Re: Hmmm ... Maybe there are advantages to US cars

[Phil@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <9501040814.AA12953@pernod.isslnet.com> Graham Dalton writes:

> If only this were true. Cats are manditory on all petrol cars in the UK and
> have been for around two years (hence the dramatic rise in FI and unleaded
> fuel). Over 30% of petrol cars on the road are now running with cats...
> supprising eh?
 
And on checking, you're right and I'm wrong.  I had, I suppose, confused the 
sudden absence of catalysator advertising with their demise.

I don't buy new cars that often.

On another subject, my "UK Quattro Owners Club" membership pack arrived this 
morning.  Nice glossy A5-format club magazine (which I gather is supposedly 
six-monthly but drifts to annual), a windshield sticker, a membership card, 
back copies of the one-page monthly news sheet, a copy of the rules and 
consitution, and a four-page glossy of "custom leisurewear" with a choice of 
embroidered and printed motifs.
 
There are half a dozen spares stockists offering special quattro stocks - 
should I post the fax numbers for anyone interested in, e.g., Euro lights?
 
There are a few interesting facts and figures in the magazine - 27 ur-quattros 
attended the Annual General Meeting.  The club had 215 members at the end of 
the last financial year, up from 130 the year before.  Events seem to be 
measured in terms of the number of ur-quattros turning out - 8 for a run over 
Exmoor, 18 at Devil's Bridge (videoed), 19 at the Whitbread Hop Farm, 6 at a 
health club near Heathrow, etc.
 
One column is entitled "This Edition's Silly Prices" and lists an ur-quattro 
Sport bonnet (hood) at GBP6442.

There's a nice article on exhaust manifold removal, too.

It looks like membership might well be worth the GBP25 a year.  I wish they 
were on the Net.

Should I scribble a few words about this group and submit them for the next 
Newsletter?  You never know - they might come aboard in droves.

Phil Payne
Sievers Consulting UK
Vice Chair, UK Computer Measurement Group
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