AUDI Issue of European Car

["Richard Haroutunian" <Richard_Haroutunian@inso.com>]

Does annoys else have the latest issue of EC?

It's an all-Audi issue, and it is pretty good.  I was sort of pissed off at
the tone of the S4/S6 article and coupla other things, though.  I mean,
even the first line said something like-- 'if you're looking for a
super-car, this isn't it.'

It just seems like every article about Audis written in EC has some sort of
negative tone.  Anyone else notice this?

They include the S4/S6 in the 'Ultra Buy' selection, and then they poke at
it and highlight comparisons with other cars which makes it look bad.  For
instance, one line said something like, ' these cars get driven frequently,
many owners use the cars when the weather is too rough for their 911s' --
I'm paraphrasing of course, but you get the jist.  They also basically
implied that the S4/ could really be a great car if you modify it.

I mean, if it's really an Ultra-Buy, then talk about how !$^%#%@!! n great
the car is, no?

The rest of the magazine has articles about the new S4, a hypo TT (MTM
version), and then a time line of the oldies to the newest cars.  I
thought the time line was weak too.  They had a single paragraph on the
Quattro, and the rest were all b&w photos of the older cars.  No mention of
the 87-91 10v and 20v turbo quattros, etc.  No mention of the S2 and
FrankS-- which I though was lame --(although they did a nice piece on Frank
a few months back)..

Also, there was a tease for us 5KCSTQ owners/enthusiasts-- there was a nice
picture of a red 5KCSTQ in the contents section- and it led me to believe
there may be an article about the car.

Not even close.. The picture was in the 'Personals' section where they
feature EC reader's cars..and poke fun at them!

Sorry for the venting here, but if IMHO if you're going to devote an entire
issue of a magazine to Audis-- then do it right dammit! I was so PSYCHED
when I pulled that thing out of my mailbox, yet so disappointed as I read
on.

I guess I should probably just be thankful they even considered an all-Audi
issue!

Richard
87 5KCSTQ
85 4KSQ
82 VW Cabriolet
97 Landcruiser