L.A. Auto Show

[Fringe Ryder <Fringe@ai.net>]

>From: "dismiss@earthlink.net" <dismiss@earthlink.net>
>Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 18:55:17 -0700
>Subject: Re: L.A. Auto Show
>
>>All Audis for the west coast come from Houston.  I found this out 
>>when I ordered my A4Q 2.8L  (15-Aug-96) and tracked it until it was 
>>finished and present at my dealer (17-Oct-96).  
>
>Bzzzzzt.  I live near Long Beach/Wilmington/Port of LA, and I have
>personally witnesses Audis coming off the boat there.  Have also been
>told by the local dealer, district sales rep and others that they indeed
>come off in LA, Seattle and San Francisco.

Interesting.  I -live- in Seattle.  Mine was shipped in from Houston, and I
was told that that is one of TWO entry points, as I said.  I wonder why mine
came from so far away.

>Her '88 Sentra will smoke a '97 328i convertible?

No, no, no.  It will smoke all by itself.  The Sentra isn't a good car - it
was humor.  (She does drive a Sentra, and I hate it as much as she hates
BMWs.)  My A4Q will smoke a 328i on sand, gravel, snow, or mud though.  

>  Let them race for
>pink slips, even on "tentative" surfaces.  She will flick her Marlboro
>Light out the top on the Sentar as she whizzes by.  Oh, but then later
>it is "your" car.  I never said that a 328i would dust an A4Q, but she
>is such a good driver that she prolly would beat you anyway.

Woke up on the wrong side of the psycho-ward this morning?  I'm an okay
driver, but there are certainly women drivers who are better, and who could
probably beat me in a Neon Sport even.

>The 318ti is an piece, i'll give you that, but nobody is talking about that car
>(Cadillac Cimmaron, anyone?).  Don't judge a make by one model, or
>otherwise all Porsches are crap b/c of the 914.

That was the point - BMWs as a whole aren't any more consistent than Fords.
Being religious about a car brand doesn't make a lot of sense.  Avoiding
them religiously can make sense, but I wouldn't avoid either Audi or BMW.

> The interior in BMW will take on Audi and anything else for that matter
anyday, 
> and you know it.

The 5-series, yes.  The 3-series, not a chance.  Been in both quite a bit.
Both Saab and Audi have the 318 and 328s thoroughly trounced in interior fit
and quality.

>  If you are pissed b/c you feel that you wasted your money, tough. 

Where did this come from?  I've defended BMW here.  I'm quite happy with my
Audi, but would probably not be in a Quattro were I still in L.A., just as I
said.  I'm guessing that in addition to waking up on the wrong side of the
ward this morning, you wouldn't let the nurses give you your demerol.

>Rolex watches an 80's fad?  Yeah, I guess they were a fad a hundred
>years ago in Switzerland as well.  Your cliche notions listed above to
>be incredibly narrow-minded, or at least from one of those persons that
>always wanted those things but could not get them.  Keep that crap to
>yourself.

I've got a Rolex.  Don't ever wear it because it's too bulky, but I can
afford these toys.  Grow up.

>Todd (clinging to 80's fads I guess)

Cling away.  Maybe you should cut down on the '80s fads of espresso and
cocaine, but have at the rest of them!