Re: MSRP and Cost of the 97 GLX (long) -Def of NEW

["Michael Ward" <vw1@geocities.com>]

What you say is true but if you have the money why not upgrade to the A4. 
It is one hell of a car.  Especially the 2.8, my friend has one with 18"
BBS rims (just had to say that) and let me tell you, it is wicked! 
Investing is cool too, but you gotta indulge in yourself once in a while.

Mike W. Ward
e-mail: vw1@geocities.com
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1528/

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> From: Khan M. Klatt <kmk@pacificrim.net>
> To: jettaglx@igtc.COM
> Subject: Re: MSRP and Cost of the 97 GLX (long) -Def of NEW
> Date: Monday, August 25, 1997 10:56 PM
> 
> At 9:52 PM -0400 8/25/97, Etienne Totti Del Toro wrote:
> >Mr. Klatt. Come on! You must be kidding. I love my car, but if I could
> >get into an A8, A6 or an A4 (quatro), tomorrow I'd do it in a second.
> >Have you driven the A8, we are not talking about anything remotely
> >comparable to the GLX. I just drove one recently 'cause my father is
> >loooking into one; I would rate it as far as comfort and drive, better
> >than any (yes any) Benz and on a par with any (yes any) BMW. Those of
> >you who disagree, just drop it; I've wasted enough time with non Jetta
> >related speculations. Oh by the way; drive the A8!:-)
> 
> I agree with everything you've said, but what is it that you are
> challenging in my statements? You've got a point, in that I have NEVER
> driven an Audi A4 not to mention an A6 or an A8... I am still in
(pleased)
> shock over how much of an improvement my GLX is over the Toyota Corolla I
> used to have (yeah, yeah, enough already ;)
> 
> There's no DOUBT that an Audi is a nicer car, but I'm just saying that
from
> just looking at specs on the web, I can't see a $8000 difference to
upgrade
> to an A4. When you're talking an A8, it's a completely different class of
> automobile. No way a 6 cylinder VW is going to compare!
> 
> Let's compare apples to apples. An A6 is at least in the same ballpark as
a
> GLX, and yes, it's a much nicer car. What I'm saying is, is it $10,000
> nicer? Boy, I find that $8,000 premium for an A4 a bit hard to swallow,
if
> you don't-- congratulations on a fine choice, I'll spend my $8,000
> elsewhere, like modding up my GLX so that it performs better at "prudent
> and reasonable" speeds. :-)
> 
> Maybe I need to go test drive one, wonder if the dealer will let me drive
> it to Montana!!! :-)
> 
> Nothing you've said makes me want to back down from my statements, except
one:
> 
> A GLX is CERTAINLY out of an A8's class of automobile. (Look, ma, I
> admitted I was wrong! ;) Otherwise, my other statements still ring true
to
> me:
> 
> A GLX is in the same general class as an A4 or an A6.
> You're going to spend about $8,000 or more on an Audi than a GLX.
> A GLX is cut from the same general cloth as an A4 or A6.
> I'd rather spend $25,000 on a GLX than $3X,000 on an A4 or A6.
> If I *was* going to spend $3X,000 on ANY car, it would be an Audi over a
> Beamer or Mercedes anyday.
> 
> Is that SO wrong?
> 
> -Khan
> 
> >Khan M. Klatt wrote:
> >
> >> At 2:47 PM -0500 8/25/97, S. Joseph Mann wrote:
> >> >Yeah, I'm thinking about trying this with a Audi A4 30valve in a year
> >> or
> >> >so.  Sorry
> >> >guys, isn't the point of life to constantly improve one life style?
> >>
> >> Yeah, but let's get real here. I've been comparing notes between the
> >> GLX
> >> and Audi/Beamer/Mercedes (I'm just a German car kinda guy, I guess.. I
> >>
> >> couldn't bear really buying anything else), and I can't imagine
> >> spending
> >> that much dough on a car. I mean I'd go out and buy a Hummer or an ATV
> >> of
> >> some sort (or even import a Corrado and spend the saved bucks on
> >> modding it
> >> to be a convertible, etc.) before I spent more than $25,000 for a car
> >> in
> >> the GLX's class.
> >>
> >> If you're talking about a car >>> (much greater) than a GLX, then
> >> fine. But
> >> I simply don't think that an A4 or an A6, or even an A8 are *THAT*
> >> much out
> >> of the GLX's class.
> >>
> >> Me, I look at a GLX as the "little baby cousin" of the Audi family.
> >> It's
> >> got the same blood, just a different shell. BMW and Mercedes make fine
> >>
> >> automobiles, but just to drive one that's WORTH driving, you have to
> >> fork
> >> out >> $25,000. Just my opinions, I'd love to hear yours.
> >>
> 
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