[s-cars] My butt momentarily in a BMW

[djdawson2 at aol.com]

I have to agree with the UrQ fascination... being the primary reason I own 2 of them.? My '85 is so pretty it makes me less likely to drive it much... but I have plans for the '83.? Dream Car Garage is about done, after which I will get moving on the '83.? My goal will be to convert it to an AAN with a CRB 6 speed bolted to it.? I will also update the electricals to the later spec, as well as the interior.? It should be insanely fast for a street car... I look forward to the day.


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My best UrQ journey was in another '85 I owned, and was my daily driver for about 100k miles.? Nothing real special... equipped with a K24 MC2... some suspension bits... 17's and good rubber... and some monoblock Porsche calipers over stock Sport Q brake rotors.? I had work in LA that was delayed for a week.? There I was in LA... with the UrQ... and nothing to do for a week.


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What else would I do but drive the UrQ down the Baja of California?? That was one on the most entertaining drives in my life... all the way to Cabo, around the loop at the southern tip, and then return.? Fond memories of UrQ-dome... ones I hope to relive in an AAN powered beast in the not too distant future.? The quattro system even delivers like a champ in the deep loose sand, finding me postcard perfect impromptu?camp sites night after night.


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Dave










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   I don't envision to 'experience' a P car at Steamboat (though Bob D  may   bring his C4 this year...).  What makes the Urq an experience IMO, is  Steamboat     Ice track, as it does things in the hands of a good driver that causes  others   to white knuckle the door pull.  And in that experience, is the  story of the   3200 miles out and back, in the worst midwest winter weather.   A true grand   touring coupe in every sense of the word, and with center diff  locked and a   set of blizzacks, hard to slow down for the 'other' guys  sake.     And with my various state of tune urq's over the years, showing up at  a   tarmac track event with 17's and big reds, putting a lot of more modern    machines   in perspective.  A lot of faster cars on the straight, but a well  sorted urq   with a stock suspension, defines an experience Larry.  I also  spent a lot of   right seat time with Keith Anderson in his urq, even in 10vt  trim, *always*   an experience.     IMO, a lot of the later quattros are 'cars'...  But there a still a  couple   that stir the soul like the urq.  My JNR drives in a tweeked RS6,  stock '01 S8   at MidOH, the RS4 carving the hills of MO, the group a 95 S2 Rally  car, and   a 4.2 5spd v8 conversion....     Come out to Steamboat Larry.  I promise you our impromptu urqgtg  will   include an urq 'experience' you won't soon forget?     Taka, wrt some of the other rides you reference.  I'm not a  scoobie-doo guy,   but did drive one hard at Blackhawk, it was fun, but no real  flavor for my   taste.  Pitzo's evo (or a '06 MRSE), now there's a twitchy  car that looks   great in black, and will bite and is as brutal hard as a  930.  The Z05 and the   LT5 are two of my favorite 'mericans, but I'd rather  have the motor in one of   Bob D's creations frankly.  An LT1Q has the flare  and the best part of a   'vette=motor, which made for more stories than I could  recount (and still do,   since Golledge takes that thing to Steamboat every year  and flogs it, then   drives   'er home).     Scott J  Eventmaster Gruppe-q 2008  _www.gruppe-q.com_ (http://www.gruppe-q.com)         In a message dated 12/6/2007 10:04:05 A.M. Central Daylight Time,    larrycleung at gmail.com writes:    After  having driven a mere '73 P-car and a couple of UrQ's that I was   considering  buying  (an '84 Silver one, bad tint job,  no A/C and a much nicer  Helios Blue one,   with A/C, both  were at the same P-A-VW franchised dealer  (okay, that dates me, but who   cares?) and   all I can say is...although the  UrQ's were nice, they were...cars. The P-car   was an experience.     LL -  NY               **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest   products.  (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)  _______________________________________________  S-CAR-List mailing list  S-CAR-List at audifans.com  http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/s-car-list  


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