Re: FW: New Audi ad

[oleg@veritas.com (Oleg Kiselev)]

>From: "Hussey, Dan" <husseyd@rayovac.com>
>Subject: FW: New Audi ad
>
>The new GS 400 is the ultimate!

one other thing needs to be mentioned: the price.  

we got our fully loaded a6q for $39.7k and it was one of the first few
a6 cars on the dealer lots (we were desperate with the lease on our
other car expiring and needed a car *right there and then*).  the prices
came down a bit recently, but for example a4q have a 6 months or longer
wait, and a4q avant with a stick shift, sport package and leather (the
other option we entertained for the new car) would have been a 9 month wait.

the gs 300 could be had for $39k without much haggling (we paid more
because it was impossible to find the color we wanted and once again we
could not wait for 6 months for one to show up).  the one we got (with the
stupid navigation system -- should have gotten the nakamichi stereo upgrade
instead) with the colors we wanted cost us $41.7k.

a gs 400 (not the same color though) was available for $45k at a dealership
~100miles away from us -- not too long of a trip for a good bargain :-).
as i said before, unfortunately i found gs 400 too hard to drive, otherwise
we'd have overlooked the color deficiencies.

it is also important to note that this area (650/415/408 area code) is very
expensive in general, dealers are less inclined to lower their cut,
salesmen have to pay the same rents, mortgages and gasoline prices as the
rest of us (and that's often 50-100% above what the rest of the country
pays) and bargains on hot cars are hard to get.

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