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[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <v01540b01ae6da8877d44@[194.176.128.139]> quattro@innotts.co.uk (Ian Gregory) writes:

> Saw the recent postings in the list regarding the Quattro Coupé
> (Non-Turbo).  Sorry Phil, but I have to disagree.  I have seen and heard of
> lots of the above in the UK, but not in Turbo Form.

Well, you're a new member.  You weren't at the last AGM.  You'd have seen one.

In the car park.

> Regularly advertised in the Auto Trader and Exchange and Mart.  It looks
> identical to a Coupe GT but has the q box and rear diff.  Runs on 6x15
> Ronals and doesn't have the Flared Arches.  Can't remember if it is LCD Dash
> or not, but I know a guy who had one and I can ask if you like?

I know of a dozen or so - none have digital dashes.  That's an urq exclusive -
although ...

(I saw a multi-coloured dash one day over ten years ago at the test track.  I
 wonder if they ever shipped one ...)

> As far as I can tell from the histories I researched before buying my urq,
> the 8x15 Ronals where fitted to the UK cars during '84 and on, and to the
> US cars from '85.  My '84urq (01 March 84, chassis no EA900670) has them
> with the factory rolled arches.  I do experience tyres rubbing with a
> reasonable rear passenger load (one fat or two thin :-)  ).

Don't _ever_ trust the histories.  Trust the metal.

--
 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club