[urq] "Team Door handle"

Sun Jun 18 19:11:21 PDT 2017

That it is Wylie.  It's good to see some of the old guard here.  I do miss
the quattro list and when Audi sold ~3 models.  I can't even keep up
anymore.  Probably has something to do with an increase in age.

I still have 2 urqs, 4ktq (WX), '94 S4, '95 S6 avant, and RS2.

Tom

On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 11:03 AM, theringmeister at triad.rr.com <
theringmeister at triad.rr.com> wrote:

> This thread is like a reunion. Who else can we get out of the wood work?
>
> Wylie Bean
> Central NC
> 90 Coupe
> 91 90q20v
> 91 200q20v
> 92 UrS4
> 00 S4
> 08 Q7
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Robert Myers" <rmyers0511 at gmail.com>
> To: "Ingo Rautenberg" <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>
> Cc: "V8 Audi Fans" <v8 at audifans.com>, "Quattro List" <quattro at audifans.com>,
> "URQ" <urq at audifans.com>, <200q20v-owner at audifans.com>, "DeWitt Harrison"
> <dewitt635 at gmail.com>, "The Corbs" <c.corbishley at comcast.net>
> Subject: [urq] "Team Door handle"
> Date: Sun, Jun 18, 2017 8:33 PM
>
> I'm also pleased to see that at least some of us old farts are still
> hanging around.  I'm still running my old '95.5 urS6.
>
> Bob Myers
>
> On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 6:33 PM, Ingo Rautenberg <
> ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Ha -- thanks, John! Incidentally, your old '83 Urq will be making the run
> > up Pikes Peak again next week by David Hackl. I think it's the 4th
> attempt
> > (can't make it this year, unfortunately). I would attach a photo, but it
> > would surely be be stripped from the lists (so I'll give the link from my
> > Instagram page  from last year instead):
> >
> > Ye old '83 Urq:
> > Https://www.instagram.com/p/BHBH_9tgYYT/
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Ingo
> >
> > On Jun 18, 2017 6:15 PM, "The Corbs" <c.corbishley at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > Great to see your name Ingo.  Best.  John Corbs
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: urq [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Ingo Rautenberg
> > Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2017 5:09 PM
> > To: Ed Kellock
> > Cc: V8 Audi Fans; URQ; DeWitt Harrison; Quattro List;
> > 200q20v-owner at audifans.com
> > Subject: Re: [urq] "Team Door handle"
> >
> > Well, I'll admit -- I no longer own a single Audi -- though I had 5 at
> one
> > time, including two V8 5 speeds, an Urq and a 200q29v. I still stay on
> the
> > lists, but as to new insight -- pretty sure we've covered 95% of what we
> > routinely and not-so-routinely have encountered over the years. It is sad
> > that the archives aren't as search-friendly as they could be. Perhaps
> > that's where efforts should be made. I know I need to move on, but also
> > know there will be another Audi in my future. Crazy, I know. Such is this
> > disease. Ha!
> >
> > On Jun 18, 2017 4:58 PM, "Ed Kellock" <ekellock at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Seems to be coming true. I too am beginning to feel the flicker of the
> > > enthusiast flame. It may have made a little sense at the time but now,
> > > the splitting of the list into model-specific lists, in my opinion,
> > > was the 1st blow. Prior to that rather transparent self-serving effort
> > > by one particular individual who has since moved on completely, there
> > > was a collective camaraderie among owners of all models that kept
> > > things going when there was a lull. Now, not. I still find the
> > > forum-based entities to be far less useful simply because it is so
> > > much easier to post any little glimmer of a brain fart, so that the
> > > content is overwhelmingly virtually (no pun intended) useless without
> > > onerous searching and wading through suffocating bullshit.
> > >
> > > Ed
> > >
> > > On Jun 18, 2017 2:43 PM, "DeWitt Harrison" <dewitt635 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Wed, 14 Jun 2017 17:08:21 -0400, TWFAUST at aol.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Trying to recall a fix for a problem I had with my '82 GTC I  went
> > > > > back
> > > > in
> > > > > the archives to when this was forum was "team door handle" and all
> > > posts
> > > > > concerned CGT's and 5KTQ's. I found this:
> > > > >
> > > > > I  have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if
> > > > > nothing
> > > is
> > > > > neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are
> > > > > being
> > > made,
> > > > we
> > > > >  shall prove ourselves once again able to repair our Audis, to
> > > > > ride out
> > > > the
> > > > > storm, and to outlive the menace of outrageous costs, if necessary
> > > > > for years, if  necessary alone. At any rate,  that is what we are
> > > > > going to
> > > > try to
> > > > > do. That is our resolve, of every man of us.  That is the will of
> > > > > the
> > > > nation.
> > > > > The members of the "List", linked together in  their cause and in
> > > > > their need, will struggle unto death, aiding each other like  good
> > > > > comrades
> > > to
> > > > the
> > > > > utmost of their strength. Even though large tracts of  pavement
> > > > > and
> > > many
> > > > old
> > > > > and famous States have passed beneath us, we shall not  flag or
> fail.
> > > We
> > > > > shall go on to the end, we shall repair on the seas and the
> > > > > oceans, we
> > > > shall
> > > > > repair with growing confidence and growing strength, we shall
> > > > > defend
> > > our
> > > > goal
> > > > > of autarky, whatever the cost may be, we shall repair on the
> > > > > beaches,
> > > we
> > > > > shall repair on the landing grounds, we shall repair in the fields
> > > > > and
> > > > in
> > > > > the streets, we shall repair in the hills; we shall never
> surrender.
> > > > > With  special thanks to "The Last Lion"
> > > >
> > > > Brave words, indeed. Many, most, have fallen away during the
> > > > intervening years, apparently having given the last measure of their
> > devotion.
> > > >
> > > > This has been brought home to me recently. Traffic on the qlist has
> > > nearly
> > > > ceased. Our go-to Audi recyclers have no market for parts for the
> > > > old
> > > cars:
> > > > no demand and less supply. And when I displayed my 5ktq at a recent,
> > > large
> > > > charity concours event in Littleton, CO, my car was the only older
> > > > Audi
> > > in
> > > > the show. The Audi Club judges couldn't find the battery. I'm
> > > > beginning
> > > to
> > > > understand how the veterans of Pearl Harbor are feeling these days.
> > > >
> > > > DeWitt
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