[s-cars] Idea: Survey to nail down build dates and feature changes

[Doug Landaeta]

Sure, it would be interesting, especially as our
UrS4/6 age, and each year, we see another parts
car with various goodies being recycled and passed
about - I always wondered when the under-bonnet
inspection lamp became de-contented.

Doug L
94 S4
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Forgie [mailto:forgied at direct.ca]
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 2:10 AM
> To: s-cars
> Subject: [s-cars] Idea: Survey to nail down
> build dates and feature changes
> 
> S-gruppees: We all know that there are
> differences between the S4s and
> the S6s.  We also all know that some features of
> the S4 were carried
> over into the S6, at least until Hans unt Claus
> ran out of the S4 parts,
> e.g. four spoke steering wheels, gauges without
> chrome rings, five spoke
> wheels, etc.  The problem is there is such a
> mish-mash of features, its
> tough to know whether its correct or not for a
> given S-car.
> 
> There are also quirks within model years. For
> example, if I know a "92"
> spec car is an April to June 92 build date, I
> can almost guarantee that
> it has both the front strut bar (supposedly a 93
> (start) feature) and a
> rear sway bar (which was deleted in the 93 model
> run - or was it?).  And
> there are questions, like  "what build date
> (month/year) did the oil
> pressure gauge disappear?"  I know this is all
> just trivia but it may be
> important at some point.
> 
> What I am wondering is, if I set up a
> questionnaire based on build date
> and original features (may be difficult with 2nd
> and 3rd owner cars) and
> promised to make the results available to, say,
> Jimmy Pribble for
> posting at UrS4.com, to compliment the features
> list that he has there,
> would anybody be interested in responding?
> 
> Dave (trivia-boy) F.
> 
>