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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    02:53 PM

    In reply to New Mercedes iPhone App: Hands On
    This application is completely frivolous. NOBODY with a Mercedes ever parks more than 5 feet from a door. Or they just ring up Jeeves to bring the car around.
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    02:51 PM

    In reply to New Mercedes iPhone App: Hands On
    Hey! Mercedes was a stripper in my local strip club. I might have had my "hands on" experience with her, when I just turned 18. Allegedly.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    02:25 PM

    In reply to New Mercedes iPhone App: Hands On
    You know what rocks? Being on the ball enough to remember where I parked my car. That's cool. Takes next to no time at all. Look where the lane is, look where my entrance is, see what store's next to it. Even at the Mall of America, it gets the job done.

    You know what else works great? Feeling the keys in your hand. Feel the keys, shut the door. Step 1, step 2. Easy to do, even in the rain, even with hands full. Number of times I've locked myself out in 25 years: 0.

    You know what sucks? Crutches. Being so messed up you can't walk right and have to hold yourself up with something. They complicate stuff, get in the way. Boy they're great when you need them, but the doctors will tell you, after you've been on them for a while, okay, time to walk again. That's enough crutches. Your legs work, so no more crutches for you.

    Your brain works, so no more iPhone app for you. Remember your keys. Take note of where you are. If you can hold down a hot enough job that you can afford a Benz, you can keep track of your car and its keys.
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    Image of Cheeseslap Cheeseslap
    02:27 PM

    @Elhigh: Stop it. Stop making sense. Jerk.
    /rolleyes
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    02:41 PM

    @Cheeseslap: C'mon kid. Say it with me, it won't hurt. Ready? Here we go:

    "Get off my lawn!"
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    02:57 PM

    @Elhigh: Those door locking key fob things make you lazy. I have one car with them (that I actually use the fob on, I don't bother locking the Taurus) and I find myself trying to lock and unlock the house door with the thing occasionally.

    So yeah, get off my lawn too.
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    Image of Miscellanea Miscellanea
    02:14 PM

    In reply to New Mercedes iPhone App: Hands On
    That app is pretty slick, until you lose your phone... and your car.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    12/01/09

    In reply to 2011 Audi A8: Go-Go Gadget Sedan
    The A8 pretty much *has* to be a raft of absurd complexity in order to compete at that price range. The S-class has its loyalists, the 7-series already has thermal imaging cameras and many useless toys, and the Lexus LS600 is still probably the most complicated four-wheel device out there, barring a Veyron or F1 car.

    At some point they'll be too expensive to repair after just 3 years, forcing their makers to reclaim, dismantle, and remanufacture them.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    12/01/09

    In reply to 2011 Audi A8: Go-Go Gadget Sedan
    Though those headlights are a bit odd, I have no real problem with the front and rear styling. I don't even mind the monster grille all that much. It's the side view that bothers me - that high ridge on the doors seems to make the car look higher, shorter, and less "important" than it really is. Did Audi really need to look at a BMW 1-series for inspiration?
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    12/01/09

    In reply to 2011 Audi A8: Go-Go Gadget Sedan
    The only thing it's missing is Jason Statham.
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    Image of VeeArrrSix VeeArrrSix
    12/01/09

    In reply to 2011 Audi A8: Go-Go Gadget Sedan
    An understated tech tour de force it is. I am awash in a sea of Merc's in So Cal... all the shouty, look-at-me AMG's, and fugly Bangle-butted Bimmers.

    This would be a great sled to have because at the yacht/golf/tennis club* you could boast about all the bells and whistles that your Audi has and zee other Germans don't. Win!

    *VeeArrrSix is not a member of any such clubs*
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    12/01/09

    In reply to 2011 Audi A8: Go-Go Gadget Sedan
    Gorgeous. Perfect exterior. It's luxury technology inside and out is so sophisticated, that the plebes can't even understand it, and so complicated, that it induces apoplectic rage in all philosophic Luddites who, married contritely to the KISS principle, mewl their protests in vain.

    Resistence Is Futile.
    We Are The VAG.
    You will be assimilated.
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    Image of MaWeiTao MaWeiTao
    12/01/09

    In reply to 2011 Audi A8: Go-Go Gadget Sedan
    I'm not one for gadget overload, but this car is pretty cool. I really like the light strips inside the car. And they finally managed to integrate the front turn signals with the LED strips in a way that doesn't look like a mistake or something crapped out. At least on the all-LED version. The photo seems to imply that on the HID version the LEDs and turn signals can both be active at the same time, unlike any other Audi I've seen.

    So when is Audi going to start sticking the updated logo on their cars? I would have expected the flagship to introduce the new logo, but it looks like it's still using the old version. Even the lettering on the trunk lid uses the old font.
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    Edited by MaWeiTao at 12/01/09 12:08 PM MaWeiTao was starred MaWeiTao was unstarred
    Image of BigHarv BigHarv
    12/01/09

    In reply to 2011 Audi A8: Go-Go Gadget Sedan
    I could have used the nightvision last night in that blizzard...but then again, the rest of the year it's a little gratuitous.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    12/01/09

    In reply to 2011 Audi A8: Go-Go Gadget Sedan
    But, in 15 years when these hit the beater luxo-barge market, will it still be able to be driven with 80% of the on-board items either broken or disabled?
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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    12/01/09

    In reply to 2011 Audi A8: Go-Go Gadget Sedan
    Let's hear more about that "V8 TDI" thingy.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    12/01/09

    In reply to 2011 Audi A8: Go-Go Gadget Sedan
    You know, someone who is 65 today would have been 23 when Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band came out - I suspect your idea of oldies station is different from theirs. I'm sure there are plenty of potential drivers for this car who'd appreciate a good stereo (even if it is usually tuned to the Nightly Business Report).
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    12/01/09

    @Maymar:

    HEY!!!

    Lay off my Ky Risdall.

    I admit, I miss what I consider true oldies stations (late-50's through mid-to-late-60's rock & roll). However, I knew I moved into a different target-market when songs I have on LP started appearing on the so-called "oldies" station.

    /dates self with both buying vinyl new, and only 'cause the other option was 8-track, and knowing what album cover art is

    Thankfully, I can keep myself occupied with Billboard's Top 100 from 1956-2000, though I don't bother with much after 1993 or so.
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    Image of Miscellanea Miscellanea
    12/01/09

    In reply to 2011 Audi A8: Go-Go Gadget Sedan
    The new interior is slick, but I feel the current generation layout is better.
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