Touchy, Touchy, Touchy ...

I meant no insult to anyone. I would never insult anyone who loves Audis as
much as I do. I apologize to anyone who thought I was insulting them.

I was merely expressing my opinion that I didn't like to be in a position
where I had to convince myself to love the styling... I thought the styling
should grab me immediately, not have to be something I had to work at.

By the way, I recently saw a Silver A6 in the new style and I have to agree
with an earlier post that it actually looks pretty darn good in that
color -- somehow it just works very well together in Silver.

Anyway, there's no use wasting time sniping at each other -- get out and
Drive!

Never Follow OOOO


"Mike Smith" <mikeUNDERSCOREsmith@acm.org> wrote in message
news:126f7kokcqk5e9d@news.supernews.com...
> TonyKiz wrote:
> > It's obvious that there are some strong opinions on the subject. My
> > intention was just to get them out in the open rather than tippy-toeing
> > around the subject.
>
> It seems to me that you could have done that without insulting other
> people. "In denial"? Where the hell do you get off?
>
> --
> Mike Smith

 

Touchy, Touchy, Touchy ...

I meant no insult to anyone. I would never insult anyone who loves Audis as
much as I do. I apologize to anyone who thought I was insulting them.

I was merely expressing my opinion that I didn't like to be in a position
where I had to convince myself to love the styling... I thought the styling
should grab me immediately, not have to be something I had to work at.

By the way, I recently saw a Silver A6 in the new style and I have to agree
with an earlier post that it actually looks pretty darn good in that
color -- somehow it just works very well together in Silver.

Anyway, there's no use wasting time sniping at each other -- get out and
Drive!

Never Follow OOOO


"Mike Smith" <mikeUNDERSCOREsmith@acm.org> wrote in message
news:126f7kokcqk5e9d@news.supernews.com...
> TonyKiz wrote:
> > It's obvious that there are some strong opinions on the subject. My
> > intention was just to get them out in the open rather than tippy-toeing
> > around the subject.
>
> It seems to me that you could have done that without insulting other
> people. "In denial"? Where the hell do you get off?
>
> --
> Mike Smith

 

Touchy, Touchy, Touchy ...

I meant no insult to anyone. I would never insult anyone who loves Audis as
much as I do. I apologize to anyone who thought I was insulting them.

I was merely expressing my opinion that I didn't like to be in a position
where I had to convince myself to love the styling... I thought the styling
should grab me immediately, not have to be something I had to work at.

By the way, I recently saw a Silver A6 in the new style and I have to agree
with an earlier post that it actually looks pretty darn good in that
color -- somehow it just works very well together in Silver.

Anyway, there's no use wasting time sniping at each other -- get out and
Drive!

Never Follow OOOO


"Mike Smith" <mikeUNDERSCOREsmith@acm.org> wrote in message
news:126f7kokcqk5e9d@news.supernews.com...
> TonyKiz wrote:
> > It's obvious that there are some strong opinions on the subject. My
> > intention was just to get them out in the open rather than tippy-toeing
> > around the subject.
>
> It seems to me that you could have done that without insulting other
> people. "In denial"? Where the hell do you get off?
>
> --
> Mike Smith

 

I really like it. I think it took a little while to get used to but it gives
the car some character or makes it more noticeable.

Ken

--
"Now Phoebe Snow direct can go
from thirty-third to Buffalo.
From Broadway bright the tubes run right
Into the Road of Anthracite"
Erie - Lackawanna



