[urq] 30 years and counting...

[Robert Myers]

I can top that a bit, Frank.  Got my first Audi in 1983, nearly 30 
years ago.  Nothing else since except for the better half's cars 
which have mostly been Japanese.

Bob




At 03:12 AM 5/13/2012, frank j. bauer wrote:
>WERD!
>
>just passed 27 years of continuous quattrownership...
>(no urq yet)
>
>Huw Powell wrote:
>>How do you click "like" on a mailing list?
>>On 5/13/2012 12:06 AM, laraa at sympatico.ca wrote:
>>>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/
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