I am no Autophile, but yesterday I got to drive an 88 Audi Quattro in perfect condition

[Taverner]

WOW!!!!
FUCKING WOW!!!!

[JVS]

1. What was so fab about it?

[Taverner]

2. OK - say your taking a corner at 70

you can keep the speed while sticking to the road as if you were driving a roller coaster on tracks

Responds as if you ARE the car

Takes off like a rocket

Hard to explain - you just gotta try it someday

Audis make BMW's look like tinkertoys

[JVS]

9. Your report sounds a lot like what my brother said when he test drove a quattro.

He said it felt like you were on rails. The only AWD system I've driven has been on a minivan, so I'm sure that although handy in snow, it was no comparison.

I'm sure that sooner or later my brother will be getting a VW or Audi with the all wheel drive. I'll have to volunteer to designated drive on an evening out.

[Taverner]

10. Definitely. Only I know myself, and will never own one

Because I know I'll never let it drop beneath 60 and end up killing myself.

[JVS]

11. Oh come on! A3 quattro's $30K

Give in to driving pleasure.

[Taverner]

12. It's not that - I just don't want to die just yet

And yes, I will drive like a maniac in that car

It's best for the rest of the world if I just stick with the Prius

[Blue_Tires]

3. that was the car that got the rally rulebooks changed

[Taverner]

4. B/c of the 4WD + Turbo?

[Blue_Tires]

5. the quattro

[Forkboy]

6. Probably the best car I've ever driven.

We used to pick up classic cars down south and bring them back up here to Mass. I've driven BMWs, Mercedes, Jags, even a Delorean...none of them handled like the Audi did.

[Taverner]

7. No doubt - I used to be a valet at the Fairmont in SJ

I got to drive Ferraris, BMW's, Jags, Maseratis, etc...

My favorite was ALWAYS the Audis

[SacredCow]

8. Those were pretty bad-ass.....

My sister drove a TT Quattro for several years- I still hate her for trading it in without even offering to sell it to me. That is, I hate her to an extent- she found out that a month after she got rid of it, the AC completely died. I would not have been very happy with that....