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Hello Trevor,

I'll certainly offer up a few words in the manner you suggested, although it might take a tad or two to cover it all. Insofar as offering a review of the Audi is concerned, well, I might have to get " 'er indoors " to do that since I bought it for her to replace her V8 BMW X5 when that got nicked. The Beamer was a cracker of a car, very fast and very stylish, but its petrol consumption was fearful - it even made the Bentleys thirst for petrol seem like a Duchess sipping Earl Grey at a Bishops tea party.

The one specific comment I will make about the S4 though, is that it has vastly increased my !Removed! life !   After going out for a drive in it the wife comes home with a sparkle in her eye and a glow on her cheeks . By Jiminy, I'm then frequently dragged upstairs by the scruff of my neck with nary a moment to park my Montecristo.   I tell you, amigo, when I hear that V8 turn up the drive I now go and hide in the potting shed !   Luckily, the dogs know when she's about three villages away since they can hear a finely tuned engine approaching from about five miles away ; so when they start kicking off I generally pick up the whisky decanter and make a bolt for the Petunia patch and some awesome jeep ball joints here.

The latest holiday venue we are considering are the Italian Lakes ; can they not be accessed via the Stelvio Pass ?

Weatherwise the Lakes don't compare too well with the Cote d'Azure ( hardly surprising really, given  their proximity to the mountains ) , so it is by no means a foregone conclusion even yet as to where we'll go.

Ciao.

Thanks for these suggestions I really liked it.

On 5/21/2020 at 8:44 AM, Steve123 said:

Some few years ago, we regularly took our baby in the back of our 911 convertible when touring Tuscany.  I heavily modified the Porsche child car seat so it incorporated a blind over her head, and she always wore a tiny little white linen flying helmet, but she loved it. In fact, the only time she ever cried was when we took her out of the seat.  The helmet was altered over the years for subsequent Tuscan tours in other 911’s and a couple of Aston’s.  By the time we finally changed to a car with more rear seat legroom [ a Bentley ], she’d gotten out of love with the helmet and just preferred to let her hair flow behind her in the slipstream. Being blonde she attracted a lot of attention in Italy.

Thanks for these suggestion.

On 6/29/2016 at 11:45 PM, Steve123 said:

Hello Trevor,

I'll certainly offer up a few words in the manner you suggested, although it might take a tad or two to cover it all. Insofar as offering a review of the Audi is concerned, well, I might have to get " 'er indoors " to do that since I bought it for her to replace her V8 BMW X5 when that got nicked. The Beamer was a cracker of a car, very fast and very stylish, but its petrol consumption was fearful - it even made the Bentleys thirst for petrol seem like a Duchess sipping Earl Grey at a Bishops tea party.

The one specific comment I will make about the S4 though, is that it has vastly increased my !Removed! life !   After going out for a drive in it the wife comes home with a sparkle in her eye and a glow on her cheeks . By Jiminy, I'm then frequently dragged upstairs by the scruff of my neck with nary a moment to park my Montecristo.   I tell you, amigo, when I hear that V8 turn up the drive I now go and hide in the potting shed !   Luckily, the dogs know when she's about three villages away since they can hear a finely tuned engine approaching from about five miles away ; so when they start kicking off I generally pick up the whisky decanter and make a bolt for the Petunia patch.

The latest holiday venue we are considering are the Italian Lakes ; can they not be accessed via the Stelvio Pass ?

Weatherwise the Lakes don't compare too well with the Cote d'Azure ( hardly surprising really, given  their proximity to the mountains ) , so it is by no means a foregone conclusion even yet as to where we'll go.

 

Ciao.

Thanks for the suggestion.