RE: Time For Tea? Is Audi having a laugh?
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What's all the mendacity on here for? Pistonheaders do love ...for the same money etc etc ..but so do I at times. IMHO I think it's safe to say a LHD +£40k A1 is not going to sell in this country without being heavily discounted, it doesn't have "classic" potential and I'm sure insurance won't be cheap. It's when cars are this poor value new that the look what you could have for the money debate arises.
Me I hate estates although Harry Metcalfe bought a Lamborghini Espada for similar money recently NOW that's going for broke!
Me I hate estates although Harry Metcalfe bought a Lamborghini Espada for similar money recently NOW that's going for broke!
y2blade said:
They have one in the showroom at Newbury Audi, lovely little car in the flesh....very smart.
Thought it odd that is was LHD but then on such a limited run is it really viable to make RHD too?
I guess not.
I'd still rather have an RS2 Avant.
I think I would as well, but that's personal taste I guess. Some years ago I saw a chipped RS2 do a flyby at 160mph on the Autoroute (back when this was sort of a good idea and sort of tolerated) and it looked so very stable.Thought it odd that is was LHD but then on such a limited run is it really viable to make RHD too?
I guess not.
I'd still rather have an RS2 Avant.
As for the A1 Quattro, I actually know someone who has bought one. It is a very pleasant car, with some great detailing - not just the wheels and the roof spoiler, which look great, but the way the interior lights up like a scene from TRON. As for the posts along the lines of "what mug would buy one of these", it will be bought by people who want an unusual small car that goes extremely well and who are not too bothered by its price. Audi are not looking to produce or sell very many. The person who showed me his A1 quattro also has an F40 and a 1973 2.7 Carrera RS so is more of an enthusiast than most , it can be said.
As for LHD, I really do not get this issue. Is it hard to drive a LHD car in the UK? The answer is it is not at all. I have had my integrale for many , many moons and overtaken probably 1,000 cars, and I would like to think all safely; LHD has literally never been a problem. On one occasion at a big family visit to my grandmother's house years back my mother's car was not around for whatever reason. My mother who had a C70 T5 at the time if I recall correctly (IE fast enough but not exactly the last word in handing finesse) took my grandmother who was about 85 to the shops in the integrale, and they never had a problem. Lots of attention apparently but this was before the days of every phone having a camera! I have a friend with a Shelby Mustang who is not even that into cars, and another friend with a LHD 1988 911 Cabrio; they have never had a problem. I also know someone who took his RHD 1970 Elan to Switzerland for years on business, and that wasn't a problem either. About the only downside I can possibly think of is taking a ticket at a carpark or something like that.
Try it - LHD presents no problems. Bear in mind that most top-end supercars are LHD only - EG Veyron, Enzo, Carrera GT - and all sold quite well in the UK market.
myhandle said:
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As for LHD, I really do not get this issue. Is it hard to drive a LHD car in the UK? The answer is it is not at all. I have had my integrale for many , many moons and overtaken probably 1,000 cars, and I would like to think all safely; LHD has literally never been a problem.
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About the only downside I can possibly think of is taking a ticket at a carpark or something like that.
Had a couple of Integrales in the past (ahh, do miss them) and the LHD was never a problem either. Also a LHD Grand Cherokee, which wasn't so great for overtaking tbh.As for LHD, I really do not get this issue. Is it hard to drive a LHD car in the UK? The answer is it is not at all. I have had my integrale for many , many moons and overtaken probably 1,000 cars, and I would like to think all safely; LHD has literally never been a problem.
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About the only downside I can possibly think of is taking a ticket at a carpark or something like that.
And there is a bonus to a LHD in the UK, when driving alone, especially. If you park by the kerb, you get to step out straight onto the path, rather than into the road
rutthenut said:
Had a couple of Integrales in the past (ahh, do miss them) and the LHD was never a problem either. Also a LHD Grand Cherokee, which wasn't so great for overtaking tbh.
And there is a bonus to a LHD in the UK, when driving alone, especially. If you park by the kerb, you get to step out straight onto the path, rather than into the road
Yes! True!And there is a bonus to a LHD in the UK, when driving alone, especially. If you park by the kerb, you get to step out straight onto the path, rather than into the road
Contigo said:
I actually enjoyed the video, well done and informative.
+1.I thought it was pretty good too.
I wish more car ads gave decent lingering shots of cars in a well lit environment, gave lots of 'geeky' / interesting information and then showed someone credible who can drive enjoying it on the roads it was actually built for (not fleeting glimpses ragging along imaginary dusty dusky desert roads / across salt flats in the dark etc etc).
Of course the A1Q is ridiculously over priced, it's built in very limited numbers for very rich Europeans who want an exclusive, fast, small car that's well made and easy to live with and a blast on snowy/wet Alpine roads - and as such it makes a pretty tempting proposition I would've thought. They are designed for people who DON'T want 'Value' or cheapness - it's supposed to show you're quietly wealthy enough not to care!
If I had that sort of cash to blow on a small car I'd have a BMW 1M coupe all day long - each to their own.
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