"TonyKiz" <tonykiz@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:%Ym7g.67352$_S7.33896@newssvr14.news.prodigy. com...
> OK, I'm ready to open up a very touchy subject, but is it just me or did
> Audi really blow it with their new styling, especially the single-grill
> front-end? Up until this style change-over Audis were absolute perfection
> in
> terms of understated, perfectly harmonious, smooth lines that said
> elegance,
> class, and timeless beauty. I think that the 2004/2005 A8 had reached the
> peak of automobile perfection -- what an incredibly gorgeous car. THEN
> CAME
> THE HORSE-COLLAR GRILL!!!
>
> We went to the Audi dealer looking to trade up from our 2001 Pearl White
> A4
> beauty to an A6. We looked at the latest offering and just couldn't
> stomach
> the styling, so we bought a Certified 2004 A6 2.7T S-line and we love it's
> performance as well as its looks. The styling is just so right and so
> Audi.
>
> What brings the subject to the fore today is that when I was doing a
> 40-mile
> ride on my mountain bike through some of the wealthy Western suburbs of
> Chicago (Chicago is Audi Country), I saw a number of Audis with the new
> style and they simply did nothing for me, they were so Ho-Hum, and I also
> saw a number of ones in the two-grill style, and they were so much more
> distinctive and appealing.
>
> By the way, As far as the other German cars, I think the new VWs look too
> Toyota Corolla-ish, the new BMWs look too Japanese paper-folded, and,
> aside
> from the really ugly Maybachs, only Mercedes Benz has retained it's
> classic
> good looks in its new models, but that's for other forums and other rants.
> Sorry to go on so long but I have loved Audis and when it comes time to
> trade again, I just can't see myself buying a newer one unless Audi comes
> back to their senses.
>
> Now do you want to know how I really feel??? (joke) Come on, out with it,
> how do YOU feel about all this?
>
>

 

I really like it. I think it took a little while to get used to but it gives
the car some character or makes it more noticeable.

Ken

--
"Now Phoebe Snow direct can go
from thirty-third to Buffalo.
From Broadway bright the tubes run right
Into the Road of Anthracite"
Erie - Lackawanna



"TonyKiz" <tonykiz@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:%Ym7g.67352$_S7.33896@newssvr14.news.prodigy. com...
> OK, I'm ready to open up a very touchy subject, but is it just me or did
> Audi really blow it with their new styling, especially the single-grill
> front-end? Up until this style change-over Audis were absolute perfection
> in
> terms of understated, perfectly harmonious, smooth lines that said
> elegance,
> class, and timeless beauty. I think that the 2004/2005 A8 had reached the
> peak of automobile perfection -- what an incredibly gorgeous car. THEN
> CAME
> THE HORSE-COLLAR GRILL!!!
>
> We went to the Audi dealer looking to trade up from our 2001 Pearl White
> A4
> beauty to an A6. We looked at the latest offering and just couldn't
> stomach
> the styling, so we bought a Certified 2004 A6 2.7T S-line and we love it's
> performance as well as its looks. The styling is just so right and so
> Audi.
>
> What brings the subject to the fore today is that when I was doing a
> 40-mile
> ride on my mountain bike through some of the wealthy Western suburbs of
> Chicago (Chicago is Audi Country), I saw a number of Audis with the new
> style and they simply did nothing for me, they were so Ho-Hum, and I also
> saw a number of ones in the two-grill style, and they were so much more
> distinctive and appealing.
>
> By the way, As far as the other German cars, I think the new VWs look too
> Toyota Corolla-ish, the new BMWs look too Japanese paper-folded, and,
> aside
> from the really ugly Maybachs, only Mercedes Benz has retained it's
> classic
> good looks in its new models, but that's for other forums and other rants.
> Sorry to go on so long but I have loved Audis and when it comes time to
> trade again, I just can't see myself buying a newer one unless Audi comes
> back to their senses.
>
> Now do you want to know how I really feel??? (joke) Come on, out with it,
> how do YOU feel about all this?
>
>

 

I really like it. I think it took a little while to get used to but it gives
the car some character or makes it more noticeable.

Ken

--
"Now Phoebe Snow direct can go
from thirty-third to Buffalo.
From Broadway bright the tubes run right
Into the Road of Anthracite"
Erie - Lackawanna



