I don't know you, but the more I hear from you, the cooler you get.
#1, you obviously like Audis
#2, you like F1
#3, I love your company, and have always had great experiences with them
*the website with the recommendations and how-to's is fantastic, I can literally spend hours deciding on what to buy next
#4(how this is #4, I don't know), 337!!!!
-a former r.mate got one of the last ones sold new in Atlanta(because of me) -I had an 86 Audi 4kq, and someone ran a red light and totaled it
*r.mate would not sell his 337 to me, and told me to get a 20AE(which were just rumors at the time, since it was early January 2003)
-5 months and 15 days later, I had the first Black Magic Pearl 20th Ann.Ed. in Atlanta(one happy boy)
-shortly after 5/15/03(purchase date) I found Proper Auto Care, and...much money was spent(P21S kit...still using it, refilled almost all components)
2 questions:
1. Jack, since you are such an F1 fan, are you playing the F1 Fantasy game on Speed's website? I love fantasy football, and F1, so this was a no-brainer for me. I'm currently at 1681, with Germany being my chosen race(for double-points). If you are playing what is your points total?
2.What's your current car list, or just your daily?
-mine is a recently purchased(just over a year) B5 S4 Avant(6-speed) silver(black interior, not the Alcantra, just the black leather)
Keep up the good work, I always recommend your website to fellow car enthusiasts.
scottrS4avant
Hi Scott,
I am sorry this took so long to get back to you. I have been slammed with some major projects for PAC :redface:. Going through your list I have the following answers:
1) I have loved Audis ever since I owned my ?86 Coupe GT. This car was on Car & Drivers ?Ten Best? list every year it was available in the states. It was the car the original Quattro was based on. I have also followed them in racing from the days in Trans Am, IMSA GT and of course all of those victories in the ALMS. The first time I saw their diesels run I was shocked at how quiet they were.
2) I have been a long time F-1 fan. Even back when Jimmy Clark was alive. I remember the day he died, very sad. I love the technology and the shear speed they can go around a corner. I have watched them go around that ninety degree corner at Canada and it was like watching Michael Jordan shoot a basket ball. You sit there and think.. how can they possibly do that!!!
3) I am happy to hear you are pleased with our company. While I believe we do a good job, I also believe we have a ways to go. We still manage to drop the ball every once in a while? but, I think we are good about admitting our mistakes and honestly try to correct them. We have some major changes coming this fall that will help us along these lines.
4) Yeah, I owned a 337. Few people know what they are because they are not a Porsche or a Ferrari. It was a great car, not expensive and everything a VW GTI should have always been. They only imported 1500 of them to the U.S. and 250 more to Canada. They were ?allocated? to the dealerships. I lived in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the time and there were 3-4 VW dealers in town. My dealer was one of the bigger ones in town and they only got 2 of them. It was funny because I had read about them in Car & Drive in 2001 and thought it would be the perfect toy car. I was actually working for PAC as the GM at the time. I moved back to Michigan, and in August of 2002, a friend of mine called me up and asked if I would be interested in one. I of course said ?Yes? and says, ?give me a deposit for $500 right now, come down and drive it tonight and you can only drive it around the block. You have to tell me tonight if you want it or not.? I drove it and bought it on the spot. They were a prized VW at the time and they got Sticker plus tax for them. In California, I had heard they were getting $5k over sticker. I sold it (along with everything else) to raise money to buy into this business.
I currently drive a Chrysler Pacifica. (Yes, they are really fast Sleep). I started driving them when I was a manufacturer?s rep in the electronics? industry in Michigan and needed the space. I would like to get either a Corvette, Audi TTS, or an ?R? version VW CC. But I would probably have to get motorized carts for my warehouse workers first.
I don?t play the fantasy game. I have thought about it, but frankly between running the business, playing with new products, keeping up with the house, child raising, all of those other "things" in life,time starts to run out. I have however recorded all of the races since 1986 and do on occasion go back and look at an old one. A good Senna/Prost fight or Mansell whining about something, Schumacher?s first race at Spa, etc? I think the cars looked better then also. Yes, I do love F-1.
Again, I apologize for the delay in answering you. I will not be so long next time. Thanks alot for your questions.
jk
). Then about 2 or 3 weeks ago, I made another order and that one came the next day via UPS.