Re: Civic or Audi:part II

[Virtual Bob <honge@creighton.edu>]

>	The first priority is 100% reliablility, I plan to use
> it without any reparing except for routine check. Second, It should
> sell easily at at the low depreciation rate.
>	This means it must be a new Japanese car or, for budget reason
>, a not too old used German car.

Hee hee hee! Reliability and low depreciation don't come easilty with
Audis. Anyway, from what I've experienced, the Honda dealer will be your
worst nightmare when you want to purchase the car (or any other "popular"
Japanese cars). A Civic will probably be trouble-free, but it's boring and
butt ugly.

As for then-will-be-used A4, I don't think you may be able to fetch one
for $18,000. Not impossible, but improbable. From the looks of it, Audi
either fixed or pooped on the quality. I don't see much nightmare
scenerios here in the list as many have read in Car & Driver's long-term
A6q (dead trasmission, clobbered windshield, recalled headlight, horrible 
Twin Tires, brain damanged drivers, etc.).

For Audi, you'll need a good dealer. Honda dealers are plenty so you can
shop around. Both will probably have ample choices in performance upgrades
(believe it or not).

>	Oh god , how can I type this long e-mail with my 2,400 bps
> modem !@#$ ( I use PINE )

Hey, what's wrong with pine? I use pine! The other choice is mailx, and
I'm not too crazy about that one.

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