[V8] [urq] "Team Door handle"

Sun Jun 18 16:22:25 PDT 2017

Hey guys I'm V8 for life.  I'm so glad that a forum like this exists.

On Jun 18, 2017 4:33 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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