Fwd: re: A4s=$$$$$(venting)?

[loren01@ix.netcom.com (Scott Bermes)]

>Also, part of the problem is the dealers. They aint dealin'. Because 
>of the popularity, the so called discounts have shrunk. Some have come 
>up with $1500 'protection packages' and 'availability factors' above 
>the sticker!

I agree with that assessment for most dealers in large markets. Now it 
gets interesting in small markets, where there is no choice of 
inventory.

The dealer I purchased my '97 A6QW in Winston Salem, NC (we are not 
Audi country here) was willing to sell his only 1.8T to me for $656 
over invoice @ $25,930.  Which is a good deal. It was an 
auto/quattro/comfort pkg/green mica/cloth.   Although I feel he may 
have given me that price since I am local and a repeat customer. 

Unfortunately, it didn't have what I wanted and was still a $439 lease 
payment, so I went with a shorter and cheaper lease on a lesser car, 
the Jetta Trek.  But the 1.8T sat on his lot for three months with no 
takers.

They ended up sending it to a midwest dealer, along with an equally 
slow moving A6QW wagon in some trade.  Now, he has one lonely Audi, a 
loaded '98 2.8q, which won't last 30 days.  Ah, the marketplace rules 
again!

Scott
'97 A6QW