RE: Oink Oink! Woof Woof!

["Gordon Bird" <gobird@vbe.com>]

Must be a dealer, as that is buying over 4 cars per year.


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>150+  wow! how did you do that?  I am only 17 and herring that
>makes me look
>forward to my life of owning a many number of great cars.....
>
>Jeryd
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Mike Arman <armanmik@n-jcenter.com>
>To: <quattro@audifans.com>
>Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 2:36 PM
>Subject: Oink Oink! Woof Woof!
>
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>|
>| I've noticed (between the intercooler-at-home thread and the
>| crash-into-baby-buggy thread) a certain ground swell of infighting about
>| the relative merits of the 4K and 5K models, with the 4K guys calling 5Ks
>| "pigs" and "dogs".
>|
>| Guess what - the cars are DIFFERENT - this kind of infighting is
>| non-productive, and convinces no one of anything.
>|
>| It is a case of using the right tool for the job - no single car can do
>| EVERYTHING well. If you're autocrossing, you want a 4K, if you're highway
>| cruising, you want a 5K, and if you have nine kids, three dogs,
>a boat and
>| camper, you want a V-8 SUV. Saying the 4K is a hunk of junk because it
>| can't seat nine and pull a trailer is absurd - as is the same statement
>| about the SUV because the lap time at Lime Rock was four minutes instead
>of
>| 58 seconds - the cars are DIFFERENT and have different purposes.
>|
>| Since I was 18 (I'm now 53), I've owned over 150 cars - a small sample
>| includes: XKE, XK120, XK140, Lotus Elan, 356 Porsche, MGA, Sprite,
>Corvair,
>| El Camino, Econoline, Fiat 500 (!), 280SL, 300SEL 4.5, 57 Chevvy
>2 dr V-8,
>| Wabbit, Bug convertible, VW van, Dodge van, Ovlov 444, coupla
>Studebakers,
>| Saab Sonnet, other Saabs, and dozens of other cars like 2 and 4 door
>| Amurric'n sedans and so forth.
>|
>| The fact that I couldn't park the Dodge van in a space only big
>enough for
>| the Fiat 500 hardly makes the Dodge a "pig", and the fact that the Fiat
>| wouldn't haul two BMW motorcycles, two people, and all their stuff at 70
>| MPH on the interstate doesn't make IT a dog.
>|
>| Use the right tool for the job and you'll be happy. 4Ks are better for
>| autocrossing, 5Ks are happier on the highways.
>|
>| A few weeks ago, I drove a 1996 Chevvy Suburban - loaded, and I mean
>| loaded, leather seats, dual air, monster tires and mag wheels, the works,
>| and I went for a 600 mile interstate cruise. Set the cruise control, set
>| the autopilot, set the alarm clock, and it wakes you when you get there -
>| just walk past the tennis courts next to the jacuzzi, to the bedroom and
>go
>| to sleep! Two things: Don't try to go around any turns, and you have to
>not
>| mind 14 MPG - all in all, a pretty impressive vehicle for something based
>| on a pickup truck!
>|
>| But it doesn't ring my bell - (didn't expect it to), and I'm keeping my
>| pair of 5Ks, because they are the right tools for the jobs I have.
>|
>| Best Regards,
>|
>| Mike Arman
>|
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