Re: bashing Detroit

[JShadzi@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/8/99 10:15:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
macatawa@hotmail.com writes:

<<  We aren’t so much loyal to Audi, as believe after much 
 experience the q is the best used AWD car for the $ and effort.  We’re 
 enthusiasts, the type dealers hate.  We aren’t easily swayed by smoke and 
 mirrors or brand loyalty, definitely not PODS. >>

	I totally agree.  PODS are the ones who not only will go and buy a 
car their first time out, they are also the ones who will, at the first sign 
of break down, drop their car off at the dealer and give them a blank check 
whenever there is a problem.  We are the ones calling the dealers for Part 
#s, asking all kinds of questions, then going to TPC when we really want 
something.  I may be loyal to Used Audis, but that does AoA no good 
whatsoever.  I am loyal to quattro, Audi's racing legacy, style, 
functionality, and performance/tuning possibilities (once massaged a little), 
and the relative rareness of the cars.  It would pain me in a way to see 
someone else driving my car multiple times every day.  These loyalties may be 
to "Audi" cars, but not really to AoA, they do not know I even exist, and 
after about 3 years, the same happens with their cars.
Javad Shadzi