RE: Trunk lid lettering-5k

["Duff, Ian" <iduff@charter.com>]

You have the same badge setup as mine does. And yes, we have fewer
badges than either of the other "mines bigger (fewer)" spouting here ;->

>From a distance (like about 5 feet for my wife) my red CQ looks a lot
like a red Joltswagen Corrado - same color, same overall body shape,
same radio antenna sprouting out of the back of the roof, except that
she can't figure out why I pull into the driveways of total strangers
while she's following me. Or, for that matter, how I managed to get a
haircut en route...

Ian Duff, New Bedford, MA, USA
1990 Coupe Quattro 20v

>----------
>From: 	Eric Renneisen[SMTP:renneie@hlthsrc.com]
>Sent: 	Friday, June 21, 1996 12:18 PM
>To: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	RE: Trunk lid lettering-5k
>
>> > >Can anyone tell me which year they changed the trunk lettering on
>> > >the 5k, from the thick black/silver, to the thinner chrome?
>
>> > That would be in '88 along with the relocated trunk lock cyl.  I 
>> > de-Chromed my lettering so I have just a black "Audi" on the left (Got 
>> > rid of the 5000 CS) and a Black "Quattro" on the right on my Black 
>> > Metallic paint.....  Until your 20 feet away it looks like there are no 
>> > badges on the trunk........
>
>> Oh Yeah? I have that beat. My 100Q has no badges at all. It
>> really confuses people. It's been mistaken for everything from
>> a V8Q to a Honda (!?!?!)
>
>> Oh no, this is how the first "badges, we don't need no steeking badges"
>> thread got started....
>
>Here we go...
>
>My 1990 CQ has no badges either - Just the 4 rings in chrome and
>"Quattro" spelled out by the rear window defrost element.  Was this the
>standard setup?
>
>BTW, from a distance my girlfriend still can't tell the difference
>between my
>CQ and a red Sentra, red Jetta, etc.!  (She doesn't share my
>enthusiasm) 
>Kind of ruins one of my favorite aspects of the car - it's the only one
>of its
>kind in the city! :-)
>
>Eric Renneisen
>renneie@hlthsrc.com
>1990 CQ
>1986 4KS
>She=Candidate for Audi support group :-)
>