Re: Re: Jo Hoppen's A4 1.8T CHIP 200hp - AWESOME

[Orin Eman <orin@WOLFENET.com>]

First, calm down y'all.

> It is quite obvious that your *high-level source* at AoA is incorrect.  And
> that you are blatantly uneducated when it comes to Mr. Hoppen's career.  I
> can not believe that you and other people make such absurd comments when
> you do not have factual information.

> Mr. Hoppen did NOT get fired.  He retired from AoA as was explained to me
> by Mr. Hoppen himself and as I read in 2 different magazine articles in his
> office (speed sport news-forgot date and European Car Mag-June 1996).  

Well, who told the magazines?  Just 'cos it's printed in a magazine
don't make it true.  Wouldn't surprise me if they printed a press release
from Mr Hoppen pretty much verbatim.

> I do not know much about his son's business, but I find it hard to believe
> that it *failed* as you say.  Where is your factual information supporting
> this statement?  You did not post any factual information backing up your
> statement except *your high-level source* at AoA.  Please tell me you can
> do better than that.

Such sources usually have to remain anonymous.  Which means that we can't
put too much credance on the information.  The source may have an axe to
grind, on the other hand, it may be that AoA had an agreement with Mr
Hoppen to 'allow' him to retire where it was really 'retire or you're
fired'.

One comment on the chip...

If the source is Audi and it is undetectable by the dealers... it would
most likely be undetectable by various sanctioning bodies too.
No, they wouldn't do that...

If it _is_ undetectable by the dealer, then it can't be doing anything.
If it is doing something, all they have to do is drive the car...
'Duh, hey Joe, this one goes a lot faster than the others we've had
in...'

Orin.