south florida GTG

[miami_dude1]

Hey Danny what is up with that "I hung out with the old S4 drivers comment". We were set up there first, shared our space with you and you come up with some lame comment like that? I thought you were Ok until you put that one out here. You need to grow up slim.

[Knoxvegan]

Whoa...take the personal stuff to PM or telephone. Thanks.

[Anthony]

I take it you're one of the "old S4 drivers"? [rolleyes] [confused]

I'm sure slim didn't mean any harm, no worries.

[Axxis]

I knew this was going to happen. Clearly you don't know me, cause this was just a joke. Why I said this? Because ONE member, not ALL was acting like a smart ass. He was mocking us from the start, was that needed? Did we ever mention a word to him, no we didn't. He was trying to be funny with your group by pocking fun at us. Personally, I don't care; I just brushed it off and kept enjoying the GTG. I understand we set up next to you, and thank you for letting us. We at least wanted most of the Audis from the show together. I am almost positive I may seem like some young punk with an Audi, BUT I am very grateful for driving one. To own a b6 S4 is not something any young guy can afford. That's also why I said the old s4 guys comment, cause its not the kind of car a lot of people can dish out money for. So clearly it would be older gentleman that have steady jobs and that can treat themselves to such a great car. I have no idea who it was because I don't even know half of you guys. Gus and the other gentleman with the silver b5 (don't know his name) are the only guys I know from your group. They have been MORE than nice and welcoming to me, I went to the first few meets and haven't showed up since. It was just a small joke, how you take it is a different story. I may need to grow up, but that comment "We were set up first" is beyond my understanding how you can tell me that "you need to grow up slim." That field was big enough for us to park on the other side of the whole park, but I thought it would have been nice to be somewhat together.

Yes, your cars from your group were behind the Audizine Banner, as we all know that place was a mess to even get a decent spot. So I am making it clear, those were not AZ cars but cars from your group. I love how I try to represent Audizine and it just back fires in my face. If you would like me to take down the pictures I can do that as well. Weren't we all there for the same reason? If you really would like to talk to me about the situation either PM or email me. Axxis22@aol.com.

IMO, I do not see a need for this discussion to be online, but to each there own. Again, if you would like to resolve a problem with me please feel free to contact me. I apologize to Gus and Anthony (AZ Owner) for this to happened. I feel like I am giving Audizine a bad rap just because of this problem. Iam not trying to be a "cool guy" here, Iam just trying to resolve the matter.

Daniel

[Anthony]

I don't see a need to take the pics down, at least not on here. If you posted them elsewhere (where I'm assuming some of the resentment may be stemming from) then that's your call, but I also assume that if you did post the pics "elsewhere" they'd be down by now.

You're a good kid, Dan, and I know you didn't need mean anything by it. Again, no harm no foul.

And I wanted to thank you again for going out of your way to get other AZ'ers together and show a little support for the community.

[oldman]

Danny, Like I said.....I think you're a good guy with good intentions. The tone of my post was one of disappointment, not of anger. I could tell you were trying your best to have a strong showing and I think you represnted your group well (whatever the size) . The last thing on my mind or the mind of any of our members is that you or anyone else is a "young punk with an Audi". We have member that are your age or even younger. But I think the comment was a little off base. I don't want this to turn into a war of words, because I have no issues with you other than your comment. But if you put yourself in our shoes, I think you'll understand. We didn't do you any favors by "letting" you park next to us. We were more than happy to see more Audi owners and wanted everyone to be one big group. That's why we welcomed you to join us. But here you were thanking all these people, showing these pictures of this great turnout of audi's...and the only reference to our group was the "old men thinking they're cool comment". I don't think it's the age reference that is a problem, but saying that there were people there trying to be something they're not is pretty crappy. Can you imagine if you had seen a post on there where I said "man it was great, but we got stuck parking next to some young punks that thought they were somebody because they drove Audi's"?? What do you mean when you say, "a bunch of fat chics that think they're hot"??.....LOL
Yeah, anybody could have parked next to us, but we didn't treat you like just anybody. And no, I don't think you should take down any pictures. We would gladly have our cars in your pics next to you guys, your banner, your cars, whatever. I'll even send you some of the ones I took if you want to post them. The idea WAS to be a group, but when you make a comment like that, you're pretty much going out of your way to ISOLATE yourself from ours. I think the point is that for the most part we pretty much went out of our way to make you part of a "group" for the same reasons you stated (to show a strong audi presence). This is why I invited you guys to drive up with us. But the fact that you said "old S4 owners that think they're cool" pretty much narrowed it down to a few guys (me included). If you had a problem with one or two people from the group, then maybe, if you wanted to make reference to the group, you could have made a POSITIVE reference. Maybe "it was great...the rest of the Miami guys showed up with a bunch of Audi's". You could have even said that everyone was great except for a few. But don't let the experience you had with one member (don't know who it could have been) leave a sour taste in your mouth. I have no problem with you joking with me, saying that I'm an old man. Everyone knows that I like to laugh and joke around. I would probably start telling you how "this old man could still beat you in a foot race"...LOL. But, I just wouldn't want any others in my group to take that comment the wrong way or take offense. You have to understand that if you make a comment like that, you're pretty much stereotyping the whole group also. Danny, to make a long story short (prolly too late)....I don't think you're a bad guy. Like I said before, you have always struck me as a really good "kid" ;-). I just think you stuck your foot in your mouth that's all. I really do hope that you'll come out to the meets. We enjoyed having you when you did come out to the meets or any other time I saw you. You're still welcome as is anyone else. I just want you to understand why people might not like what you said after they treated you so courteously.

Your buddy,

Gus