[urq] 30 years and counting...

[Stephen Kraus]

Ur Quattros are just proof that new cars really can't offer you the
simplicity and entertainment of an 80s Euro car.

On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 11:55 PM, Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:

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> On 5/13/2012 12:06 AM, laraa at sympatico.ca wrote:
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>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> May 1982 was a big month for me.
>>
>> I got my first job, a McDonald cook, that very month. On my first training
>> day, it was a Saturday afternoon, I had the opportunity to "take a break"
>> in
>> the staff room after 2 hours of training. There, I switched on the TV set,
>> one of the CRT variety complete with a rotating knob to select the channel
>> and the volume. The image I saw on the screen made my heart stop : Gilles
>> Villeneuve had an accident, he was between life and death in an hospital.
>> I
>> was 17, this was my first job, GV was my hero. Sad, sad day.
>>
>> 19 years later, on September 10th 2001, I bought that magnificent 1983
>> Mars
>> Red Audi Quattro, the first one I ever saw in my life. When I looked at
>> the
>> VIN plate, the built date was 05/1982. At the moment, I didn't realized
>> that
>> this was "THE" month. It's only last week, when I said to "Honey and the
>> Girls" (my own family) that my red sports car was 30 years old that they
>> made me realize the connection with GV's death.
>>
>> I don't know the exact built day, but it's not important. Today, 30 years
>> after Gilles's death, 30 years after the Quattro left the assembly line, I
>> took her for a spin and I'm still in love.
>> That's what's important.
>>
>> Salut Gilles !
>> And long(er) lives the Quattro !
>>
>> Louis-Alain
>> Montreal, home of the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit.
>> http://www.**circuitgillesvilleneuve.ca/<http://www.circuitgillesvilleneuve.ca/>
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