various Audi matters

[isham-research.freeserve.co.uk at pop.pol.net.uk]

>> (2) Does anyone know whether the 89-91 100 series was available in an Avant
>> w/Quattro?  I've seen a few 100 Avants around town but all have been FWD.

> Yes.  I believe they are, in 100 N/A or 200 turbo forms.

I think I own one of the rarest Type 44s on the planet.

1990 100TQW RHD.  With 1.85 bar, courtesy of Scott Mockry.

The story is that Audi canned the 200TQ/TQW in the UK in 1990, replacing
it with the V8Q.  They never built a V8QW, though - and some people had
placed orders in advance for turbo wagons.  So a limited number (some
say as few as FIVE!) of RHD 100 turbo quattro Avants was built.  I've
found two others (one is a club member) and all are red and were
imported via Gilders in Yorkshire.  All are stick shift.

In many ways, it's a 200.  Eyebrow dashboard with extra instruments,
air conditioning - almost unknown in 100s over here, ABS, MC-2 engine,
total closure, electric everything except for the seats.  It also has
a very discreet but exceptionally good Italian alarm system, which
I believe was developed for one of their supercars.

It deliberately looks like a PoS.  I never wash it (except the engine
bay - I spend a lot of time there) and it bears a 'diesel' badge on the
rear flap.  The only giveaways are the 'quattro' script in the tailgate
screen heater and the exhaust pipe.  The interior is always untidy.
Anyone wanting a digital snap should send me a private email.

Doesn't half shift.  I've had 152 mph on the dial but I ran out of road.

--
 Phil Payne
 http://www.isham-research.freeserve.co.uk/quattro
 Phone +44 7785 302803   Fax: +44 7785 309674