Re: Ripp's 5000TQ.

[ScottyCBoy@aol.com]

In a message dated 97-06-07 13:37:27 EDT, you write:

<< Ya know, I sure as hell hope that this flame thread is not going to
 start up again!  Let's give Ross some credit here!!  I mean, how many of
 your cars have had a magazine article written about them, huh??
 
 We're all Audi enthusiasts here, so why beat this thing to death?  I'm
 sick of listening to it, and I'll bet that other listers are sick of it
 as well.  If Ross wants to build his car a little different then you
 would, then that's his prerogative...I say learn to deal with it!
 Unless you're an expert on building engines, why question what someone
 has done, if you don't know anything about engine development yourself??
 
 If you want to get knit picky about typos in the article, then we could
 spend hours ranting about other stupid insignificant things, such as
 when 5000's and the like are advertised with 6-cyl engines, etc.  C'mon,
 this kind of mail isn't the thing this list was designed for, I would
 imagine.
 
 Let's drop the flame threads now, PLEASE!!
 
 Thanks for the ranting BW.
 
 Best Regards,
 
 Mark Nelson
  >>

Mark,

     I am in no way tearing up Ross's car.  The car is down right amazing!!
 My main focus was the writing of the article.  Granted those mistakes may be
typo's but when your in that business, journalism, better proof reading and
knowledge of the subject is required.. Mechanics always check the oil level
after an oil change right??  When sending a man to the moon NASA dosn't round
off to the first decimal place after every calculation..  Come on a stainless
steel crank!!!  That's down right insane, possible but insane.  That reminds
me of a friends who "had" a "twin turbo and supercharged nitrous injected"
Chevy half ton that noone ever saw cause it was soooo fast!!  Consider the
subject saturated and dead!!!

Scott