[urq] Urq ownership: Passion vs Enthusiast

[Scott Justusson]

 Very well summed in many contexts Sean!  I've counseled this to many urq owners for many years...  If this car is your passion, what difference does it make what Audi chooses to do, or really, how much any part costs.  I bought several of the aftermarket visor clips years ago, IIRC they were $35 a set plus shipping.  Didn't care, I'm not putting a mismatched vw part on I have to stare at every time I drive the car.  

I say stop chasing Audi for interest they don't have, because majority of urq ownership is in the entitlement phase right now, not the buyer phase of ownership.  Eric's point is valid, you put these 'NLA' parts back in the bin, you don't ask how much they are.  That's how Mercedes can support 50 year old parts orders.

I see the E30 no differently than the urq.  The top 10% of the market gets the top money.  They are slightly ahead of the urq in that price niche, mostly because there is no engine swap required/desired to make that a fun car.  

Personally, I think it's great to see and witness some with extreme urq passion chasing perfection.  Sean, absurd money into his I5 project, Riley's absurd money into restoring a minty 85, Dupree absurd money into many revisions making his ex-84 just so, and Hackl's Pikes Peak effort almost insane.  

The question you need to ask yourself, are you an enthusiast, or is this urq ownership your passion.  If it's the latter, reading posts that say "I'm in depending on price" is silly forum chatter for rank amateurs.  If it's your passion, you don't speak to the money required to feed it, only to the enjoyment of the summary accomplishment.

My .02

Scott J
84 urq
83 urq

 

-----Original Message-----
From: audiqtrocp <audiqtrocp at aol.com>
To: Mike Del Tergo <mdeltergo at hotmail.com>
Cc: urq <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Thu, Nov 14, 2013 10:54 pm
Subject: Re: [urq] Fw: Audi Museum miniatures


First of all Mike, your my hero.  I have always envied your ownership of those 
two cars.  If the M3 didn't keep two steps ahead of my budget I'd have one 
parked between the UrQ and the Integrale.   

Few would disagree here that most urq owners just won't, and historically 
haven't kept up with this $25 part and that $25 part during the ownership of 
their cars.  In fact you name a part, accessory, or service and I guarantee 
someone will chime in and complain about the price of it - regardless of how 
much time and money was invested into making or re-making that particular part.  


In my experience I have seen the opposite from E30 M3 owners, and that's a good 
reason those cars have out valued the more significant and rare UrQ.  

Sean. 

Sent from my iPhone for, the one with the bigger Gee Bee's

On Nov 13, 2013, at 19:36, Mike Del Tergo <mdeltergo at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Any elaboration here?  Could save thousands in therapy as I'm one of a few 
Urq/E30 M3 owners....
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