Audi Fox vs. A4 - The Lust Factor

[Pete Kraus <Pete_Kraus@Emory.Org>]

>. . . Do you suppose there are any kids growing up with the same sort
>of lust for an A4q? Somehow, I tend to doubt it...

Jeffrey, a few listers have gently challenged you on this one.  I admit my
first reaction was that if past generations could lust after the Audi Fox, 
A4s are a shoe-in.  They are incomparably better cars and a hot ride in
their class to boot.  Surely their popularity will assure desirablility in
times to come among those too young or impecunious to own one now.

The only thing that might work against it is the A4 has far more
competent competition than the Fox did in its time.  Being a bit older
than you, the roots of my car-madness lie deep in the '50s and '60s, a
fabulous time to be an enthusiast, regardless of what you think today
about the products of the era.   As the '70s progressed into the '80s, we
boomers were heartbroken by what was happening in the marketplace -
there was very little new for us to buy.  Some diverted their attention to
vans, pickups and, lest we forget, sport-utes, the latter two still with us
in droves.   It wasn't until the later '80s and into the '90s that an
affordable range of truly interesting (and mechanically superior) cars
came back to the market.  I personally think we're in another golden era
and hope it continues indefinitely, though history is against me on this
one.  

Another thought.  It takes many of us a while to become comfortable
with new models, however good they may be.  Often they get better
with perspective, perhaps of what comes next!     You mention an early
attraction to BMW 2002tii.  Did you find the 5000CSTQ to be equally
attractive (or comparable in an enthusiast's sense) in 1986?   

Hope you don't mind my sharing these thoughts with the list.

Pete
Pete_Kraus@emory.org
Stone Mountain, GA
'85 4KSQ
'89 F250 4x4 diesel
'95 Z28