This one has "Huw" written all over it

[Larry C Leung]

I thought it wouldn't be bad w/o the rear spoiler, and maybe in
Anthracite or Imola Blue.

LL - NY

On Wed, 26 Dec 2001 10:10:42 -0800 "Martin Pajak" <martin at quattro.ca>
writes:
>Is it just me or do the side skirts look like they came from an older
>3
>series BWM?
>Just looks very familiar.
>
>Otherwise if it was silver or black it would actually look not half
>bad.
>At least the rear spoiler is not taller than the car itself.
>
>Cheers
>Martin
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: quattro-admin at audifans.com
>[mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
>> Behalf Of Rave Racer
>> Sent: December 25, 2001 11:37 PM
>> To: Kent McLean; audi at mediaone.net; quattro at audifans.com; Brett
>Dikeman
>> Subject: Re: This one has "Huw" written all over it
>>
>>
>>
>>     I don't feel the same way.  Sure the fog lights are a little
>> "Lancerish"
>> and don't fit the car, but I think everything else was done in good
>taste.
>> Maybe the "S" is ricer but I like the understated skirts, and at
>least the
>> bumper cover doesn't stick out 3 feet from the front like a phony
>chn
>> spoiler.  All in all I think it is pretty nice in good taste.
>>
>>        Rave Racer
>> '89 Jetta 1.8L 16V GTX
>>  http://www.vwot.org/members/Pete.html
>> '87 Audi 4000 Quattro Sedan
>>  http://www.audifans.com/registry/view.php?action=viewCar&carid=110
>> '72 Triumph GT6
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>> '83 Toyota Tercel (yoda)     Possible future Sandrail donor...
>Maybe
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Brett Dikeman <brett at cloud9.net>
>> To: Kent McLean <kentmclean at mindspring.com>; <audi at mediaone.net>;
>> <quattro at audifans.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2001 2:55 PM
>> Subject: Re: This one has "Huw" written all over it
>>
>>
>> At 2:02 PM -0500 12/25/01, Kent McLean wrote:
>> >Listers,
>> >
>> >We all know Huw Powell's penchant for yellow.
>> >Here's an A4 with "Huw" written all over it.
>> >It also has "Huw" written in the interior and
>> >engine compartment.
>> >
>> >http://www.lltek.com/protovendneil.htm
>> >
>>
>> I counted no less than SEVEN(!) different silver/red fake sport
>> badges on the outside, including a Honda rice-burner style "S".
>Then
>> there's a front end that looks like it belongs on a Subaru, and a
>> rear wing that looks like it came off the roundy celicas.  Yeah,
>> you're really going to need those big rally lights.  Note the
>> fake-sport-badge-crap intake, fluid container cover, and swaybar in
>> the engine compartment; I didn't add those 'badges' nor the badge
>on
>> the shifter in my count.
>>
>> Never ceases to amaze me how people will turn an elegant piece of
>> machinery into a hideous creation; thank god its only a
>> common-as-vanilla V6 A4 somewhere under there, and not something
>> rare.  I have seen worse:
>>
>> I once saw a UrS4(93 I think) at one of the Ira/NE aftermarket
>> events.  Huge painted rings(yellow rings, on the standard green
>color
>> paint; absolutely hideous) along the side, like the A4 racers.  I
>> nearly bitch-slapped the kid on the spot; he wasn't even -trying-
>to
>> -pretend- he was interested in such a car for its history, rarity,
>> etc; he probably just saw the chance to get something with "S4" in
>> the name for 1/3-1/4 the cost and found it was pretty quick off the
>> line.  I'd like to bitch-slap the guy who sold it to him; its like
>> selling a Porsche 356 to a 17 year old who just got his license.
>> There are some things you just DO NOT do.
>>
>>    A short discussion confirmed my suspicions.  "Uh huh, and then
>I'm
>> going to paint it this, and then I'm going to get 18 inch wheels,
>and
>> then I'm going to do this and that to the engine and then..."
>"stock
>> brakes, yes?"  "Yeah, but I'm going to paint them red!"  "Ira does
>> collision too, you might want to make the appointment now."
>>
>> Not only is the guy disgracing the car, but he's so clueless, he's
>> probably going to crack it up.  Darwinism at its finest, just too
>bad
>> the car will be involved.
>>
>>
>> B
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