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I understand your feelings. (archive)
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Posted by Norm on January 01, 2002 at 12:56:52:

In Reply to: Re: Hartage E39 M5 in Rochester, NY posted by NK on January 01, 2002 at 12:07:00:

I just saw a blue (could be black, it's hard to tell with a crust of salt on the car) M5 that had Hartage stuff on it. Difficult to really tell, but I thought I saw new ground effects, exhaust, and wheels.

Anyone know this person. BTW, I've seen about 5 E39 M5's in rochester. Other than one person I see frequently in Santa Barbara, I've never seen so many M5's.

It must be that all the S4-killers move to rochester with their M5's to really prove their testosterone by showing an Audi driver how to really drive in snow. IMHO.


For some reason every post of yours MUST mention
Audi S4 and how easy it is to kill one in the snow
(or not in the snow)Seems like you have an obsession, or may be your ass was handed to you by
an S4 and now you can't get over it?
I own a heavily modded S4 now, and have an M5 ordered for spring. I am perfectly comfortable
driving a powerfull RWD car in the winter with
proper rubber, and had done it for many seasons.
S4 is very capable car,could compete with M5 at
the track if modded,and yes, much more capable
than M5 in snow.Also amazing value for the $.I
ordered M5 because I want the space and N/A V8, but i have a lot of respect for any german maker
and i buy cars for what they are, not for the badge.AWD WILL OUTPERFORM RWD in the snow, stop
with your BS, you make me sick.

I had an '86 Audi 4000CS Quattro. I liked it a lot in the snow. I got bitten by the bimmer bug and here I am. Do they have problems? Sure. Do BMW's have problems? Sure. I still respect Audi's for the (also) fine German engineering. To each his own. I think if BMW offered the M5 with an AWD option, I might have thought about it.
But since I won't be driving it in the really deep stuff and olnly when I need to and since I will have snows, I think it will handle capably.

Don't take some people's comments too personally. Like you said, maybe he had his a$$ handed to him. I know I had mine handed to me when I had my E36-M3 but I still liked my car a lot.

Rdgs,
Norm


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