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Re: where does Audi fit?
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Re: where does Audi fit? -
07-10-2003
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I remember a survey a few years ago which disclosed that 70% of BMW owners never bothered to test their cars prior to purchase. And those which were given the opportunity to test other marques then thought the BMW the inferior choice. Ah, the power of marketing.  |
in 1996 I tested the A4 (fwd) back-to-back with the BMW 3 series. The
BMW felt just like any other tin can (it didn't really feel much
different to driving a Ford), but the A4 felt much more solid - a
feeling of luxury. When hurrying the cars around the back lanes, both
felt to be equally controllable. This is from someone who never
expected to feel comfortable with fwd!
My RS6 is my third Audi, and I have also converted my wife to Audis.
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Peter Bell - peter (AT) bellfamily (DOT) org.uk
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and I have also converted my wife to Audis.^ |
;-)
SCNR
Wolfgang
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Peter Bell wrote: and I have also converted my wife to Audis.^ How many did you get for her? |
to change my A6 2.7 for the RS6.
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Peter Bell - peter (AT) bellfamily (DOT) org.uk
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and I have also converted my wife to Audis.^ How many did you get for her? Haha - only one (so far!). But I'm still amazed that she 'allowed' me to change my A6 2.7 for the RS6. Was that the 2.7T? |
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What was that like for reliability? |
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I've heard loads of horror stories about that 2.7T engine (though it must be pretty rapid when it's working properly). |
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And have your cars been Estates or saloons? |
had a rear hatch.
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I'm seriously thinking about getting an early shape A6 Avant with the 5-pot 2.5TDI bhp engine (and 6-speed box), |
a comfortable and rapid car, with good longevity.
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and then at some point upgrade to an RS6 (if + when I become seriously loaded!). |
to find that a large estate car can outrun them so easily!
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Peter Bell - peter (AT) bellfamily (DOT) org.uk
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"wayne" <smartbucks (AT) start (DOT) com> skrev i melding news:3f0d152a$1_1 (AT) news (DOT) iprimus.com.au... Hi guys If BMW is a sporty luxury German brand and Mercedes is a luxury but more conservative older businessmans car, then you have Volvo,(boring but less so now) Saab (individual, almost eccentric but less so now post GM) and Alfa (sporty, fun and daring), where does Audi fit in exactly? What im trying to find out is what is the image of Audis' cars and what type of poeple buy them? Her in my country, at least, BMWs are gangmobiles, while MBs are taxis, and Lexus almost non-existant. So................. Audi is the obvious alternative. I suppose that you do not want the cops to stop you and check you constantly, or that people all the time shout "Taxi!" after you. So, there you are.................. |
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Good at Q cars - see RS 6, S4 Avant etc - which really shift. |
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I've heard loads of horror stories about that 2.7T engine (though it must be pretty rapid when it's working properly). Yep, it was reasonably quick, but the RS6 is something else! |
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And have your cars been Estates or saloons? I haven't had a 3-box saloon since 1980 - all my cars since then have had a rear hatch. I'm seriously thinking about getting an early shape A6 Avant with the 5-pot 2.5TDI bhp engine (and 6-speed box), If you have the choice, go for the 140bhp, rather than 115. Certainly a comfortable and rapid car, with good longevity. |
while they may not be entirely accurate, they're probably about right
relative to each other, and there's not one single redeeming feature about
the 115bhp version compared to the 140bhp. I suppose they probably lowered
the price to shift them once the 140bhp version arrived. The top speed,
0-60, economy - absolutely everything, are all worse than the 140.
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and then at some point upgrade to an RS6 (if + when I become seriously loaded!). It is fun - many other drivers seem surprised (and some quite annoyed) to find that a large estate car can outrun them so easily! |
might get that and a Lotus Carlton. I've also got this crazy idea of
transplanting everything from a Lotus Carlton into a Carlton Estate (bar a
few obvious saloon/estate differences).
Peter
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SLowther01 wrote: Good at Q cars - see RS 6, S4 Avant etc - which really shift. Where does that term come from - "Q-car" or "Q-ship"? Anyone know? |
fact they were heavily armed gun platforms. They were often used to try to
draw u-boats to the surface to fire on them with guns (and thus spare their
torpedoes) whereupon the Q-ship would suddenly spring to action and blow the
u-boat out of the water...
By any other words, they were "wolves in sheep's clothing". The analogy to
cars is then fairly clear...
/daytripper
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On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 13:16:33 -0400, Mike Smith mike_UNDERSCORE_smith (AT) acm (DOT) DOT.org> wrote: SLowther01 wrote: Good at Q cars - see RS 6, S4 Avant etc - which really shift. Where does that term come from - "Q-car" or "Q-ship"? Anyone know? A WW-II construct, "Q-ships" appeared to be common merchant freighters when in fact they were heavily armed gun platforms. They were often used to try to draw u-boats to the surface to fire on them with guns (and thus spare their torpedoes) whereupon the Q-ship would suddenly spring to action and blow the u-boat out of the water... By any other words, they were "wolves in sheep's clothing". The analogy to cars is then fairly clear... /daytripper |
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