[s-cars] NLA Floor Mats

[smarinello at entouch.net]

Karen,

To add my two cents to this, as I was the one who suggested ACNA might be a path 
into a release from Audi, I would not focus so much on a limited run of replacement 
mats, but on the release of Audi's logos for use on, as an example, the Lloyds 
Ultimats, which are superior to the original Audi mats. 

I recently needed to replace the mats on my '83 urquattro and could not get Lloyds 
to do the Audi rings, urquattro, urq, or '83 urq, for the mats.  So, my old beast 
has new, but blank, mats...really too bad.  The same would be true for my '95.5 S6 
avant, but I actually have a spare set purchased a few years ago. As I noted 
earlier, however, I consider Audi mats inferior to the Ultimats in any case.

Releasing the logos for the older car patterns would be able to satisfy the needs of 
Audi enthusiasts in terms of model, color and preferred embellishment.  Or we could 
just have blank mats, and to follow that trend, maybe I could remove or blacken all 
Audi logos from the exterior of my five quattros.  Just a thought...to improve 
consistency, you understand.

I've been a member of the original quattro club and list and consistently had 
multiple Audis over the last 25 years. I know that everyone on the various audifans 
lists would appreciate any assistance and/or nudges you could impart to the 
manufacturing entity that sometimes would appear to wish that all of us old 
enthusiasts would just go away and junk our cars to buy new ones...but we buy new 
ones anyway.

And, by the way, how do we jumpstart the ACNA in Houston?

Thanks, and all the best,

Steve Marinello 

'83 urquattro
'95.5 S6 avant
'04 A4 quattro Ultrasport
'07 A4 quattro S line Titanium
'08 A4 quattro S line


On Mon Oct 18 12:46 , Robert Myers  sent:

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>Karen,
>
>There has been considerable interest expressed in replacing a number 
>of badly worn older Audi floor mats which are simply No Longer 
>Available.  Audi doesn't have them in stock.  Lloyd's no longer makes 
>them.  As far as I can tell there are none in dealer inventory 
>anywhere in the nation.  We drivers of older Audi models have simply 
>been abandoned.  My particular model is a '95 S6 but other similar 
>vintage Audi models are included in our group.
>
>It would be a simple matter for Lloyd's or some other manufacturer to 
>resume making a number of these floor mats for a limited run provided 
>AofA would be willing to grant a limited run license for their 
>manufacture.  Can we enlist your aid and the aid of ACNA to request a 
>gesture of good will toward a group of abandoned Audi enthusiasts by 
>authorizing a limited production of replacement mats?
>
>Bob
>
>
>
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