daddyofsmack (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

only he's not talking about the 80's, he's talking about what happened recently...audi has a pretty bad reputation among many who have owned them.

junyi2007 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

If you can afford a extremely unreliable car so called audi a4 just for a minute of luxury, be advised. Yes I admit, the car looks good and the german engineering sounds appealing, and people keep falling in the same hole and regret last one. You know audi is one of the most unreliable cars out there along with other american ones.

AudiBMW08 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I understand what you are saying about parents when it comes to Audis. Back in the 80's, Audi's reputation wasnt that great and very unreliable. But older people need to understand that times have changed and reputations do turn around. Audi is the future of luxury, modern cars! Not Mercedes anymore!

FXshift35 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

if it's your money then by all means you should be able to buy what you want

stuwip839 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This is such a beautiful car! Unfortunately, My parents just had a pretty bad experience with and Audi, making it kind of hard to buy one myself:-(

sspope (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

...but the worst of all was the sound. I had to rev nuts off it, change gear and then it went like dig - dig - dig - dig-digdigdididididig. I've never seen so bad Volkswagen or Peugeot diesel engine.

sspope (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Some call IS an overpriced Camry but I generally like it. With petrol engines, it's not fast, not very economical, but it's very quiet. On the other hand, I drove the diesel version the other day and I could not believe what I was seeing, or better to say hearing. I've seen numerous commercials where Toyota boasted about their clean diesel technology but this one was rubbish. There was a turbo lag, the acceleration was bad considering only average fuel consumtion....

Amazetbm (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The IS is a "me too" car. Audi, BMW and Merc have concentrated on each other when competing in the sport sedan catagory. Lexus didn't really have one until the IS came out in `99 where it regularly under performs against its European counter parts.

sspope (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

But you have to turbocharge R8 yourself if you want to compete with GTR. GTR comes turbocharged.

sspope (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Why, what's the problem with Lexus IS?