Re: quattro-digest V3 #833

[tnas@dtpdirect.nl (Tom Nas, DTP Direct bv)]

>From: Peter Henriksen <peterhe@microsoft.com>
>Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 12:11:12 -0700
>Subject: RE: Audi I5 to live on! (NOT!)
>
>Will it be transversely mounted?

Yep. No place for the usual Audi engine orientation

>I was reading about the new A3 in Car over the weekend and they keep on
>mentioning that it will be available with "Audi's quattro system". It's
>not like Car to make such a mistake (quattro can't go with a
>transversely mounted engine), so I wonder if it will be a synchro by
>another name...
>Yeech! (No slight to the synchro system BTW, but call a rose a rose...
>Please.)

Yep, it's a syncro. They only *call* it quattro... Here in yurrup it's been
received very well indeed. The commentary was 'sure bet for Car of the Year
'97' and 'BMW will need to re-think its 3-series Compact radically to
compete' Haven't read any adverse comment yet.

>From: "Sheffield Corey" <SHEF@omdc.gso.uri.edu>
>Date: 5 Aug 96 16:43:00 EST
>Subject: RE: Audi Quattro emblems

>Well, my question to you, or anyone else who is certain of the procedure, is
>how does one go about removing these emblems without damaging their nice
>clearcoated paint. I remember R+R'ing the BMW emblem from the monoposto seat on
>my '77 R100RS after the sun had destroyed it; I used a hairblower, but I really
>sweated bubbling the nice flat silver paint. It worked out OK, but that was a
>round metal emblem I could direct the heat at, not plastic alpha/numerics.
>Also, is there an accepted procedure for removing those cheap dealer rub-on
>label they like to stick on truck lids? Oh, after you removed your 5000 CS
>emblems was there any problem with paint fade or seeing a "ghost" image of the
>ol' 5000 CS??
>
I used a paint stripper gun on low setting, but a hair dryer would do very
nicely as well. No problems with too much heat I should think, direct
sunlight would make the surface even hotter...
To get the emblems to come off without damaging the paint, I used a nylon
band they tie around pallets to keep the contents from falling off. The
procedure is: heat up the glue, pull nylon band between emblem and metal,
hey presto- no paint damage. There is not a single reminder on my
eight-year old car that there were emblems there. I only used some *very*
light cutting compound to get an even gloss. This procedure is also
applicable for dealer labels (BTDT). My car is now entirely 'stickerless'
and looks great! No dealership is so good that I want to advertise for it
all day long!
I agree 100% that Audis look better without emblems on the rear. I've
removed all mine except for the rings in the centre. I like the 'stealth'
look, and being able to clean the car better.


Bye,
Tom
1988 80 1.8S FWD.

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