[urq] New (to me) UrQ owner and couple questions

[Peter]

Thank you very much Brandon!

I should note that in repsonse to your first remark about the value of the
lists (or any online community gathered around cars in general)... They have
been invaluable in allowing me to own (and continue to own) cars which are
generally very expensive to maintain, contribute to my overall knowledge and
have taught me immensely... So much so I have now decided to make this my
career track.  I have also made some outstanding friends, especially lately!
People I would characterize as those types of individuals who will be around
for my lifetime.

In saying that, I am entirely for assisting and helping the community and
giving back when I can do so.  I started this by first sharing my knowledge
with those less knowledgable or in need of help by way of the very forums
that helped me, to starting TDIF and now I would like to get this underway.

I am keeping quiet regarding the origin of the car until I have taken
delivery of the car, I hope you understand.

I look forward to working with you (and whomever else) in making this
concept a reality.  Thanks to you and everyone so far (and to come) for
being soo genuinely warm and inviting to a relatively unknown new owner.  It
speaks very highly for the caliber of people who attend this list.

Cheers,

Peter Sinkevich


On 10/24/06 11:27 AM, "Brandon Rogers" <brogers at terrix.com> wrote:

> Hi Pete.
> 
> Welcome to the Urq List.
> 
> Not a ton of traffic here but little "noise" so to speak.  This List has
> been crucial for me - were it not for this list I would have sold my '84
> years ago.  And I've made some incredible friends - having road tripped
> in the '84 from Denver to both Park City, UT and Granby CT for Urq GTGs.
> Great group of people.
> 
> So who's car are you getting?
> 
> I have several times mentioned doing exactly what you are proposing -
> however I don't have the resources to put up a website.  I will help you
> however instead.
> 
> And I occasioanlly post on MG as 84urq20v.
> 
> Brandon
> '84 ur
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On
> Behalf Of Peter Sinkevich
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 6:07 AM
> To: urq at audifans.com
> Subject: [urq] New (to me) UrQ owner and couple questions
> 
> 
> Hello listers,
> 
>  
> 
>   I recently sealed the deal for a Helios Blue UrQ and will be bringing
> it home in the coming weeks to put up and begin restoration.  I bought
> this car full well knowing the growing concerns of the owners in regards
> to NLA parts and the general rarity of parts in general.  I am no
> stranger to rare parts for Audi's currently owning several, one of which
> is a Ginster Coupe Quattro.  Some of you might know me from Audiworld,
> Motorgeek over the years or more recently when starting my own shop, S
> Werks Racing Development and a free and open forum, TDIF.
> 
>  
> 
>   I see a real need to start tracking and listing NLA parts for general
> community reference as well as substitute parts/solutions for the guys
> who don't fall in the purists category and wish to resolve their woes in
> regards to parts unavailability so they may continue using their cars as
> they wish. In this spirit, I will be going through my '03 (maybe '04)
> Euro ETKA to start to get a handle on the NLA parts list.  What I
> started to find discouraging initially at first glance is the removal of
> the part numbers when parts go NLA!  So my question to you all is 2
> prong. Does anyone have an older version of ETKA floating about that
> does not have any NLA UrQ parts in it, and secondly, what parts in the
> last few years have gone NLA that will not show up in my version?
> 
>  
> 
>   Being as I am a new owner and have no general restoration schedule for
> this car (basically it is as long as it takes to do it right) this NLA
> list will be a side project I compile in my spare time.  Anyone who
> wishes to participate is more than welcome and will also receive credit.
> I will be making a special list/database lookup on TDIF.com where this
> list will be kept up-to-date on a monthly basis and will also show newly
> NLA parts with dates, descriptions and part numbers. including known
> solutions/workarounds.
> 
>  
> 
> Great to be here and I hope I can make some positive contributions to
> the community as I have in the past for other Audi communities.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>  
> 
> Peter Sinkevich
> 
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-- 
Peter Sinkevich
Owner

S Werks Racing Development
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