[urq] Audi at Sebring

[Steve Mills]

It is Audi's car, and it's been put back together more times than Humpty
Dumpty. Besides the VC hillclimb off, which was relatively minor, there was
an incident where I believe a mechanic took it out and did his best to roll
it into a ball. Not sure if it's still with the car, but when I saw it at
Carlisle there was what was left of one of the factory Ronals in the trunk-
it wasn't pretty. Any other car would have been written off, and I'm sure
the driver got the "You are SO fired" speech when he returned/recovered.

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Martin Dapot <cardconsys at aol.com> wrote:

>        This is tangential to the UrQ site but of interest anyway maybe.
>
>        I was at Sebring over the weekend and went to the Audi display tent.
>        Only 3 cars, an R8 Diesel Le Mans Car, a 'customer spec'
> R8(road-going type)
>        presumably for the GT category and..... a 1984 Red, with white
> wheels, Sport
>        Quattro. So maybe Audi does remember the 'one that brought them
> there'.
>        Asked the stand personnel if they knew whose it was but they were
> not very
>        knowledgeable or helpful. Anyone have any idea?
>
>        Tit bit gleaned directly from an Audi mechanic when asked why the
> diesels are
>        so quiet:
>                        1.      The turbocharger(s) smooth out the exhaust
> pulsations.
>                        2.      After the turbocharger there is a mandated
> particulate remover
>                                so that there is no evidence of the usual
> diesel exhaust smoke.
>
>        Between the 2 of them the sound is very effectively muffled.
>
>
>        Martin Dapot
>        83 UrQ
>
>        I have a couple of photos of the Quattro if of any interest.
>
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