Quattros help parents sleep??

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <199703220740.CAA00325@pothole.com.> kingtut@pothole.com (Donald Eastlake) writes:

> I'm 17, and my first real car was a 88 90Q. I must say, without having owned it, 
> I probobly woulden't drive like such a crazy person now... My parents are a bit 
> conserned now that I also have a 97 GTI-VR6, and that can go much faster! (Was 
> gonna get an A4 1.8TQ, but just coulden't wait for the 5spd!)

You're lucky you can _GET_ an A4 1.8TQ.

Audi has decided to compensate for sending us the ur-quattro six years longer 
than it was sent to the USA by _NOT_ sending us "quattro" on anything but the 
top-of-range engine in the A4 and now the A6.
 
Which means we cannot buy RHD Audis with any kind of tuning potential - we have 
to take the big, heavy non-turbo lumps and like it.

IMO someone at Audi UK has a screw loose - "quattro" is Audi's differentiator 
and the focus of all their advertising.

--
 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club