ETKA and Audi

[FJ40Jim at aol.com]

I own a shop that works exclusively on another rare 4WD vehicle(Land Cruiser).  The manufacturer is happy to sell the parts microfiche to us, because it means increased parts sales and fewer returns.  I've never understood the whole "secrecy" thing about getting a copy of ETKA.  Seems very counterproductive based on my professional experience.  An auto manufacturer should seek to put the parts catalog in the hands of every owner and service tech.  Just my $.02

In a message dated 11/6/2002, quattro-request at audifans.com writes:
> To: 'CCOHEN' <ccohen5 at compuserve.com>, 'qlist' <quattro at audifans.com>
>
> Colin-
> I've asked AoA on multiple occasions, I'm
> all for a petition.
> Taka
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CCOHEN [mailto:colincohen at msn.com]
> Subject: EKTA and Audi
>
> BTW I asked the marketing genius that gave a rah rah marketing speech at
> the recent ACoNA (Quattro Club) Nationals banquet last month as to why
> they wont release the parts catalog and his response was...wait for
> it...
>
> NOBODY HAS ASKED!!!!!
>
> ...which convinces me that we ought to get up a list
> petition.
>
> Colin

Thanks,
Jim Chenoweth
TLC Performance
Lancaster Ohio, USA