"TonyKiz" <tonykiz@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:%Ym7g.67352$_S7.33896@newssvr14.news.prodigy. com...
> OK, I'm ready to open up a very touchy subject, but is it just me or did
> Audi really blow it with their new styling, especially the single-grill
> front-end? Up until this style change-over Audis were absolute perfection
> in
> terms of understated, perfectly harmonious, smooth lines that said
> elegance,
> class, and timeless beauty. I think that the 2004/2005 A8 had reached the
> peak of automobile perfection -- what an incredibly gorgeous car. THEN
> CAME
> THE HORSE-COLLAR GRILL!!!
>
> We went to the Audi dealer looking to trade up from our 2001 Pearl White
> A4
> beauty to an A6. We looked at the latest offering and just couldn't
> stomach
> the styling, so we bought a Certified 2004 A6 2.7T S-line and we love it's
> performance as well as its looks. The styling is just so right and so
> Audi.
>
> What brings the subject to the fore today is that when I was doing a
> 40-mile
> ride on my mountain bike through some of the wealthy Western suburbs of
> Chicago (Chicago is Audi Country), I saw a number of Audis with the new
> style and they simply did nothing for me, they were so Ho-Hum, and I also
> saw a number of ones in the two-grill style, and they were so much more
> distinctive and appealing.
>
> By the way, As far as the other German cars, I think the new VWs look too
> Toyota Corolla-ish, the new BMWs look too Japanese paper-folded, and,
> aside
> from the really ugly Maybachs, only Mercedes Benz has retained it's
> classic
> good looks in its new models, but that's for other forums and other rants.
> Sorry to go on so long but I have loved Audis and when it comes time to
> trade again, I just can't see myself buying a newer one unless Audi comes
> back to their senses.
>
> Now do you want to know how I really feel??? (joke) Come on, out with it,
> how do YOU feel about all this?
>
>

 

"TonyKiz" <tonykiz@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:%Ym7g.67352$_S7.33896@newssvr14.news.prodigy. com...
> OK, I'm ready to open up a very touchy subject, but is it just me or did
> Audi really blow it with their new styling, especially the single-grill
> front-end? Up until this style change-over Audis were absolute perfection
> in
> terms of understated, perfectly harmonious, smooth lines that said
> elegance,
> class, and timeless beauty. I think that the 2004/2005 A8 had reached the
> peak of automobile perfection -- what an incredibly gorgeous car. THEN
> CAME
> THE HORSE-COLLAR GRILL!!!
>
> We went to the Audi dealer looking to trade up from our 2001 Pearl White
> A4
> beauty to an A6. We looked at the latest offering and just couldn't
> stomach
> the styling, so we bought a Certified 2004 A6 2.7T S-line and we love it's
> performance as well as its looks. The styling is just so right and so
> Audi.
>
> What brings the subject to the fore today is that when I was doing a
> 40-mile
> ride on my mountain bike through some of the wealthy Western suburbs of
> Chicago (Chicago is Audi Country), I saw a number of Audis with the new
> style and they simply did nothing for me, they were so Ho-Hum, and I also
> saw a number of ones in the two-grill style, and they were so much more
> distinctive and appealing.
>
> By the way, As far as the other German cars, I think the new VWs look too
> Toyota Corolla-ish, the new BMWs look too Japanese paper-folded, and,
> aside
> from the really ugly Maybachs, only Mercedes Benz has retained it's
> classic
> good looks in its new models, but that's for other forums and other rants.


Are you kidding?

Have you looked at the new G, M and R series?

They compete with the Audi Q7 and Subaru B9 Tribeca for
the title of ugliest vehicles on this planet.




dk

 

"TonyKiz" <tonykiz@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:%Ym7g.67352$_S7.33896@newssvr14.news.prodigy. com...
> OK, I'm ready to open up a very touchy subject, but is it just me or did
> Audi really blow it with their new styling, especially the single-grill
> front-end? Up until this style change-over Audis were absolute perfection
> in
> terms of understated, perfectly harmonious, smooth lines that said
> elegance,
> class, and timeless beauty. I think that the 2004/2005 A8 had reached the
> peak of automobile perfection -- what an incredibly gorgeous car. THEN
> CAME
> THE HORSE-COLLAR GRILL!!!
>
> We went to the Audi dealer looking to trade up from our 2001 Pearl White
> A4
> beauty to an A6. We looked at the latest offering and just couldn't
> stomach
> the styling, so we bought a Certified 2004 A6 2.7T S-line and we love it's
> performance as well as its looks. The styling is just so right and so
> Audi.
>
> What brings the subject to the fore today is that when I was doing a
> 40-mile
> ride on my mountain bike through some of the wealthy Western suburbs of
> Chicago (Chicago is Audi Country), I saw a number of Audis with the new
> style and they simply did nothing for me, they were so Ho-Hum, and I also
> saw a number of ones in the two-grill style, and they were so much more
> distinctive and appealing.
>
> By the way, As far as the other German cars, I think the new VWs look too
> Toyota Corolla-ish, the new BMWs look too Japanese paper-folded, and,
> aside
> from the really ugly Maybachs, only Mercedes Benz has retained it's
> classic
> good looks in its new models, but that's for other forums and other rants.


