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Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 18:35:23 +0200
From: "JP Roberts" <1234nospamo.com>
Subject: Re: Cost of repair Audi BMW Saab...(crossposting)


"C.R. Krieger" <warp2_shadownospamo.com> escribiÛ en el mensaje news:a8a578a8.0405120803.38a3bf9fnospaming.google.com... > "JP Roberts" <1234nospamo.com> wrote in message news:<c7pvdf$itm$1nospam.ya.com>... > > > > Your definition of handling superbly does not tally with the fact when I go > > skiing I can often find BMW drivers stranded or looking for their chains. > > I've driven RWD and can tell you again it's pretty close to useless in > > really bad weather. > > While the BMWs you *don't* see are the 'Xi AWD cars that beat you > there ... If it's really slippery, and given the same driver and tyres and similar engines, Quattro still beats your Xi. > > > Z rated tires for any of these cars cost the same amount of money and are > > > available at reasonable prices. Tires for BMWs are no more expensive. > > > > But you will need to replace the rear ones much more often, if you enjoy > > spirited driving on winding roads, that is. We all know it is winding roads > > that are good fun. > > And some of us know that twisty roads, autocrossing, and driving speed > events on race tracks wears out the *front* tires a lot more than it > does the rears - unless your idea of 'spirited driving' includes lots > of burnouts. It's worst on FWDs. > And some other ones of us know that if you go drifting on an M3, which is my point, and what really good drivers and real BMWs are best at, my argument still holds perfectly true. > > At the end of your BMW life you will probably have spent more money on tyres > > for your BMW than I will have on my Quattro gear. > > Actually, the end of *my* BMW life will have included driving Audi > Quattros (including turbos) for 14 years, lots of fun FWDs *and* lots > of RWD and a few AWD BMWs - not to mention our current Jaguar X-Type > AWD (a 3.0 5-speed Sport, so you can forget trotting out your tired > old 'but they're slow and have bad autoboxes' line). Of the lot, I > found the Audis (at least all of them after the first 4000/90Q) to be > the most boring. Even my Fiat 128 was more entertaining - when it > ran. ;^) Quite possibly true, but Audis may still probably be the safest of all of those. > C.R. Krieger > (Been there; done that)

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