Re: Audi Price Cuts

["Barton P. Chambers" <bchambers@atlantic.nos.noaa.gov>]

Good Morning, Gentlemen and Ladies;
 
> One other point I think someone brought up is "safety". I've only anec-
> dotal evidence to go on, but my "gut-level" "knee-jerk" reaction is that
> there are very few cars that *I* would rather be in should I be involved
> in an accident - Audis just radiate "structural integrity". I don't know
> if my Pathfinder would be more-surviveable than my UrQ (neither have (had)
> airbags (and the Pathfinder would fairly happily crawl up on top of the
> Audi, while all the Audi could do would be to cringe and try to crawl
> under the Pathfinder...snicker), but the Audi definitely "feels" much more
> secure. Safety is not a trivial point...especially if one tends to, er,
> ah, cough cough, push the limits occasionally. (Of course, just driving
> in Massachusetts is "pushing the limits" ...). But you do pay a lot for
> that safety.

Hmmmm, somehow, to my taste, the idea of choosing an automobile on the basis
of how it will *survive* a crash misses the point by a pretty wide margin 
(I *did* say that with a smile on my face, pardner).  I'm just an ol' country
boy, but it seems to me that the ability ot *avoid* an accident is a hell
of a lot more attractive, than the (theoretical) ability to *survive* one.

Cheers,

Bart Chambers
'77 Feline Varmint Felix, Gray Tabby
'86 Carrera Cabriolet, Guards Red
'87 Syncro (Stealth Quattro)