Re: 200TQ sighting

[Vytautas Reipa <vytas@erols.com>]

>Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 20:44:20 -0400
>To: Igor Kessel <e6941tb@ix.netcom.com>
>From: Vytautas Reipa <vytas@erols.com>
>Subject: Re: 200TQ sighting
>
>Those OEM wheels looked nice! BTW, I noticed the car about a mile away, a
distinct shape among all of the look-alikes. Nice car. 
>
>Vytautas Reipa
>87 5ks
>86 5kcst
>
>
>
>>Off course it is! :):) 
>>Masta bin a really bright sunny day, coz I washed it 3 weeks ago and
waxed it 3 
>>mos ago. Then again, those PITA Tornado Red Quattros do look decent if
well cared 
>>for. Thanks for the kind words, Vytautas. :)
>>
>>That day the Q did not even have the infamous red 16" MOMO Ferraris
fitted (due 
>>to the worn down to the cord 3 y/o SP8000). I am currently running on the
OEM 15" 
>>BBS shod with 195/65/15 Nokia NRW.
>>
>>I've taken a 3 week time-out from the list. An old friend of mine and his
wife
>>came to visit me here Stateside for the first time in nearly 10 years, so
I was
>>entertaining them full time. This past Sunday we decided to visit
Washington, DC
>>where evidently got busted by the omni-present watchfull eye of the
Q-list ;)
>>
>>Since there were several topics on the snows and their A4TQ application
posted
>>recently, here's some of my own experience and future considerations:
>>
>>1. The '98 A4TQ will arrive on 7 spoke 16" optional OEM alloys, with
205/55/16
>>SP8000.
>>2. The 16x7.5" MOMO Ferraris off the '89 200TQ will get the OEM 205/55/16
SP8000
>>off the '98 A4TQ.
>>3. The OEM off the A4TQ will get the 205/55/16 Hakka 1.
>>4. The new 16x7.5" MOMO Arrows allready got 225/50/16 SP8000 mounted and are
>>awating in the basement. BTW, they DO NOT clear the flared(!) fenders of
my 200.
>>
>>All of these elaborate efforts should result in:
>>
>>5. The 200TQ getting MOMO Ferraris with 205/55/16 SP8000 for summer.
>>6. The 200TQ allready having OEM BBS with 195/65/15 Nokia NRW for winter.
>>7. The A4TQ getting  MOMO Arrows with 225/50/16 SP8000 for summer.
>>8. The A4TQ getting 16" OEM with 205/55/16 Hakka 1 for winter.
>>
>>The only thing I lament is...the 16" OEM wheels, that come with the Sport
pkg on
>>my '98 A4TQ. I wish I could use narrow (and waaay cheaper) 195/65/15 Hakkas,
>>rather than the wanna-be-low profile (and ~$25/wheel more expensive
205/55/16)
>>snows.
>>Please, no wise a$$ offers to exchange them for a used set of OEM Ronals
off a
>>'84 5ks :)
>> 
>>For those of you who posted direct questions to me during the last month
or so:
>>I will answer all of them in the next couple of days. Just give me some
time to
>>surf through more than 1000 msgs.
>>
>>--
>>Igor Kessel
>>'89 200TQ - 18psi (TAP)
>>'98 A4TQ - allready in the Boston port. Any day now.
>>Philadelphia, PA
>>USA
>>
>>
>>