Re: !!! Flame me now !!!

[trishab@interwebb.com (Trisha Blethen)]

Thompson Smith wrote:
> 
> Ok guys... here is your chance to really flame someone.
> I want pure unaltered fire... burnin' big time...!!!  Heck,
> I won't even have suit on when I read the responses!
> So flame on...
> 
> (Bob D. this one is for you, for all the heat you have taken from
> these guys on the list...)
> 
> Here it goes...    I sold my Ur-quattro for a VW.
> 
> I know everyone might think that I am nuts, but my old coupe
> was my daily driver and we needed a car that was much bigger.
> Having a '90 20v and an Ur-q as our only cars didn't cut the mustard.
> My wife and I are expecting a newborn child to enter into this
> cruel flaming world near the end of Feb. and I NEEDED a car that
> could replace my trusty Ur-q.  What could replace an Ur-q you ask?
> 
> A 1988 VW syncro wagon.
> 
> So, this is also the car that I  bought if it wasn't a quattro too...
> Here are the pluses over my old 1983 Ur-q and what reeled me
> into this...
> 1.  26-28 mpg (can't touch dat with an Ur-q...)
> 2.  A real AUDI 5 cyl 2.22 ltr 115hp engine
> 3.  016 quattro transmission, quattro rear diff
> 4.  5 years newer (this goes without saying)
> 5.  Still has the 'old style' air system with cold on the face and hot feet
> 6.  5 doors (two rear doors for the new baby seat and 1 big-ass trunk)
> 7.  Roll-back sunroof
> 8.  Half as much money
> 9.  Way cheaper parts
> 10. A/C system works!
> 11. Major upgrading funds for the fatherly syncroquattrowagon
> 12. Rear swing arm suspension, not a reversed front end.
> 13. I can experience farhervergnugen once again!
> 
> Here's what I lost;
> 1.  Hwy power and tickets
> 2.  Noise
> 3.  Leaky windshield
> 4.  Crappy petrol mpg's
> 5.  Ur-q owner status... does it matter? (heck I'll start a SportSyncro
> something...)
> 6.  Driving feel & pleasure
> 7.  Expensive $$$ hard to find parts
> 8.  Broken window regulators
> 9.  Low voltage problems
> 10. A very rare car, that I loved much (family must come first tho...)
> 
> We were thinking of upgrading to a '91 200 tqw but, too much.
> So there, this was my only choice. This particular VW is not really
> a 'Syncro' as like the '86-87 Vanagons are with the Puch system.
> It is a True 4KCSquattro wagon.
> 
> I bought the Syncro from Libra Racing (the boys at John Buffum & Co.)
> and it has been serviced by them as well from the past owners.
> Matter of fact, John Buffum had the lead for the new owner of my Ur-q.
> My old Ur-q coupe is in the hands of a fellow in Virginia now.  He did the
> same as I and flew two hours one way to pick it up and drove like the
> wind to get it home. It all happened in four days right after Christmas.
> 
> So flame me on, tell me I'm nuts, email me bad things... etc....
> But, I made a wise choice and I am on the road to becoming a
> father in my Syncroquattrowagon!
> 
> ps. I might drop a 20v in it some time...  See ya on the track.
> 
> Thompson Smith
> NERQCUSA - local artist
> ...I always new there was a reason that VW/AUDI logos are
> always printed together... now I really know why....
> -1988 VW Syncroquattrowagon (looking for a name...)
> -1990 90 20v'er ('Pinot'- our sweet little one)
Well, it's still in the family....no flaming from here.....