RE: Audi vs. Jeep

[Mark Nelson <mnelson@brls.com>]

Hi Mike, I have a '91 Jeep Cherokee Laredo (lifted) with a 4.0L and I
have to admit I LOVE IT!  I also have an '87 5000CS Turbo Quattro with
180K miles on the OD, and I have a '91 Quattro Coupe that I am building
for SCCA pro-rally racing (open class).  Don't get me wrong, I love my
Audis too, but since I live in Lake Tahoe where we get massive amounts
of snow (2 1/2' last night alone and more on the way), I have to admit
that my 5000TQ has a hard time when there is 2 1/2 ' of snow on the road
that has not been plowed, where my Jeep just plows right through it.
Another disadvantage of the Audi is that I cannot go four wheeling way
out into the back country to go camping, where as with my Jeep I can.
Both vehicles are excellent vehicles, and were designed for two
completely different purposes.  The Cherokee was not built for
acceleration and speed, where as the Audi obviously was.  As far as I am
concerned, I could not live my lifestyle without any of the vehicles I
have.  So before you start to bash the Jeep Cherokee, think about the
old analogy of "comparing apples and oranges."  I'm sure there are
others on this list as well that have a Cherokee or other SUV that would
also be willing to say when there are times that the Audi just can't do
what the SUV can, and vice versa.

Just my $.02

Best Regards,

Mark Nelson
Incline Village, Nevada

'87 5KTQ
'91 CQ (building for SCCA pro-rally)
'91 Jeep Cherokee Laredo (snow beast)

>From: Michael J Myers <mimyers@prairie.nodak.edu>
>Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 15:05:40 -0600 (CST)
>Subject: Audi vs. Jeep
>
>My mom rented a Jeep Cherokee with the 4.0L engine while her car is being 
>worked on.  I drove it earlier today.  Punched it down in two wheel 
>drive, got sideways, 4 high, sideways again.  Drove around town a bit.  
>Brought it back after 15 minutes and told my mom she can have it back.  
>Piece of....  Took my Audi out afterwards, accelerated harder and 
>straight as an arrow, rode and handled ten times better...  Love my 
>Audi.  Hmmm, imagine what kind of Audi I could get for the value of an 
>'94 Cherokee with 32K miles on it...
>	-Mike