Are you kidding?

Have you looked at the new G, M and R series?

They compete with the Audi Q7 and Subaru B9 Tribeca for
the title of ugliest vehicles on this planet.




dk

 

"TonyKiz" <tonykiz@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:%Ym7g.67352$_S7.33896@newssvr14.news.prodigy. com...
> OK, I'm ready to open up a very touchy subject, but is it just me or did
> Audi really blow it with their new styling, especially the single-grill
> front-end? Up until this style change-over Audis were absolute perfection
> in
> terms of understated, perfectly harmonious, smooth lines that said
> elegance,
> class, and timeless beauty. I think that the 2004/2005 A8 had reached the
> peak of automobile perfection -- what an incredibly gorgeous car. THEN
> CAME
> THE HORSE-COLLAR GRILL!!!
>
> We went to the Audi dealer looking to trade up from our 2001 Pearl White
> A4
> beauty to an A6. We looked at the latest offering and just couldn't
> stomach
> the styling, so we bought a Certified 2004 A6 2.7T S-line and we love it's
> performance as well as its looks. The styling is just so right and so
> Audi.
>
> What brings the subject to the fore today is that when I was doing a
> 40-mile
> ride on my mountain bike through some of the wealthy Western suburbs of
> Chicago (Chicago is Audi Country), I saw a number of Audis with the new
> style and they simply did nothing for me, they were so Ho-Hum, and I also
> saw a number of ones in the two-grill style, and they were so much more
> distinctive and appealing.
>
> By the way, As far as the other German cars, I think the new VWs look too
> Toyota Corolla-ish, the new BMWs look too Japanese paper-folded, and,
> aside
> from the really ugly Maybachs, only Mercedes Benz has retained it's
> classic
> good looks in its new models, but that's for other forums and other rants.


Are you kidding?

Have you looked at the new G, M and R series?

They compete with the Audi Q7 and Subaru B9 Tribeca for
the title of ugliest vehicles on this planet.




dk

 

"TonyKiz" <tonykiz@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:%Ym7g.67352$_S7.33896@newssvr14.news.prodigy. com...
> OK, I'm ready to open up a very touchy subject, but is it just me or did
> Audi really blow it with their new styling, especially the single-grill
> front-end? Up until this style change-over Audis were absolute perfection
> in
> terms of understated, perfectly harmonious, smooth lines that said
> elegance,
> class, and timeless beauty. I think that the 2004/2005 A8 had reached the
> peak of automobile perfection -- what an incredibly gorgeous car. THEN
> CAME
> THE HORSE-COLLAR GRILL!!!
>
> We went to the Audi dealer looking to trade up from our 2001 Pearl White
> A4
> beauty to an A6. We looked at the latest offering and just couldn't
> stomach
> the styling, so we bought a Certified 2004 A6 2.7T S-line and we love it's
> performance as well as its looks. The styling is just so right and so
> Audi.
>
> What brings the subject to the fore today is that when I was doing a
> 40-mile
> ride on my mountain bike through some of the wealthy Western suburbs of
> Chicago (Chicago is Audi Country), I saw a number of Audis with the new
> style and they simply did nothing for me, they were so Ho-Hum, and I also
> saw a number of ones in the two-grill style, and they were so much more
> distinctive and appealing.
>
> By the way, As far as the other German cars, I think the new VWs look too
> Toyota Corolla-ish, the new BMWs look too Japanese paper-folded, and,
> aside
> from the really ugly Maybachs, only Mercedes Benz has retained it's
> classic
> good looks in its new models, but that's for other forums and other rants.


Are you kidding?

Have you looked at the new G, M and R series?

They compete with the Audi Q7 and Subaru B9 Tribeca for
the title of ugliest vehicles on this planet.




dk