Requiem and condolences

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <l0311070eb0b444ea9732@[207.172.149.187]> Unka Bart writes:

> And as the sometimes driver of a vehicle *notorious* for its tendency to
> engage in "Lift-throttle oversteer", allow me to share a useful mantra all
> drivers of such machinery should constantly repeat while engaging in
> spirited cornering:  "Do NOT lift!  Do NOT lift! Do NOT lift..."

Lifting was the direct cause of Paul Beaurain's encounter with the marshall's 
post at Castle Coombe - he was sliding out and had the outside wheels on the 
grass at the time.

He plans to hold a 'transfer day' in late spring, when we'll all trog down and 
help him unbolt all the bits from the banana-shaped one and bolt them to his 
new body shell.  Having had a good look at the remains in daylight, we suspect 
that quite a lot of things have been bent that weren't at first thought to be 
damaged.

(The passenger's armrest reached the parking brake.)

The 'new' body shell came without fenders, bonnet, etc.  Given the degree of 
distortion to the body (one of the fenders on the _opposite_ side to the 
impact is toast, I strongly suspect that the subframes at least will be 
bent.  It wouldn't surprise me if most of the suspension and transmission 
components were junk.   

-- 
 Phil Payne
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club