Many questions...

[LL - NY]

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Louis-Alain Richard <laraa at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> Brady and I spent 1350 km in an 2010 white S-Line 2.0T 6-speed A5 last
> week-end to attend the Watkins Glen Vintage festival, so we raised about
> 200
> questions, 98% about cars, obviously. That A5 made a lasting impression
> there : the car had always someone around it, many people said to us that
> we
> "had a nice ride, dude", young guns would take pictures with their phones,
> etc. It's funny  because it was probably the youngest vehicle of them all,
> with less than 2000 km on the odo when we arrived. This A5 will grow old
> very well, I'm sure.
>
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>
> Now the questions :
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> What is the difference between an 80 and a 90 (type 89) model ?
>

In the US (if you're thinking 88 - 94(?), for a majority of the time, it was
trim, then the 90 got the 20V aspro. Then 80's were discontinued (US) and
the 90's got the 2.8 l V-6 and the then family framed grille (still better
than today's fishmouth).

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>
> When exactly does the Audi Quattro was rechristened Audi quattro ?
>

I believe it was ALWAYS quattro

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> Was there ever a red color from 1981 that was called Venus Red (I just read
> that in the new book about the Quattro that I received today, more
> questions
> and facts when I'll have read it a bit)
>

No idea. What does it look like? Seen an odd (US) Audi Fox (nee 80 gen 2) or
two with a okay looking wine red right about that vintage. I did not recall
seeing Tornado or Mars Red until the UrQ came out.

>
> What is the most interesting old Audi that one would present at vintage or
> historic road Racing, in the same vein as a Porsche or an MGB ?
>
> Auto Union GP cars. Of course, I've never seen one at a vintage event,
they're simply too rare. Next up, the IMSA GTO 200 quattros and 80 quattros,
but they're not quite old enough yet (1988).

>
> In a type 43 turbo, is it true that it's the exhaust pressure that opens
> the
> wastegate, instead of boost pressure ?
>
>
> I wonder if that's why they sucked.

>
> Did anyone ever notice that the side windows of an urQuattro (or Coupe GT)
> are the exact same shape and size, front and rear ? 36 in at the bottom, 20
> in at the top, and the leading edge of the front is identically slanted as
> the trailing edge of the rear. Only the slanted b-pillar gives the illusion
> that they are differently sized.
>


Never noticed. I'm assuming you took a tape to it. What made you even
consider it.

>
> Take a look at these pictures :
> <http://www.kvquattro.com/gallery/CoupeGL_1984.jpg>
> http://www.kvquattro.com/gallery/CoupeGL_1984.jpg and
> <http://www.kvquattro.com/gallery/GT.jpg>
> http://www.kvquattro.com/gallery/GT.jpg
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> Interesting, no ?
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> Louis-Alain
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