[urq] My (brief) chat with the Audi brass

[Brandon Rogers]

Thanks Wylie- 
Your efforts are greatly appreciated - and yes, if nothing else, it
certainly cannot hurt the cause.  Hopefully it will help.

Thanks again.

Brandon
'84 ur




-----Original Message-----
From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of Wylie Bean
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 7:56 AM
To: urq at audifans.com
Subject: [urq] My (brief) chat with the Audi brass


Fellow Ur-q enthusiasts,
I did get a very brief chance to speak directly with Johan De Nysschen,
Executive VP of Audi of America, among others whose names I can't recall
other than Peter Bartlett, and the Area 79 Manager Harry Oxnard, and the
FOM for the same region, Joe Koteles yesterday evening.  Harry was my
ASM when I was an ABS, and he introduced me to Johan.  He seemed very
genuine and appreciative of the response and attendance of the event in
a town/market like Winston-Salem NC. Flow was celebrating the opening of
their second "World of Audi"
(hangar) building, and the Champion R8 and RS6 Speed GT cars were on
hand as well.  It made for a pretty good environment.  I told him I was
very much an enthusiast, and a long-time owner of Audis, but was
saddened by what seemed like a lack of support for the cars that made
Audi, the original quattro.  It didn't hurt that Eddie Pyle had a
pristine original Gobi Urq that he drove up from TN for the event which
I couldn't help but point out as I was making my point.  I mentioned the
obsolescence of critical parts required to keep the cars on the road,
and wondered if he was aware of the issue.  To shorten a not-so-long
answer, he said he was not, but but would look into it. Joe Koteles,
who's been with Audi in the fixed ops capacity for a long time, was
aware of it, and knowing him a whole lot better, I actually was able to
drive the point home I thought better than in the limited time I had
with De Nysschen.  He said he would make a point to keep bringing that
up in his communications with his superiors.  I don't know what good any
of this may have done, as it could just as easily be lip service as it
was genuine, but hey, it's a start.

Wylie Bean
TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
90 Cq
99.5 A4 Avant 1.8Tq
01 allroad q 2.7T


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