[urq] My car will be 25 soon!

[Ed Kellock]

I have to agree with Brandon about these cars and the open road.

My beat up rattle trap was practically serene on the way to Utah 2
years ago.  It was stable and solid and would leap when prodded.

So far, that is the most entertaining drive and memorable trip that
I've had since the first AudiFest in '97, when people from all corners
of the continent (?) converged in Colorado Springs for the Pikes Peak
Hillclimb.  (I lived in SC at the time.)

BTW Steve, isn't that that last time anyone ever really saw your urq??  ;-)

Hey, a significant trip might get me to actually give some attention
to the aforementioned "beat up rattle trap".

I think it's about time for its monthly drive...

Heading for the parking garage,
Ed


On 9/6/07, Brandon Rogers <brogers at terrix.com> wrote:
> YES!!!!
>
> That is to both you getting the car out and moving towards having a
> _criveable_ uuq and a BIG UPG.  Let's do it.
>
> I used to say I thought it would be great to do a big UPG to coincide
> with F1 at Indy - central location etc, - but now F1 is gone from Indy -
> for '08 at least.  But I still think a good midwest town would be the
> place - maybe someplace somewhat northern for cooler temps and good fun
> rural drives.  Yes it will be a long drive for some folks - but you know
> what - that's half the fun!  These cars were designed to run the open
> road - not poke around in traffic.
>
> Let's keep the conversation going and do something.
>
> Brandon
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [urq] My car will be 25 soon!
>
>
> Well, I can now say that DA222 is out of the garage!  This doesn't mean
> that it is all up and running again, but the process to get to that
> level is now started ...
>
> Lately I've realized that I just can't free up enough time to do the big
> jobs on my cars any more ... even after being out of work for 4 months
> I'm still finding that I only have time for moderate tasks and below.
> For that reason, and for the reason that I need to have working cars in
> the driveway, I started taking the family cars to John Brasil's shop
> here in San Jose. The straw that broke the camel's back was when an
> almost brand new clutch went out on one of the V8s.  A couple weeks ago
> I had the other V8 in to John to fix up the front suspension bushings
> and such.  Whenever he talks to me he always bugs me to have him work on
> the urq.  I finally realized that the car is wasting away in the garage
> and I just need to have him take care of it.  It really shouldn't be a
> lot of work ... the clutch release mechanism has failed in some odd way,
> and I broke the Woodruff key on the cam when I was troubleshooting what
> I believe is a broken valve spring ... but I still have a head ready to
> go on the bench.  I just need to be careful to avoid "feature creep" ...
> ;-)  Gawd, now would be a good time to drop an MC-2 in there ... ;-)
>
> So anyway ... I've been working to get the clutter away from the car so
> I can roll it out onto the driveway ... and today the car is sitting in
> the driveway.  I got a chance to clean it up before the sun went down
> ... and while I was washing it I realized that with the 2008 model year,
> the urq in the USA will be 25 years old.  I guess there've already been
> a bunch of 25th anniversary celebrations for the "quattro" ... but why
> not more?  Has there been any talk of UPG events for the coming year?
> Should we talk about trying to make a "main event" at some central
> location this year?
>
> Steve B
> San José, CA (USA)
>
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