Re: Newsflash : New A4 is HERE & In Dealers

["randrews" <randrews@post.cis.smu.edu>]

They are NOT HID lamps....they are projection lamps, still halogen but look
like Xenon...until you turn them on.
For HID lamps for the A4 still have to go to LLTek or Art.Xenon, but from
what I heard LLTek is the way to go...that's where I'm getting mine :)
Later!
Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: George Achorn <coolidge@tidalwave.net>
To: Jamie Vondruska <jamie@vwvortex.com>; doug <doug@vwvortex.com>; chuck
<chuck@vwvortex.com>; Audi <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 9:04 PM
Subject: Newsflash : New A4 is HERE & In Dealers


>I apologize if this is old news, but I am pretty sure it is not. I stopped
>by Autohaus VW Audi Porsche in Lancaster, PA today to pick up a european
>license plate frame and happened to glance at a silver A4 w/ sport package
>parked right in front of the main entrance. Something seemed odd and my
well
>trained VW-Audi geek eyes went straight to the lower foglights. Hey Now.
>Then I looked at the headlights. HIDs ?!?!?!? Then the door handles and
>clear euro sidemarkers straight off an A6...... taillights different. Holy
>crap. I didn't know dealers would have them this early since the car debuts
>at the NY auto show in about a week and a half.
>
>I didn't have much time to ponder, but I looked at the sticker quickly.
>Price is $34,000 and the car had at least the sport package, sunroof, and a
>V6, I forgot to check for quattro. I was still dumbfounded and mesmerized
by
>the HIDs and the lower foglights. The car looks badass. Maybe I can go and
>throw my VWvortex credentials next week and get a spin in it. I wouldn't
>mind getting an evening shot with the lights lit up. There don't seem to be
>any of those in the Audi press database.
>
>George
>VWvortex
>http://www.vwvortex.com
>
>