Broken into Audi on Thanks Giving Morn

[James at ringsperformance.com]

Go to either your local sheet plastic or glass house and get a suitably-sized hunk of acrylic for $10. Then cut it with a jigsaw, router, Leatherman (tm) until it fits. You'll have an ~easy, though temporary, fix.

And a window from _any_ four-door 4k/4kq from '85-87 will fit.

cu, James Marriott
'87 4kq (alias "late-B2 90q") with rare ersatz NG engine, 184k, being restored from rear-end total loss
'89 200q (MC1, ProconTen/no bag, 1.8 blah blah), 142k, already been un-totaled
Boise, ID, USA     http://www.webpak.net/~marriott/
www.ringsperformance.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cade Carvell" <ccarvell at nbsusa.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: Broken into Audi on Thanks Giving Morn


> I just got done calling to about 5 local salvage yards, no luck in
> getting the window.  Either they don't understand how an interchange
> manual works, or the Audi's of this erra just weren't that common in the
> MN area.
>   I found a few listed on car-parts.  Looks like I will have to park the
> Audi for a week or so till one of the online yards, can next day my
> window.
>   All I have to say, at least this vehicle still starts, the last car I
> had that was broken into they were nice enough to ground an unfused link
> to the battery, and managed to fry my Starter and starter relay (old
> ford), and battery.
>
> Does anyone know what years the drivers side windows interchange?  The
> yards seem a little confused.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cade Carvell
> National Business Systems, Inc.
> 2919 West Service Road
> Eagan, MN 55121
> Office: 651-994-4400
> >>> Tom Nas <tnas at euronet.nl> 11/29/02 12:16 PM >>>
> Yup, I've had two attempted break-ins and one succesful. Believe me, the
> type 89 door handles are no advantage here! The jerk put a screwdriver
> in
> my driver's door lock and just levered until the door handle (cast iron)
> broke and the door skin warped to h*ll.
>
> Fist time- 600 euros damage. Second- 400. Third- 700. Plus 10 euros for
> the
> actual loot: three copied CDs and a cellphone charger. Fixed the damage
> myself and learnt that whatever it is, however worthless it is to you,
> some
> drug-crazed git will nick it. Now my CDs lare covered with road maps,
> I'm
> even more conscious to leave the glove compartment open and leave
> nothing
> of value in the car.
>
> Sorry to hear about the break-in, I sympathize. Sounds like your git did
> even more damage than mine.
>
> Tom
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