[urq] Audis as Collectibles...

[Rave Racer]

        You are right on the collectable's continuing to be driven, of
course.  At one of the Festivals that was shown on Speed vision, the owners
of one of the older F1 cars (by older I mean between 5 and 10 years old),
allowed one of it's designers to do the drive down the hill.  He crashed it
within 50 feet of the start line.
        The Ur Q is the original Rally car and should already be in the
festivals.  IMHO it should be the pinnacle of the rally group showing.  If
you consider what in the U.S. is considered a classic, then the UR Q should
be crossing into classic territory simple by age.  The Nova was the last
muscle car that I remember there actually being a big fuss about it's
status.  It was classified as classic on it's twentieth birthday, and by
this ruling, the UrQ will be it in a couple years.
                                                    RR

> I think that you're wrong.  We'll always see some crazy owner "trashing"
and
> thrashing his multi-million dollar car(s) in pointless celebrations of
past
> glory.  Every year, at places like Goodwood and Monterey, priceless cars
are
> beaten into the ground, and sometimes crashed.  Not too long ago
(actually, I
> think it was May), a Porsche 908 showed up for a driver's school event at
> Limerock.  A 908.  No shit.  (anyone who doesn't know what a 908 is, is
> missing out.  One of the more beautiful production road spec race cars
ever
> produced.) They wouldn't let him run after 2 sessions, as the car was WAY
too
> loud, but he spun it twice in the two breif sessions, nonetheless.  This
past
> year at Goodwood, how many priceless cars were wrecked (only to be later
> repaired, I'm quite sure).  The Ferrari F1 150 Dino that nearly flipped
onto
> Alan DeCadinet (sp?) comes to mind.  Look at Frank Beddor, who runs his
Sport
> Quattros all over the place.  While the Ur-Q may (or very well may not)
> become a collectable, there will always be one or two die hards that
insist
> on running the cars because it's more true to their heritage than letting
> them sit and accumulate dust.  Also, we are obviously biased in thinking
that
> the Ur-Q will attain collectable status - look at all of the wonderful
cars,
> now readily purchaceable, which have not yet acheived collector status.
> Certainly the 930 comes to mind, a revolutionary car with as much, if not
> more, global impact than the Ur-Q.  And perhaps only certain models, like
the
> coveted 20V's, will become collectable. (Look at the difference in the
market
> between a 356 and a 356 4 cam.  About 30,000$ vs. 120,000$.).  In any
event,
> anyone wishing to see a Ur-Q running at track events won't have to go much
> farther than Limerock, Walkins, and Summit - I'll be there, and I'm sure
that
> unless you know the car, you'll think it's a Ur-Q when I'm done.  :-)
>
>
> Later!
> Carter