Fwd: cameraderie?

[Michael Zamarocy <mhdavion@earthlink.net>]

>   I've seen some posts refering to cameraderie between Audi owners, 
>some deriding the general public that seems to have caught on to the4 
>many virtues of the A4. All I can say is that as I drive around, the 
>only peaple I really see driving Audis tend to be yuppie houswives in 
>100 s's or earlier A6's, with some men also driving the same models, or 
>maybee the occasional S4 or S6 thrown in for good measure.  Though I try 
>to wave or otherwise show brotherhood, I am always ignored. I get more 
>attention from Porsche drivers{usually asking if my tornado red 87.5 CGT 
>is for sale.  What gives?  So what if I'm a shaved headed, goateed, 
>30-something that doesn't wear a suit.  It almost makes me want to sell 
>my coupe{although I LOVE the car} and get an Alfa Romeo.  At least you 
>REALLY have to be a car guy to drive one of those.  Come to think about 
>it, I didn't see a heck of a lot of headlights flashing when I had a 
>164. Maybee I should just shut up and enjoy the car.......
>
>
>Mark Busse


I think the days of flashing lights or waving, let alone stopping to BS are
long gone. And if you look at it, I think they stopped when there were no
more British Sports Cars (MG, Triumph, and the OLD Lotus - Elan, Elite,
Europa). The beginning of the death of comradrie could probably be blamed
on the Japanese Import invasion. Cause once folks started to by the
240Z(+), they no longer had a car that fell apart, or had to look all over
hell to find parts. It was a "Cadillac" of sports cars, you could just jump
in and turn the key, hell, it even had AC!!!!!!

And to see at what lengths the Japanese went to COPY the English Sports
Cars, just look at the Miata. It looks like a Lotus Elan, but doesn't fall
apart like one. But the REAL kicker is that they went around and tape
recorded various exhaust sounds of sports cars, and BUILT their muffler to
simulate the sound! The actual sound of a stock Miata exhaust is faked! And
trust me, Paul Rivera can back me up on this, it can be made to sound like
anything you want!

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Thanks
Mike Z