Ashes to Ashes urQ: interesting side story

[Danton J.A. Cardoso]

You mean the "prince of darkness" aka Lucas?  Which is the biggest
PITA in automotive electronics.  However, I did have an exceptional
Lucas system on my '96 Disco, that is until it was plagued with
misfires, and a hidden check engine code!!!

On Thu, Feb 7, 2008 at 6:55 PM, LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's revered 'cuz the Bosch electronics mean that it's a 28 year old car
>  that actually starts!!!
>
>  Okay, j/k, no disrespect meant to the Father of Darkness or to the Audi
>  Gods.
>
>  LL - NY
>
>
>
>  On 2/7/08, Geraint Lloyd <geraintlloyd_qc at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>  >
>  > It was the last right hand drive urq produced.
>  >
>  > Please bear in mind that audi UK might not have the same mentality as Audi
>  > AG regarding the "classics". The UK is, after all the land of MGBS,
>  > Healeys
>  > and Triumphs.
>  >
>  > The separate and prolonged involvement of Dave Sutton Motorsport and
>  > Audisport UK in the URQs rally history, independent of Ingolstat, may be a
>  > decent indicator of why the last rhd urq is so revered.
>  >
>  > Geraint
>  >
>  >
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]
>  > On
>  > Behalf Of Mark J. Besso
>  > Sent: February 6, 2008 3:22 PM
>  > To: Audifans; urq at audifans.com; msvphoto at pacbell.net
>  > Subject: Re: Ashes to Ashes urQ: interesting side story
>  >
>  > I was rather miffed about them calling it something like
>  > last-quattro-sport-coupe-produced....or whatever the actual terminology
>  > was.
>  >
>  > It makes me wonder what other Q-owners with merely two doors consider
>  > their
>  > cars?
>  >
>  > ~MB
>  >
>  >
>  > On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 10:57:53 -0800 (PST)
>  >   Mike Veglia <msvphoto at pacbell.net> wrote:
>  >   Very interesting story. However, this quote seems a tad ironic:
>  >
>  >   "We would never be able to replace this car and its value to the
>  > brand is inestimable" said Jeremy Hicks Director of Audi UK.
>  >
>  >   After all, we are talking about a car the manufacturer dumped the
>  > spares inventory for and offers zero support for. Yeah, "inestimable"
>  > is about right. The way things are going the already scare Ur-Quattro
>  > will become extinct and only the "inestimable" examples will be all
>  > the remain as the ones the rest of us own become cannibalized to keep
>  > the museum pieces alive.
>  >
>  >   What, me bitter? Perhaps...
>  >
>  >   Mike Veglia
>  >
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