Re: 95.5(*) S6 FS in Rochester, NY

[Phil and Judy Rose <pjrose@servtech.com>]

I'd have to say that either the salesman and I were not communicating well,
or he (like many salesman--Osman and Dave excepted) is very adept at
earnestly promoting things that just "ain't so." He was hell bent on
impressing me about the rarity of that car, and his assertion was (1)the S6
is scarce,(2) the 95.5 model is an S6 subset, and moreover the EDL version
is an even smaller (100 cars) subset. Blah!

So, if I understand correctly the feedback I've seen: All of the S6 cars
designated as 95.5 models (i.e. pseudo '96) came with the Quattro IV (EDL)
setup. Moreover, an S6 is qualified to be termed a "95.5 model" if and only
if (IFF, a mathematician would say) it has the EDL system.

I oughta be able to remember that. :)

Phil

>-----Original Message-----
>Snip
> The point of my story
>>was to describe a 95.5 S6 with Quattro IV EDL. Is that a well-known variant
>>(of that model) or not?
>>
>>Phil
>__________________
>
>The answer is that only the cognoscenti know the difference.
>
>No diff lock switch,
>Cigarette lighter moved to where diff lock switch used to be to make room
>for wider Bose head unit,
>Solid headrests (although some late '95 S6s had these too),
>Some '95.5s came with cloth door panels as opposed to vinyl (I've seen one
>sedan that came equipped this way).
>
>And Obviously the different quattro system, but this is hard to spot from
>the outside unless you are really good.
>
>In the US the '95.5 S6 is basically a '96 S6 except Audi chose to call it a
>'95.5 to skirt around OBD II compliance issues. This is a transcript of how
>it went down at the factory...
>
>Hans: Vat it von't pass ze OBD II regulations?
>Werner: Don't vorry about it. Ve vill just call it a '95.5!
>Hans: Das ist sehr gut!
>
>Gotta love those loopholes. Too bad they couldn't keep calling later models
>'95.5s and keep bringing them in. Maybe even sneak a few 4.2L V8 versions in
>too.
>
>Frank--


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