RE: What is a UR-Q?

["Ian J Haseltine" <Jim_Haseltine@classic.msn.com>]

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From: 	owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net on behalf of Phil Payne
>I'm a great deal more knowledgeable about the rear left brake caliper than I 
>was yesterday morning.
They are fun aren't they? I find the best bit is trying to refit the internal 
circlip - you learn to duck very quickly.

> > ps. I hate to say this, but an 850 Turbo driver is likely to see a lot of
> > (un-modified) Quattros in the rear view mirror.

>He probably never _has_ see an ur-quattro, then.  
I think that Ur quattro recognition should be part of the driving theory test.
Question 1:  What is this car?
   A) An old Audi   (fail)
   B) An Audi quattro  (correct)

Question 2: You see the car from question 1 in your rear view mirror - what do 
you do?
   A) Stay where I am    (fail)
   B) Get out of the f***ing way  (correct)

>As Jeremy Clarkson pointed out in a hilarious piece in the Sunday Times 
>yesterday, the only time these 4WDs go off-road is to park on the sidewalk.
I heard that sales of Troopers and Patrols doubled in the south of England 
when it was rumored that stripped pine door cladding was to become available. 
:-)

Jim Haseltine
88 Ur quattro