Re: Really Dumb Question & Our Competition & A8 Testdrive

[steveb@falcon.kla.com (Steven Buchholz)]

> 	I guess I'm a newbie to the list, but why when mentioning competitors to
> Audis do you spell them backwards (WMB, and yesterday ehcsroP). I don't get
> it. 

... it was just a silly thing ... you don't want to tempt the Audi gods by 
mentioning other marques do you? ... :)

> Also, I was up at my VW/Audi/Porsche dealer and my salesman let me take a
> spin in an Audi A8. Very nice and very smooth, but it was just around the
> dealership and when I punched it in 1st gear it took about 2 seconds to get
> up and go. I know cars have a break in period, but could this be programmed
> into the big A car so as not to let joy riders like me damage the engine
> during break in. The car had just been pulled off the carrier and still had
> plastic on the chrome window frames. Just curious.-G

... perhaps they do it on purpose so that the person who actually pays for 
the car won't get an engine that was thrashed by someone who didn't care ...
Actually, I've never heard of a car that was programmed to protect itself 
during break-in.  It sounds like a good idea at first glance, but I'd hate
to think that the engine would be trying to protect itself if we were in 
some sort of danger!  I'd be interested to know the name of the dealership 
and the salesman ... I suppose he could have let you drive a new demonstrator.  

Steve Buchholz
s_buchho@kla.com
San Jose, CA (USA)