ETKA - is it legal

Ti Kan ti at amb.org
Thu Nov 8 16:01:13 EST 2001


ccohen5 writes:
> So I told Brian Owen of AoA that I had the Euro ETKA, that it was pirated,
> and that others had them because the dealers were incapable of explaining or
> even discovering what Euro parts were required for Euro spec cars.
>
> He lloked at me sideways, paused, and responded that he did not have the
> slightest idea about that which I was speaking.

Not sure what I would make of that without having been there...  Who is
Brian Owen anyway?

> Conclusion:  There really are two Audi companies out there: the era up to
> then end of the Urq S6, and then the new A series company.  The two co-exist
> but with some discomfort.

Not so much with the Audi company, but definitely with the owners.  I happen
to own both generations of Audis, so I kind of straddle in between.  However
clearly there is a chasm between those who have lived and breathed Audis
of yore and the new breed who got turned on to Audis post-1996.

-Ti
01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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