[V8] [urq] "Team Door handle"

[Ingo Rautenberg]

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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