Re: The friendly Quattro List

[Paul Wilson <pwilson@pop.ma.ultranet.com>]

At 06:18 PM 6/17/98 -0400, Brett Dikeman wrote:
>  The A4 was a very attractive car; Audi made a huge jump with it; many
>more people could suddenly afford an Audi.  Funny, I don't really think of
>the a4 as I do the 4k though they share the same position.
>  Anyways, the side effect seems to be that it attracted droves of immature
>yuppie scum with gobs of disposable like the new Saab 900 has.  These are
>the type of people who are big into computers(or at least the web) so it
>all figures out.  I've noticed A4 owners are kinda indifferent(I used to
>get regular looks from male Audi drivers driving 5k and 100/200's.) 

I resemble that remark.

Actually, my white '98 A4 1.8TQ(only options, sport suspension and sport
seats) is my first Audi(my only other new car was a '91 SE-R that I drove
for 140k miles).  I am a database administrator so I'm "into computers" and
by virtue of that, I have a reasonable amount of disposable income.
However, I don't consider myself to be a yuppie scumbag or immature.

I bought the A4 because I wanted an AWD sport sedan that was reasonably
priced.  The only other choice was a Subaru Legacy GT which didn't quite
compare.  I never considered a Snaab or a Beemer(I ride motorcycles so
they're Beemers not Bimmers).  I'm also not indifferent.  I've liked Audis
since I was in high school when they came out with the UrQ and the 5000CS
Turbo Quattro.  I try to wave at other Audis but the only response I've
gotten was from someone in Lexington driving a V8 one morning.  I think
I'll start waving to older Audis and give up on A4s and A6s.

Oh yeah, I'm going to the Mt. Washington Hill Climb if that means anything.

I just wanted to give a demographic.

Paul Wilson