[urq] Quattro Registry ?

[Ben Swann]

Bill,

Perhaps it would be a good idea to refresh this info. regarding the Quattro Registry to
the various lists like audifans from time to time.

Also, perhaps a small membership fee/dues would be amiable for folks to be listed.   A
few perks such as newsletters pertaining to our cars and the registry and related
events, maybe with occasional featured car would be nice.  I don't like to pay a lot of
dues for anything, just like I don't like paying full subscription price for any
magazine.  Perhaps there is a fee that could be charged that even cheapskates like
myself would gladly pay, yet be enough to support the registry, overhead and perks.  I
bet advertizers would add enough to make it even more.

Just a thought.

Ben

[Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:21:56 -0400
From: "Wbremer" <wbremer at maine.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [urq] Bill Bremer?
To: "'Steve Schmidt'" <schmidt694 at gmail.com>,	<urq at audifans.com>
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Actually, I'll release any info (upgrades, any other history, etc.) I have to a
purchaser of or serious shopper for an urquattro.  And I'll release info on any car to
anyone if the owner gives his permission in writing when he/she registers the car.  I
also release aggregated info (distribution of cars by color, distribution of cars by
geographic area on occasion to the list.  When I created the registry around 1992, it
was primarily to keep track of cars and owners in the event of theft and if parts with
VINs showed up in the used parts market.  In the early days of this registry--which is
free and voluntary on both my part and on anybody who chooses to register--a number of
folks (about 1/2) seriously refused to participate if there was any chance of info being
released to other persons.  Unfortunately, for the bulk of the earlier registrants, I
did not ask the question about privacy on the registration form, so I do not now know
who cared and who did not care about their info being "out there."  In addition, the
registry was a "chapter" of sorts of the then-Quattro Club, USA, but most urquattro
owners chose not to be members, for whatever reason, and the Quattro Club was focused on
the needs of its members.

There are/were other registry sites (as on Audifans.com at one time) where folks could
post photos, descriptions, ownership info about their cars, so there was at least one
site where anyone who wanted to could post all the info they cared to share.

As a practical matter, most of the info that I have now is outdated, as work and other
commitments have kept me from chasing down new owners for the past
six+ years, and really the urq email list allows anybody who wants to 
six+ make
their ownership info public to other listers.  Also, there are several listers who track
the cars that are bought and sold and probably have far more current info than I have.

For whatever reason, we urquattro owners have not chosen to form a formal preservation
club, with dues, a newsletter, routine events, etc., such as many classic and antique
car owners have done; and with the internet and the urquattro email list, we have very
efficient ways to communicate without any formalities.

For urquattro owners who have never registered, I'll share reported upgrades and any
vehicle history on their car provided they provide the complete 17-digit VIN and provide
their name, email address, the zip code where they live, any mods to the car that they
care to share, and the name of the person from whom they bought the car.  It doesn't
cost anything, and I may take a few days to get the info out, I won't share your
identifiable info, and the registry is on a PC that is not connected to the internet, so
it can't be hacked.  
Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Steve
Schmidt
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 6:52 PM
To: urq at audifans.com
Subject: [urq] Bill Bremer?

Wbremer at maine.rr.com


He won't release any info.
He just collects it.]