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At 05:04 PM 1/22/02 -0800, Wayne Woollard wrote: >I gave it considerable thought: and I do mean considerable. After 2 >Fords, 3 GM's and a number of >Dodges, of which I still have one, I just bought a Honda Odyssey. Smart man. Hondas are just amazing machines. Take it from the man who used to have one. It just started every morning, and went like hell, and seemed to want to be totally neglected. (Civic Si, heir apparent to the Mini Cooper.) Fast forward five years, and I look out front and see 3 AUDIs. It started with my wife's 40th birthday present to herself, a 1998 rag-top. Then, when it was in for service (which was a LOT) the dealer would give us an A4 or A6 loaner. Against my better judgement, I was hooked, and an A4 2.8 Avant wagon followed me home. So much for common sense. Then the wife's daily-driver Camry said 'enough!' after 10 years of service. Rust out. We drove everything from Civics to Lexuses (Lexi?) All were nice. But none felt like home. Then, this A4 1.8 turbo just followed us home... ...then I took the Avant in for a persnickity alarm and there was this S4 2.7 bi-turbo Mustang-killer of a wagon saying, 'don't invest in the 50,000 mile service on that old wagon, take ME home instead.' Well, you know. So now I cruise around town in a silly station wagon that does 0-60 in 6 and will climb up a ice-covered driveway like a Jeep. It will also out-run any Ercoupe ever made. In truth, at those speeds it feels just as solid as an Ercoupe. Actually, it'll cruise all day with a Cessna 182... It's a bad addiction. These cars are German, they vant vhat they vant vhen they vant it, and vhat they vant is $90.00/hour at the dealer. On top of that, a local gang has 'steal an S4 AUDI' as their standard initiation, so the S4 drivers in the area have all sorts of complex kill switch customizations installed, meaning you can't start the damned car without patting your head rubbing your tummy and jumping up and down on one foot first. And don't even THINK of doing any more than changing oil yourself. These things have so many systems and brains they make a bizjet look primitive by comparison. No, do as I say, not as I do. Buy a Honda. If you can't do that, then buy a Ford. Or a Toyota (made in Canada). For gods sake, get a VW, same car for 20% less money. I was raised dumb. We kept buying English cars. Obviously, having no damned sense about cars is hereditary. (Ob Ercoupe: okay, actually the thing is, the AUDIs drive like an Ercoupe flies. They just feel right. Somewhere in this group there's a Bimmer driver. They're going to say the same thing.) Really, just go buy an Accord, or Civic, Odyssey, or CR-V and be done with it. CR-V is a really nice little 4x4 SUV. While you're at it, marry a homely woman and trade the Ercoupe for a 172. Greg ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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