RE: 1970 510!!

[Ed Kellock <EKellock@placemakers.co.nz>]

I think it's simply because it was a Vega, a wholly inferior car to the
Datsun 510...

How's that for throwing down the gloves?

Audi content?  Well, a friend I knew when I owned the 510 bought a new
'81 or '82 Coupe and I was hooked.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	William Elliott
> [SMTP:CN=William.Elliott/OU=MKE/OU=CORP/O=MMS#064#MMS%lngw@wtgw.corp.m
> ei.com]
> Sent:	Friday, October 09, 1998 3:22 AM
> To:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject:	Re: 1970 510!!
> 
>  
> > >I'd love to
> > >have an S6, no question about it.  It sure would beat the hell out
> of
> > >the 1970 Datsun 510 that I had when I was 19.
> > 
> > No way.  Cool car.  And to quote a columnist in AutoWeek, it's far
> more fun to
> > drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow...
> 
> <<So why do I enjoy staying ticket free (almost! damn!) in my Audi
> more
> than I did raising he** in my Vega?
> 
> same size engine, same mpg, what gives?>>
> 
> Huw, I may be wrong, but I think this phenomenon is called "age".
> 
> Bill Elliott
> Lake Mills, WI