showed me the cars, gave me a bunch of literature and coffee.  I
still have that literature, I think I'm going to look through it again.
Overall it ended up being one of the most memorable days I spent in Japan.  

The next day I was so tired I almost fell asleep in the terminal and missed
my flight!  I swear I was asleep before the wheels left the ground ... but
then, shortly out of Tokyo the plane hit some sort of air pocket and I was
jolted from my slumber with an adrenaline shot that left me awake for the
rest of the flight ... Oh well, I did have a nice chat with the Japanese
lady who sat next to me ... 

Steve Buchholz

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Good evening, Listers:

Please check this out:

http://homepage.mac.com/caesar5/caesar/OTHER/93audiLIM/h93audiLIM.htm

This rare V8 is for sale in Tokyo, Japan.  It says there are only two of
them ever sold in Japan.  This one is absolutely clean and in good condition
with only 16K miles (25K kilometers).  But, their asking price is about
$20K!   Shin