Steve Grauman

>No wonder everyone
>can afford big *** SUVs and sportscars over there. For the price
>

The average household income in the U.S. is less than $40,000 a year USD. You
guys make a lot more than we do on average to help with the added cost of
living in Europe. A $100,000 a year income here in the U.S. won't make you very
rich, but it will put you *well* above the national average and allow more
freedom than most get.

REInvestments

"-=EHH=-" <e.heusinkveld@home.nl> wrote in message
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>
> "REInvestments" <nospam@yahoo.com> schreef in bericht
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> >
> > "-=EHH=-" <e.heusinkveld@home.nl> wrote in message
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> > > <snip>
> > >
> > > What I want of my new car is comfort (and german build); I don't want
or
> > > need a 300+hp car. I just want to be able to drive safe comfortably.
And
> I
> > > don't use the car alot (my old A6 has done less than 60K km ~about 40K
> mls
> > > in the past 5 years)
> >
> > Why don't you buy my 99 S420 Mercedes? 57,000 miles. Built like a
> bank
> > vault. V-8. Most comfortable car on the road. 4 new tires, new
front
> > brakes, perfect mechanically, perfect interior, clean to excellent
> exterior.
> > Dark Blue exterior, Gray Leather interior. 6 CD changer, plus a
million
> > convenience gadgets (e.g. self closing doors, trunk, integral phone,
bose
> > stereo-- it's an S - Class) I'll sell it to you for $28,000.00 United
> > States Dollars..... you can handle shipping.
> >
> > I have my eye on a 2002 S8 Audi Sedan with 360 hp and 317 torque. But
I
> do
> > want to go fast. : - )
> >
> > Larry
>
> Larry,
>
> Thanks for your kind offer but you have to find funds for the S8 somewhere
> else .
> I think I saw the S8 you are looking for when cruising the internet last
> night (Stevens Creek Audi ?) Very nice. I know of a 2002 S8 (with 25K km)
in
> The Netherlands costing EURO 89500
>
> Actually your Mercedes is a nice car and although I like MB my wife
doesnt!
>
> Good luck purchasing the S8. A very nice car indeed.
>
> Regards,
>
> Edwin

You are exactly correct!! Figuring that the Euro is currently about
$1.27 American, the prices are about equal. Stevens Creek wants $62,000 for
theirs in U.S. Dollars. If they would pay me my $28,000 for my 999 S420,
and come down to about $59,000 on theirs, I'd make the reach for it.
Driving it was completely different than my S Class. And I love the
interior. But the price may just be prohibitive. I'm sure they will sell
it. There aren't many around in Northern California, USA. But I just
can't make myself reach for the price.
>
>

REInvestments

"Mike Smith" <mike_UNDERSCORE_smith@acm.DOT.org> wrote in message
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> REInvestments wrote:
> >
> > Why don't you buy my 99 S420 Mercedes? 57,000 miles. Built like a
bank
> > vault. V-8. Most comfortable car on the road. 4 new tires, new
front
> > brakes, perfect mechanically, perfect interior, clean to excellent
exterior.
> > Dark Blue exterior, Gray Leather interior. 6 CD changer, plus a
million
> > convenience gadgets (e.g. self closing doors, trunk, integral phone,
bose
> > stereo-- it's an S - Class) I'll sell it to you for $28,000.00 United
> > States Dollars..... you can handle shipping.
>
> Why so cheap? Can I swap ya for an '03 Passat GLX and a box o' donuts?


Because there is an S-8 with 22,000 miles at a local dealer that I don't
think will stay there very long, which I would love to buy if I could free
up enough funds.

Plus, I'm trying not to eat donuts. At my age, they tend to stick with
you. : - )

Michael Burman

-=EHH=- wrote:
>>

Nope, there's no official information and not too much unofficial
information either from new A6. One car-magazine had pictures of new A6,
but I seriously hope they were fakes, sine the car looked plain ugly

- Yak

-=EHH=-

"Michael Burman" <yak@iki-fi.invalid> schreef in bericht
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> Nope, there's no official information and not too much unofficial
> information either from new A6. One car-magazine had pictures of new A6,
> but I seriously hope they were fakes, sine the car looked plain ugly

Are any of those pictures online?
Interiour pictures?
I drove (well I sat next to the diver) an BMW 740 diesel today and although
I dont like the 7 ext. and int., that V8 diesel engine is nice. And almost
running unnoticable (sp?) and the gearshifts are very very smooth !

Nice weekend everybody

Edwin

Michael Burman

-=EHH=- wrote:
> Are any of those pictures online?

Not that I know, but it looked like massive old-Russian-style limousine.
Hard to describe, but it didn't please eye and looked pretty big,
perhaps even bigger and clumsier than it really is.

> Interiour pictures?

No. Remains a mystery.

> I drove (well I sat next to the diver) an BMW 740 diesel today and although
> I dont like the 7 ext. and int., that V8 diesel engine is nice. And almost
> running unnoticable (sp?) and the gearshifts are very very smooth !

Have you considered 500-serie? The same engine & gears should be
available there, and the car looks pretty nice after a while. I know it
divides opinions, but it's a BMW

- Yak