Roadrunner Meets Audi

The Roadrunner is not uncommon here in the high desert, but an Audi is rare. It is illegal to kill Roadrunners according to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 but I am told people have tried to eat them.

The homage to the Roadrunner now lives on a 2007 Audi A4 with about 87,000 miles on the odometer. Why this 14 year old Audi has only 87,000 miles might be attributed to my general distaste for driving, although I have made numerous trips to the SF Bay area and to Wickenburg from various locations in California. 

But,why this 14 year old Audi sports the Roadrunner hommage is happiness. Roadrunners make me smile. They used to visit us in Palm Springs and would walk right into the house when the steel French doors were open. Heaven.





 While the vehicle of choice in the high desert is the Jeep, the Audi feel sufficiently juxtaposed to the local culture that it could be considered a freak. The four-door Jeep Wrangler with desert trolling wheels is the local status ride and the open, two-door model suitable for looking for desert contraband is found in many driveways. I must admit that my eye has followed the silver Wrangler noting its sleek executive feel for the outdoorsy set. 

I have determined that it would be insulting to German engineering to let this car go at less than 100,000 miles, so we shall see how it lives through the 2021 Arizona summer.

In the meantime....beep beep.... 

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