Zipp to sue Audi? Patent theft?

So I am cleaning my car…that is when I noice that Audi has plain stolen ideas from Zipp? When will folks stop trying to copy zipp?

http://i10.tinypic.com/4l7pbg8.jpg

I believe that Lexus had this on the LS400/450 a few years back, did they not?

BTW-I am ashamed that your under carriage is not Pink.

would you stop making me jealous of your car…the bikes I can handle, the wheels too, the campy gets hard to take and that car is impossible.

Dan
www.aiatriathlon.com

I believe that Lexus had this on the LS400/450 a few years back, did they not?

BTW-I am ashamed that your under carriage is not Pink.
I have been under more than one Lexus as well as Mercedes and even Ferrari and Porsche Carrera GT…none have been dimpled at all - there are however many others that I have not been under. The underpinnings make oil changed and any other thing a PITA. I hear from the tech’s that if there is a leak it is hell finding it as the baffle diverts all fluids and they hit the garage floor in weird places.

   I have been under more than one Lexus as well as Mercedes and even Ferrari and Porsche Carrera GT...none have been dimpled at all - there are however many others that I have not been under. The underpinnings make oil changed and any other thing a PITA. I hear from the tech's that if there is a leak it is hell finding it as the baffle diverts all fluids and they hit the garage floor in weird places.

Yep, I’ve been there with the oil thing on my P-Car. Of course on a P-car it’s a functional spoiler that creates down force to suck that baby to the road. Do you believe that marketing? Hahahaha :wink:

Remember the Benz and Porsche GTR racing flips a few years back?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7AejuZMbq4c
and
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rQbgSe9S54I

The other poster was right…I just can’t remember which model Lexus it was.

In the commercial the had the car almost on a skewer type thing (like a rotissery for a pig) and the rotated the car and it was in a wind tunnel and they blew smoke over it.

Can’t remember the model though, thought it was one of the LS but maybe one of the GS.

Yep that was the commercial I was thinking of. I looked on Youtube for it but I didn’t see it.

Was it the LS430 maybe?

just out of curiosity, is that an A8?

That is a POS A3 that I purchased on accident while shopping for a 997…fuck…I hate that damn car.

Really? You hate it?

I have VW GTI and like it pretty well. almost the same car.

what do you hate about it?

edit: wait, I see that you were shopping for a 997

how do you accidentally get an a3 instead?

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So I am cleaning my car...

why were you cleaning the underside of your car?

Took my deposit for the 997 and paid cash for an A3, long story, some salesman lies, some extra miles on a 997 Turbo…now, the hunt is on for an E63 AMG Saloon…soon as I find one I will order the plates “GRIZWLD”
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Cuase clean is clean - it is tough being a hypochondriac in the new millenium.

BTW-I am ashamed that your under carriage is not Pink.

(drum-roll please)

Maybe after a long ride :wink:

(rapturous applause…)
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get the apr chip for that a3 and enjoy a 250hp car that gets 40mpg (if you drive real slow!)

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nasty son, nasty :wink:
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You really needed to at least get the S4 avant :wink: I like V8 torque and AWD

If Audi would just bring over the RS4 avant to the states, I’d be all over that!

get the apr chip for that a3 and enjoy a 250hp car that gets 40mpg (if you drive real slow!)

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You think I care about MPG? I could give a shit less…My last car had no pre-cats or cats, no O2’s at all and 6mpg or less at the track. The A3’s biggest issue is that the C320 can hold a bike in the trunk, and another in the back seat. The A3 can fit ONE bike - that is that.

That is a POS A3 that I purchased on accident while shopping for a 997…f$#!..I hate that damn car.
I have both a 06 A3 and a 05 997. Love the A3 with its DSG and a tri bike fits in the back. And the 997, dream car since I was 12. :slight_smile: