[urq] white urq on ebay

[Michael S. Williams]

Hey,

Is it just me or do the door panels look like they are somehow the wrong color? They are significantly different than the (albeit filthy and worn seats).  closer to a darker, slightly yellowish mammoth ivory color.

Also, it's like someone who should NOT have been using one took a non-orbital polisher to the car and focused on the rings and pinstripes. 

And the back seat, while clean and orderly seems to have definitely been sat in a lot. Instead of the plushy, "puffy," diagonal lines you'd normally see on a fresh UrQ seat, the seat is crushed down like it's been used. 

But strangely, though, those doors are PRISTINE, as is that dash, and the whole center console assy. 

But the gear shift knob and shift boot show a lot of wear. Along with the steering wheel, which has been mentioned. 

The only thing I can think of is, maybe someone spent a lot of time in the driver's seat pretending like they were driving? He said he had kids, who knows. 

Or, maybe those aren't the original seats. They're transplants? Unlikely, I know. 

And he's the second owner... How many second owner urqs have such low mileage? 

And then there is the maintenance that had to be done. Shift linkage bushings? Already?

I dunno. Weird. 

Michael

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On Jun 21, 2011, at 12:00 PM, urq-request at audifans.com wrote:

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> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:29:33 -0400 (EDT)
> From: djdawson2 at aol.com
> To: dan at simoes.us, urq at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [urq] white urq on ebay
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> Yeah, a funny mix... the seats, steering wheel, shift boot and exterior decals sure don't look like 16k miles.  And no engine pics.
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> Does look like a decent car, though, and appears to have a very good dash.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Simoes <dan at simoes.us>
> To: urq <urq at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tue, Jun 21, 2011 11:55 am
> Subject: [urq] white urq on ebay
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> This car is fishy:
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140567381901
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> I've seen it before on craigslist, and then again on eBay.  Asked the seller
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> if he had previously had the car on craigslist, he said no.
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> The seats and wheel show far more than the stated 16k miles.
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> Does anyone know this car?
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> Besides having a soft spot for the urq, I've always like the white in
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> particular, after years of coveting Greg Hayman's car.
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> Dan