[urq] Parts, etc

[Ed Kellock]

Yes, this appears to be offered by a charity to which the car was
donated.  I was shocked at that, though now I do recall this coming
across Audifans as well.  Yes, those seats do look quite nice.  Too
bad Gobi is not my color.  Oh yeah, there's that money thing too.  Uh,
er, then where the bloody hell would I park it?  I already rotate one
car (of 7) through the parking garage at work to keep from parking in
front of my neighbor's houses.

This Gobi urq (Nick's car?) still has the original license plate
issued to it when it was new.  How do I know?  Well, I just do dammit.

Ed

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 14:47:02 -0800, Buchholz, Steven
<Steven.Buchholz at kla-tencor.com> wrote:
> Yes Martin, you are probably right!  For some reason I was thinking the
> car was silver ... Nick's car is Gobi Beige metallic ... and I see this
> one is listed as being Gold ... it also has the very low VIN ... for
> some reason I thought Nick's was an '82 ... but yes, I do believe this
> was Nick's car.
> 
> Nick was fastidious about the mechanical upkeep of his car ... I know
> for a fact the suspension and brakes are nearly new.  The interior was
> recently redone ... you can see from the pictures how good it looks.
> The paint was getting pretty oxidized the last time I saw it ... and the
> dash was pretty badly cracked ... Nick had redone the finish on the rear
> wing too ... so exterior cosmetics are probably pretty good.  Nick was
> the only urq owner I knew who actually owned a car he bought new ... so,
> this is a one owner car as well ...
> 
> Tying this back to the beginning of this thread ... it looks like Nick
> wasn't getting any bites at his asking price (frankly, I wouldn't pay
> what he was asking either) so he donated it for the tax write off.
> Audi's lack of support shows up here in resale values as well ... think
> about how much an '85 BMW M3 goes for in comparison ... in terms of
> historical significance I think the ury has it hands down ... and the
> cars look very similar ...
> 
> All that said ... unless you are talking about marques like Ferrari or
> Porsche, every manufacturer eventually stops making parts for the older
> models.  If you look at popular "classic" cars here in the USA you will
> find that in some part it is the fact that people have started making
> reproductions of original parts that contributes to higher resale
> values.  The parts availability makes it possible for owners to maintain
> their cars in good condition and keep the cars on the road and in
> people's minds ...
> 
> Steve B
> San Jose, CA (USA)
> >
> > Isn't it Nick Frank's car?
> > It was on Audifans while back... same plate # and all...
> >
> > HTH
> > Martin Pajak
> >
> >
> > Yeah, has anyone seen this one on eBay?
> >
> >
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6003&i
> tem=4521207912&rd=1
> >
> > It looks really clean.  No reserve either.  This one's going, going,
> > gone to the highest bidder.
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:32:15 EST, BTMeadows at aol.com
> > <BTMeadows at aol.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Great letter Jon.  I hope it gets some results.  If there
> > is  anything
> > that
> > > we can do as "listers," please let us know.  I think the
> > point you make
> > about
> > > Audi still using footage, the early quattro's blatant
> > domination, and
> > it's
> > > remaining legacy to push the marquee, yet  not supporting
> > those who own,
> > and try
> > > to keep these cars up and running is  imperative.  I can't
> > think of the
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