Re: What, no Audis?!? (Subie city...)

[cheryl_ford@bc.sympatico.ca]

Fluhr wrote:
> 
> I went backpacking in Alaska last week, and if that place isn't the
> mecca of AWD/4WD, I don't know what is.  Disturbingly, though, I only
> saw 6 Audi quattros!  3 4000 quattros, one 100CS quattro, and two slick
> late-model 90 quattros.
> 
> On the other hand, _every other car_ was a Subaru.  I am not kidding,
> I saw more Subarus in my first day in Alaska than I have ever seen in
> my entire life.
> 
> This really suprised me, as I would expect Audi to have a significant
> presence in Alaska.  If anywhere in the US needs AWD, it is certainly
> Alaska.
> 
> Later,
> Eric
> '85 Coupe GT notnoqer
> ---
> Eric J. Fluhr                                Email:  ejfluhr@austin.ibm.com
> 630FP Logic/Circuit Design                   Phone:  (512) 838-7589
> IBM Microelectronics Div.                    Austin, TX

Hey, up north here (Canada), we (the average joe) don't put up with 
unreliable vehicles, or overly complex cars with lots of specialized 
parts (which may not like low temps) that the dealer doesn't always 
stock.  As a result, Audis don't make most peoples 1st choice for a 
winter vehicle.  

I don't drive mine in the winter, as its too hard on my car.  
(although it has never left me stranded)

My 1st car was a subaru wagon, I was 16, & I couldn't kill it.... 
Finally sold it to a middle aged fellow who loved it.