Re: Ah, that's why I bought an Audi

[John Courtney <dendrite@sbt.infi.net>]

On the other hand, he could reasonably modify an M3 and have a really impressive vehicle that would
be appreciated by both of you!

John C

Phil Payne wrote:

> In message <ED8503DBCF43D1118EA800A0C927B9F267E464@newman.mitre.org> "McCarthy, Edward" writes:
>
> > At a light he asks me what mods I've done to the car.  I report none (I just
> > got the car in August and haven't decided on a chip mod yet).  He exclaims
> > that can't be true, as his BMW is far superior to an Audi, and there's
> > nothing different in my car that should let me catch him around a curve like
> > that.  "Driver is" I respond as the light turns green and I pull away.
>
> I really savoured the moment that the 328i driver (who'd spun and rolled
> his car trying to follow me through the twisties) said: "I wasn't going
> so fast - you were pulling away from me."
>
> "Yeah - but that's a quattro."
>
> Golden opportunity.  Thomas (my son, who was with me at the time) and
> I have been wondering ever since: his BMW is a write-off - will he buy
> a quattro?
>
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