RE: FW: New Audi ad

[Ed Kellock <EKELLOCK@ECS-INC.com>]

What is up with them anyway?!  Who drives a car like that?  I mean wheelspin
can be fun, but I kind of thought that a car road test report should be
somewhat meaningful.  Smokey burnouts and opposite lock power slides in
every other picture are like the mandatory gratuitous fights on every
episode of Jerry Springer.  I pretty much figured the MT could care less
about being taken seriously when they made the Caprice Classic BOAT their
car of the year several years ago.  Their TV program does nothing to change
that opinion.  And to think, they chose my 83 GTI as their import car of the
year way back when...  My how things have changed.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Todd Young [SMTP:tyoung@wamnet.com]
> Sent:	Friday, July 10, 1998 12:08 PM
> To:	Hussey, Dan; quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject:	Re: FW: New Audi ad
> 
> Motor Trend featured this on last weekend's cable-TV show
> (broadcast on TNN on Saturdays). They did a LOT of wheel
> spinning with this thing. They probably handed the keys back
> to the manufacture's rep with the belts showing on the tires.
> I think it's pretty comparable to the BMW 540i, which they
> thrashed on a previous episode. I think I still have that
> episode on tape, I had set the VCR 'cause I was out of town.
> 
> Hussey, Dan wrote:
> 
> > The new GS 400 is the ultimate!
> >
> > It has been totally refined and an all-alluminum 300hp V8 and variable
> > valve timing, formula one sounding exhaust and tiptronic shifting (on
> > the wheel).....Not to be construed with the rest of the (yawn) boring
> > Lexus'!
> >
> > The amount of technology in that car is simply amazing!  It is truly and
> > engineering marvel.  I consider it in the late 90's what the Audi
> > 5000CSTQ was in 1986.  Truly at the pinnacle of automotive technology.
> >
> > This one is a true driving car and can handle on rails as well.
> > Traction may be a problem with that much hp and rear wheel drive (even
> > with that mediocre traction control system), but on dry land, that car
> > would just destory a quattro!  That car is fast, although still a bit
> > cushy feeling IMHO.  I guess I'm young and used to a little of the
> > "shake, rattle, and roll"...body roll that is! ;)
> >
> > My dad got to ride in the GS 400 pace car at Laguna Seca this year for
> > the Cart race out there, and he said that he was VERY impressed with the
> > way that handled at high speeds, and the driver was really putting it
> > through it's paces.
> >
> > Later,
> > Dan
> > (maybee someday I'll be able to afford a USED GS400)
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From:         oleg@veritas.com[SMTP:oleg@veritas.com]
> > > Sent:         Thursday, July 09, 1998 10:17 PM
> > > To:   quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> > > Subject:      Re: New Audi ad
> > >
> > > >From: Brett Dikeman <brett@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net>
> > > >A friend's father is considering a new lexus; I made sure he'll get a
> > > new
> > > >Audi broschure by adding him to their mailing list via the web
> > > site...maybe
> > > >he'll also get a spirited drive in Boomer...even better yet, arrange
> > > a
> > > >little test drive for him in an S6...he'll have so much fun he'll
> > > forget
> > > >all about his bloated toyota twin :)
> > >
> > > don't underestimate the lexus.  we have both a new a6q and an even
> > > newer
> > > lexus gs300.  lexus' computer controlled traction and skid control
> > > may not be able to compete with the quattro, but the extra 25-30 hp
> > > and
> > > 400lb less weight do make a difference.  the lexus feels nimble and
> > > powerful and accellerates effortlessly, while the a6q seems in
> > > comparison
> > > sluggish and underpowered.  the gs 300 also has a road grip that is
> > > every
> > > bit as good as a6q.
> > >
> > > gs 400 is even better.  it's more powerful than any car in its price
> > > class
> > > and handles great.  but i couldn't drive it because the steering was
> > > too
> > > stiff for my carpal tunnel syndrome.
> > >
> > > now, if the a6q had another 40-50 hp, then it'd be without any
> > > competition.
> > > --
> > > Oleg Kiselev                              oleg at veritas dot com
> > > VERITAS Software
> > > (650)335-8586
> > >
> 
> 
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