Re: Dander up!

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.gmi.edu>]

On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Dave Head wrote:

> At 02:15 PM 9/10/97 -0400, you wrote:
> >Really, though...the 5000 is/was not a beautiful
> >car, but it sure does drive nicely.  That's where the real magic is!
> 
> Whoa! Most people I know, including 'non car' people believe the styling on
> 5K/100/200 is downright elegant.
Dave,

	I'd have to agree with the previous poster.   It isn't a 
beautiful car.  It is a simple design with excellent proportions, and it 
is handsome, but not beautiful like a Jaguar for example.   I like the 
5000 series though.   Especially in lighter colours like the Zermatt 
silver or the light sky blue, it looks very elegant, and despite its age, 
rather up to date.

	Janice told me last week, that all my friends are kinda miffed at 
me because when I got a family, I was "supposed" to get a minivan like 
everyone else, but instead, I bought a big German sports sedan that's 
still faster than most of their sportscars!   I guess they think it just 
isn't fair.  :-)   They didn't get to poke fun at me for driving a minivan.

> I like the XJ styling more ('series', not
> 40) - 

Aaaahhh, that makes me weak at the knees...    You know what though, I 
worked on an '86 XJ-6 last fall.   This was the first drive I had taken in a 
series 3 XJ sedan.    I was very unimpressed, as it was rather crude 
compared to my 5KCSTQ of the same vintage and three times the miles.

> next to many of the eggs on the road today. I see plenty of lines copied
> from it in Hondas, Toyotas, Nissan etc... 

Especially Honda.   I think Honda is an Audi wannabe company.   They do 
alot of things similarly to Audi.  (I like Honda BTW, excellent cars)

Later,
Graydon D. Stuckey 
'89 Thunderbird SuperCoupe
'86 Audi 5000 CS Quattro
'86 Mazda RX7 GXL 2+2
'85 Mazda RX7 GS