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Scott Martin
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iconnumber posted 02-05-2006 10:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Scott Martin     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

This Audi A8 was made for a Sheik.
It is reputed that the car is not painted but is, in fact, Silver.

No wonder gas costs $3.00 a gallon. eek

Can you say truck loads of silver polish?

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tmockait

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iconnumber posted 02-05-2006 10:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for tmockait     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Lovely! Now is it sterling, 830, or 800? Oh, by the way, where does one look for the hallmark?!!!

Tom

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PhilO

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iconnumber posted 02-06-2006 03:38 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for PhilO     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I am having difficult with the connection between a car made of silver and such a low petrol (gas) price. Ours in the UK, currently costing about 92p per litre, is the equivalent of over $6 per US gallon.

Phil

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tmockait

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iconnumber posted 02-06-2006 10:36 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for tmockait     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I wonder if the Sheik fills his car with "AMOCO Silver?"

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outwest

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iconnumber posted 02-06-2006 11:38 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for outwest     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Gasoline was $2.29 a gallon a couple weeks ago and is now at $2.60 a gallon at the neighborhood bargain gas station. Outrageous! When we went to Europe, though, I couldn't figure out how anyone could afford to drive a car with the price of gasoline there. Of course, they don't have the gas guzzlers that the US does.

That car is pretty. It looks to be solid chrome, though, don't you think?

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ahwt

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iconnumber posted 02-06-2006 01:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ahwt     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What would the sand do to the finish or would there be a way to protect the finish?
Gasoline is $2.16 here as of last night.

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Clive E Taylor

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iconnumber posted 02-06-2006 02:47 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Clive E Taylor     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
A lovely story of a silver car but I fear very unlikely . The strength/weight ratio, especially of a structure liable to vibration would mean an unrealisticly high weight of metal being used, leading to a very poor performance of the car to accelerate , and the requirement of a brick wall to assist in braking !
In England we find the price of gasoline in the States equally unbelievable. Lucky B......ds.
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iconnumber posted 02-06-2006 03:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for tmockait     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
A bit of background on gas prices:

The Europeans (wisely I think) subsidize mass transit and pass the cost of road maintenance on to the consumer in the form of gasoline taxes - hence the higher price. In the US we subsidize the roads out of state and federal funds, which results in lower gas prices.

Tom

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iconnumber posted 02-06-2006 03:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for middletom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I find it unlikely, also, that this is really silver. The Audi A8 is a unit-body structure, all designed to work together for strength and is largly aluminum. It would, I think, have taken quite a change of manufacturing techniques and how would one bond silver to aluminum?

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Scott Martin
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iconnumber posted 02-06-2006 07:20 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Scott Martin     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Urban Legend it is! smile
From: Snopes.com
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Silver Audi

Claim: Photographs show an Audi automobile made from solid silver.

Status: Real pictures; inaccurate description.

Origins: The photographs displayed above are genuine, but they don't quite depict an automobile "made from solid silver." The shiny appearance of the Audi A8 pictured here is not due to its being made of silver, but to a customization involving a special polishing technique used to produce a chrome-like finish, for which the car's Dubai owner engaged the firm Motoren Technik Mayer (MTM), based in Wettstetten, Germany. The process used in the Audi's customization:

In Dubai the mtm Audi A8 polished was the eye-catcher. The car was analyzed and in many studies the enamel varnish of the aluminum car body was removed. Furthermore the car was cleaned. After that, the car body was polished with fine abrasive paper as well as special polishes to high gloss. The blank dress must not have any defects, because of the fact that retouching was not possible. Finally the car was protected with special clear varnish against environmental impacts.

Because of the fact that it is impossible to polish plastic parts like front and rear spoilers, mirror house, side sillboard or also fuel tank cap, they were enameled in a complex way to get a chrome effect. Finaly they were polished with clear varnish.

The MTM photo gallery displays the same three exterior photographs shown above, as well as three additional pictures of the car's interior.


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