Re: New Order

[rjandrew@post.cis.smu.edu (R Justin Andrews)]

> >>>He was obviously
> of the school of thought that the more aftermarket stuff you throw
> on the car the more "cool" it becomes.  To him I seem to have committed
> mortal sin by appreciating a fine car just as it is...<<<
> 
Wait you forgot the two most important mods!!
colored fog lights that blind on-coming traffic and racing stripes!!
I always sorta kid with people that have the stripes....
me : "You like racing stripes ?"
honda driver: "yeah"
me: "what's that do for resale value"
honda driver: (dumb look and explains that it is removable)

anyways, I try to show these morons what a real car is but their idea of mods
are purple fi lines, blue headlights, clear tail lights, a huge tach, 
ad of course so sort of huge decal such as "OUTLAW"   
I actually was signalled to stop one time by some guy in a jetta whom was
with this crowd and I talked to a couple people but everyone sort of looked
at the 4kq funny... 
I had one guy try to explain to me how his racing clutch was going bad 
because he had 10k miles on it...
These guys really don't have a clue about cars for the most part....

Sorry to vent...
I just don't understand some of the "mods" that people do unneccesarily..
they ruin perfectly good vehicles..
Later!
Rich Andrews
rjandrew@post.cis.smu.edu
> This is the same school of thought that believes a suspension that still has
> vertical travel is unacceptable, and a tire that has more than an inch of
> sidewall is a waste.  The same fools who run neon under their cars and have
> stereos with a frequency range between 35 and 125 Hz.  Morons...every last
> one of them...  I really hope your wrong that these are the Audi drivers of
> the future.  Although, I've seen a growing number of slammed and chopped
> older BMWs running around....
> 
> Dan Sinclair
> 1988 Audi 90, 68K mi.
> Photo and details online at:
> http://131.107.68.28/a4.org/registry/details.asp?car=761
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> [mailto:owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net]On Behalf Of Ti Kan
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 8:05 AM
> To: John Cunningham
> Cc: Audi Mailing List
> Subject: Re: New Order
> 
> 
> John Cunningham writes:
> > > > 2.8's are for A4 owners that don't wave (and need to feel that they
> > > > bought the 'better, top-of-the-line model').    ;^)
> > >
> > > Oooh those are fightin words...
> > >
> > i was _waiting_ for some heat on that one...
> 
> You know, I actually agree with you.  Besides those who bought A4s
> as personal appliances, there are some A4 owners that were probably
> Hondacura transplants (you know, the slammed to the ground, tin-can
> muffler variety).  They brought along a certain attitude and mentality...
> 
> I got this really bizarre e-mail from a young  A4 1.8T owner, flaming me
> for posting pics of my un-modded A4 on my web site.  He was obviously
> of the school of thought that the more aftermarket stuff you throw
> on the car the more "cool" it becomes.  To him I seem to have committed
> mortal sin by appreciating a fine car just as it is...
> 
> Hmmph.
> 
> -Ti
> 96 A4 2.8 quattro
> 84 5000S 2.1 turbo
> 80 4000 2.0
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