quattro digest, Vol 1 #4515 - farewall to the 91 200q20v avant (Dan Simoes)

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

And before anyone gets bent out of shape and thinks
Dan's a stereotyper, I poke fun at myself and make
jokes virtually perpetually.  If you feel the need to
e-mail me or Dan and recommend diversity training,
loosen the T-bolt clamp on your sense of humor.

Joe, not wishing to start flame war with hippies,
Pizzo.

:-)
--- Joseph Pizzimenti <pizzoman at yahoo.com> wrote:
> List,
> I'll never forget the first time I met Dan.
> It was right after a meet around Bear Mountain and
> he
> pulls up in his supersexy lime green jetta tdi and
> says,
>
> "You know, it's funny.  I was expecting a big, fat
> guinea."
> "Sorry to disappoint."
>
> :-)
>
> Dan, e-mail me.  We gotta go out for beers, you're
> too
> damn close and Audiotic to not hang out with/borrow
> tools from.
>
> Joe "dat not so fat guinea" Pizzimenti
> --- Larry C Leung <l.leung at juno.com> wrote:
> > Dan,
> >
> > Sorry to see your last Q go, although I can
> > understand
> > that chasing around leaks (some fluid, some
> > electron)
> > around a time challenged car. I know you'll be
> back
> > with
> > another Q when the time is right. In the meantime,
> > at
> > least the Jetta is still VAG. And at least it's
> easy
> > to tell
> > when it's you going by (yet to see another Jetta
> in
> > your
> > car's color....)
> >
> > LL - NY
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > From: Dan Simoes <dans at audifans.com>
> > > To: "200q20v at audifans.com"
> <200q20v at audifans.com>,
> > >         quattro at audifans.com
> > > Subject: farewall to the 91 200q20v avant
> > >
> > > I'm still trying to come to terms with this...
> > >
> > > I've agreed to sell my Avant to lister Ben Swann
> > who flies in
> > > tomorrow
> > > to pick it up from me.
> > >
> > > I love the car, especially watching the faces of
> > hopped up Civic
> > > owners
> > > and the occasional Mustang/Camaro as I blow by,
> > but the duties of
> > > work
> > > and parenting two young daughters along with
> > owning a home are just
> > > too
> > > much for me to find time to spend 2 hours here,
> 4
> > hours there
> > > fixing
> > > things like leaking power steering hoses, fuel
> > leaks, etc.  It's
> > > the
> > > definition of vintage Audi ownership, ain't it?
> :)
> >  Let's face it,
> > > the
> > > car is now 13 years old, and nothing lasts
> > forever.
> > >
> > > So, I'll stick with the (mostly) reliable Jetta
> > TDI for now, and
> > > maybe
> > > in a few months I'll be tempted by the revised
> > WRX, or a deal on a
> > > used
> > > one.
> > >
> > > This won't be my last Audi, though I'm having a
> > harder and harder
> > > time
> > > finding an Audi that excites me for the price I
> > can afford.  A used
> > > neu-S4 perhaps, or maybe a used TT225 alfresco?
> > We'll see.
> > >
> > > Thanks to the guys on the 200q20v list for
> helping
> > me diagnose and
> > > fix
> > > problems and provide emotional support
> throughout.
> >  I'll stick
> > > around
> > > for a while, don't worry.
> > >
> > > Special thanks to Peter Schulz for finding the
> car
> > for me in the
> > > first
> > > place, as well as to Scott Mockry of SJM
> > Autotechnik fame, who
> > > continues
> > > to show an uncanny ability to diagnose problems
> > sight unseen over
> > > the
> > > internet :)
> > >
> > > | Dan |
>
>
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