On Sat, 15 Aug 2009, CP Miller wrote:

> Steve Thompson wrote:
>> On Sun, 26 Jul 2009, John Smith wrote:
>>
>>> The point was - that Audi being such a good car
>>> in technical terms, has ugly design of the front.
>>
>> Personally I think it is the nicest front end they have ever had.
> As do I.

I liked the new car so much in fact that I just took delivery of a 2010 A4
(upstate NY). I still have a 2002 A4.

Steve

 

OH9EH4 wrote:
> k1e1v1i1n;111517 Wrote:
>> acura's front clip is the uglyest . i guess unless u like transformers
>> alot .
>
> I totally agree. It looks like they slapped a stainless steel frying
> pan on the front. Audi's have an elegance about them. I notice everybody
> looks at a BMW when it drives by thinking "Man, that guy must be rich".
> Then an AUDI drives by and they think "Man, that's a nice car."
>
> Point is, it's not about a status symbol with Audi. It is the quaint
> Bruce Banner until you step on the pedal and make it angry.. out comes
> roaring the Hulk.
>
> (IMO)

Doesn't work that way in the UK. Here Audi drivers have a bigger image
problem than most. It used to be BMW drivers who were considered to be
the most self-important idiots on the road, but in the last few years
Audi drivers seem to have taken the baton and they're running with it.

Doesn't help that Audi have fitted daytime running lights to their new
cars, and that the new cars are the ones being driven by the *****. Now
they're likely to cut you up in traffic and be glaringly obvious doing so.

There are a whole load of badly driven Q7s, R8s and RS6s around here.

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On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, Pete M wrote:

> Doesn't help that Audi have fitted daytime running lights to their new cars,

I can't speak to the 2009's, but the 2010's have switchable daytime
running lights, at least in the US. I've turned mine off.

Steve

 

Steve Thompson wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, Pete M wrote:
>
>> Doesn't help that Audi have fitted daytime running lights to their new
>> cars,
>
> I can't speak to the 2009's, but the 2010's have switchable daytime
> running lights, at least in the US. I've turned mine off.

I wondered if they were switchable, but I've not noticed any with them
off. That could be because the ones that are on are so easily spotted,
and from what I've observed, pretty badly driven.

Then again, when I've had Volvos I've always turned the bloody things off.

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'62 Rover P4 100
'61 Rover P5 3 litre
'72 Rover P6 3500 Auto
'78 Escort 1300 Sport
'99 Audi A6 V6 Quattro Avant


"It's an Alfa, it will go wrong, it will **** you off, why should your
Alfa experience be different from everyone else's.
Now get back out there and swear at it before something else breaks."

 

Pete M <pete.murray@SPAMFREEblueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> OH9EH4 wrote:
> > k1e1v1i1n;111517 Wrote:
> >> acura's front clip is the uglyest . i guess unless u like transformers
> >> alot .
> >
> > I totally agree. It looks like they slapped a stainless steel frying
> > pan on the front. Audi's have an elegance about them. I notice everybody
> > looks at a BMW when it drives by thinking "Man, that guy must be rich".
> > Then an AUDI drives by and they think "Man, that's a nice car."
> >
> > Point is, it's not about a status symbol with Audi. It is the quaint
> > Bruce Banner until you step on the pedal and make it angry.. out comes
> > roaring the Hulk.
> >
> > (IMO)
>
> Doesn't work that way in the UK. Here Audi drivers have a bigger image
> problem than most. It used to be BMW drivers who were considered to be
> the most self-important idiots on the road, but in the last few years
> Audi drivers seem to have taken the baton and they're running with it.
>
For now I think it is regional (though ing with the help of Top
Gear) generally round here I think most people still think it is the BMW
drivers that are *****.

> Doesn't help that Audi have fitted daytime running lights to their new
> cars, and that the new cars are the ones being driven by the *****. Now
> they're likely to cut you up in traffic and be glaringly obvious doing so.
>
Yeah this probably doesn't help as the headlights scream Audi whereas if
you weren't paying attention the BMWs could easily have been something
else.

> There are a whole load of badly driven Q7s, R8s and RS6s around here.

Not so many of those around here, which is probably why for now we Audi
drivers haven't got that bad a reputation.
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