Re: Post Whoring Thread 3.0 - Bill loves zee Germans, forget you W-Body guys
Only downside is...Bill's car won't break. And, the Quattro will keep moving the power to different wheels to keep them from breaking loose. It is the most advanced AWD system on the planet after all. You should see the video of the Touareg pulling the 747...it shows the AWD switch back and forth between the wheels for traction.
I ain't lookin to mash ANYbody's toes but has there ever been an advertising claim that wasn't true, like the 747 ad? Pontiac advertised wide track for decades but it was only a word, no meaning. For example.
The AWD comment I'll have to approach gently in an effort to NOT offend. Seriously, no lie and hope to die. I'm a little shocked. Even the old lady drivers around here know AWD is what they
don't want because 4WD gets them where they have to be and spankin new AWD fails, to their dismay. Verifiable on paved or dirt, fact in this human's world. Doesn't "break" for them, but fails to perform as advertised and paid for. And like their old 4WD rig still will, in their arthritic but manual -shifting hands. AWD makes them eternally angry with the salesperson who blew smoke up their ass to unload em and get a check. Imagine buying a new AWD and can't get home on thin-iced pavement. I'd be furious, and thats how it affects them. Stuck with something useless to the purpose it was purchased for, and by the time you find out, it ain't returnable so yer hooked.
These ladies cling dearly to anything old enough to drive all four at once if needed. Normally the situation plays out this way- "They wouldn't give me enough for my old one so I hung onto it. Good thing I did because I can't get up my driveway with this new liar-liar mobile!' I know this because I'm the guy who gets to nurse their capable junkers for a pork chop now and then. Jamming 3 plugs in one hole and chuckin sandbags with tedonitis is well... foot work, on plugs at least lol. Anyway-
AWD fail is common knowledge here and heck they sell 2WD trucks at these dealers unlike up north. I thought everybody at least up there knew. Of course the insult after the injury is always "Now I have to get another set of big expensive tires for the old one that cost as much as it's worth!" plus after 20K of gravel roads any odd-sized juicy tire like would be on an AWD is chewed. Then buying tires becomes a constant burden the man never stops hearing about or saving towards because theres eight now.
Old ladies don't like like turning around on steep, slippery places in your neighborhood either, I'd venture. Its often a matter of getting essentials like food and fuel in, and AWD fails. No de-bunking necessary on that statement, hell ask anybody but Bill. I'd be glad to connect you with one of these people, they are pure fire and brimstone about it. I can't even speak on it, know nothing of it because there hasn't been anywhere I had to be that I could not reach with a pegleg 70's intermediate car. Thats what I know, plus what the sermons contained that I recieved when making no distinction between the two drive systems in the company of "AWD burn" victims. Had there been a pulpit nearby it would have been thumped some, its a hot issue for many. A way to sell Tinkertoys for Lincoln Log prices, buyer be-damned.
The "Bill's car won't break"... c'mon now, its an automobile. I could break it with my right foot. Or oh wait, collide with it because that would be forum funny.
Might I add... I used the Regal as a tow truck. Used a half ton truck as a full ton or better and ... I'm not afraid of a GP, even if it is older and solid.
The affluent have few calls for fear... discard imperfect or unwanted item, buy new. Build over landfill, repeat. In fear of money hurt, send youth to kill. That mentality is our worst enemy and must have gotten started when people went from needing ammunition to needing currency to feel safe. Not saying thats you, Bill. I don't know and won't guess. Often I do say that which quacks and waddles is probably duck. Anyhoo-
For the record and to provide plenty of scat to fling at the die-hard... Pics. I woulda kept going but ran out of po-man memory space. Lots of people will stand next to the car and swear to me its something or worth something... Its neither, but what others see matters not. I value it more like an heirloom rifle than a muscle-era survivor. I can tell its mine by the unique set of defects ha ha. I made it this way but during my best years so theres not much chance of another anything cool. The GP wasn't expensive. Fate will end our run but I hope to hold it until then. It too, was discarded but she got lucky in the Tom Petty sense of the words.
I'm going on break now, enjoy.
