[urq] how does this happen?

[Robert A Dupree]

Since this has turned into an opinion gathering topic...

I observe that very few in the USA Audi community have the interest and resources available needed to preserve these machines akin to the heritage units from: Mercedes, Porsche, BMW and so on.

I believe the majority of us on this board have the interest.  And that same majority do not have a sufficient surplus of resources to simply pay folks to 'make it happen'.  So then we struggle with our desire to keep the fleet alive until such time as the world catches up to what we think we know - which is to say these are valuable icons to preserve.

Much like the machines of WW2, once the world realizes they really are collector's items - far too many will have been sent to the scrapper.  Fundamental to that lag in realization is the lack of support that is viable to the enthusiast community to keep them alive during the lag.

Therefore as I look at the Florida car I think: "At $500 I'd bring-a-trailer and take the gamble, but any more than that and I will focus my time, resources and interest in the car I already have."  Sure it has some parts that I'd like to have as spares for my own '84.  But $4500 for a rusted, moldy, mildewed beat-up UrQ?  

That guy is smokin' something illegal.

Rob D.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
> Of Peter Coulter
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 10:34 AM
> To: lawson.d at comcast.net
> Cc: urq
> Subject: Re: [urq] how does this happen?
> 
> Sorry David, I have to disagree with you in your comparison to Porsches.
> That is the only marque I know of that is holding it's value at the
> auctions. Audi doesn't fall into that category. And where are you going to
> get the parts to restore it? We can't even get windshields for them. While
> I think every one of us would like to have each one saved; I believe that
> it doesn't make sense financially to restore many of them. /Peter
> ps I know of a mars red 83 in Denver that just came up for sale cheap ;?)
> 
> FACEBOOK: USURQ30 Vail, Colorado 9/10/11. Be there!!
> 

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