Re: Requiem for a quattro (long)

[Ralph Poplawsky <rlpplsky@ix.netcom.com>]

Phil:  I am absolutely sick to hear about your accident, and I'm sure I
speak for all of us on the list.  The important thing is that you are OK.  I
will hope for a positive outcome from all of this (maybe an S4 or S6 next?).
Anyway, your story is the best advertisement I have heard for winter tires.
I drive plenty fast on my Hakka 1s (mit studs) and the car absolutely
positively never misbehaves.

BTW, I live right smack in the middle of Quattro Central (Denver, Boulder)
so let me know if you want me to look for you.

Ralph Poplawsky
'91 200TQ (misty eyed)


At 02:33 PM 12/9/97 -0500, you wrote:

>Well thanks, and I wish I could add more to the ABS data I posted on
>Sunday, but on Monday afternoon my '91 200Q contributed its last data
>point. :-(
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>Thanks for listening, and...be careful out there.
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>Phil Rose
>'91 200q (in spirit)
>'89 100
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>P.S. I never touched the brakes. And I may have, but don't recall using the
>clutch, which I usually _would_ do in such cases. Declutching might have
>helped in the absence of trying to accelerate out of trouble. But going
>about 10 mph slower would have been the ideal solution.
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