Re: And the mustang wins!

["Ben Howell" <bhowell@rmii.com>]

> It seems to me that A) You're looking to flame, or B) You just missed the
> original point/counterpoint.

 Actually, it's the "B" answer. My e-mail program sends e-mail before it
recvies it, so by the time that message was already sent off, I was recving
his post about it just being "for arguments sake". None the less, the Qlist
is not really the best place to be using Mustangs for "arguments sake". 
 
> The original claim was that a mildly tweaked Audi will out-run a Mustang.
> POINT:  The Audi is not a drag car, and never will be.  If you made an
Audi
> into a drag car, it would lose all of the beloved features that make it
an
> Audi (great daily drivability being the top feature).  In the drag arena,
a
> Mustang/Camaro/Firebird/Vette will rule.  Brute force wins, and a 2.3L
> turbo just doesn't cut it against 5+ liters with gigantic aftermarket
> potential (swap in better engines, bolt on superchargers, etc).  A daily
> driver 300HP car is small pototoes in the muscle-car world.

 That point is pretty repetitive. I don;t think that anyone would ever/has
ever claimed that they have a great Audi drag car. Like you said, why would
you want one? 

MY point is that the list is NOT a place to be saying "It get tiring to
hear all you quattroholics keep bad mouthing Mustangs". Well, lets review:
we are, after all quattroholics, so it would be my guess that the vast
majority of us are pretty devoted to the marque (I know that I am a
fanatic!). So it would stand to reason that we are going to give other
marques a little ribbing.  This is in fact a "Quattro list" that is
available for the discussion of Audi/quattro and related topics (check the
message that you were sent when you subscri*ed). So some people on the list
decided to bad mouth a Mustang! BIG DEAL! That's a lot more civilized thana
ford/chevy discussion at your local trailer park (look up: rumble). 

  If someone doesn't like it, then go to the Ford list (wherevere itmay be)
and poke fun at Audis. I know that I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.



Laters, Ben

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