[urq] Re: [Biturbos4] Acura RL

Fri Oct 22 23:27:32 EDT 2004

It's late and Friday night and this will probably not make much sense,
for this I apologise up front.

I was born in 1966 and grew up watching Audi's starting to win rally's
in the early 80s. The first car I "really" remember my father buying was in 
1983 when he bought a new Coupe GT, he couldn't be convinced at the time
to spend twice that on an ur-q. That was as close as they ever were to
the Coupe GT in terms of price from there the differential became huge.

I always dreamed of owning a quattro, but in the UK it was never 
practical. I moved to Canada in 1992 and have lived there since, I currently own too many Audis, 5 of which are quattros, and three of which could be 
sort of called ur-quattros. Only 99 were imported to Canada and I would be
surprised if more than 20% are road worthy.

Frankly, I have given up with Audi supporting these cars, I get as much 
percentage discount as the parts guys are able to give at Agincourt, and
for that I am truly greatful - they give me the same as local independants.

I wish Audi could give a little respect to the car that much of their 
current value is based on. Frankly, I am not looking for cheap parts,
I am just looking for affordable parts, if I can't get them I will just
give up and move on(now). I don't have that income to keep financing this
"hobby" and I think many of us are now realizing this.

I am surprised that most of the complaints I hear come from North America, maybe because there are fewer cars here? Whatever, I wish Audi well, I love
the cars, but will not be replacing the logos and rings or anything else
that is not a basic maintenance or safety item.

Good luck Audi - I wish you well and consider it sad how you have 
treated your heritage.

Michael Hopton 

-----Original Message-----
From:	urq-bounces at audifans.com on behalf of Thatcher Hubbard
Sent:	Fri 10/22/2004 6:22 PM
To:	urq at audifans.com
Cc:	
Subject:	RE: [urq] Re: [Biturbos4] Acura RL
You're right of course Ed, you could put a smaller wing on the car.  But the
whole "feel" of the car is different.  It's designed to stick out, even if
it has to be dog ugly to do it.

I just turned 27, so I don't consider myself old, but it seems like most of
the younger crowd will take a wild looking Evo or STi over and understated
Audi or BMW any day.  Most of my friends wouldn't be caught dead in one of
those cars, even if they recognize that they're great performers.

Me, I like a car that doesn't necessarily stand out, that doesn't have
purple cloth on the interior or carbon fiber on the dash or a titanium shift
knob.

-----Original Message-----
From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
Of Ed Kellock
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 4:18 PM
To: urq at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [urq] Re: [Biturbos4] Acura RL

In re: the big wings on the Evo or STi, I was just wondering and
thought that surely you could find an base Evo or Imprezza (do they
still sell these?) owner who would trade the whole trunk lid and wing
with you.  Seems to me that'd be a pretty direct bolt-on swap. 
Wouldn't do much for the gape-mouthed scoops etc...

Ed

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 16:01:15 -0600, Thatcher Hubbard
<thatcher.hubbard at computer-er.com> wrote:
> 
> The STi and Evo, and hopefully, because I've always liked Mazda, the MPS,
> are filling that hole, just not in the same way.  I'd probably love
driving
> an Evo, but do I want to drive a yellow car with a wing that big on the
> back?  The Urq is stealth, just another reason I love it.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
> Of Mike Fitton
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 3:42 PM
> To: AudiQtroCp at aol.com
> Cc: urq at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [urq] Re: [Biturbos4] Acura RL
> 
> But I still want a
> car that looks classy, not something with wings on the trunks almost as
> big as my US-spec bumpers.
> 
> AudiQtroCp at aol.com wrote:
> 
> >interesting lesser cars will become.  The EVO, the STi, the 350z's all
> deserve a
> >second look.  Nobody will catch Audi in areas like interior quality any
> time soon,
> >but as far as performance goes there are choices out there that will give
> any
> >Audi a run for my money.
> >sean
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