Re: The end. (of the Q)

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

Glad to hear you are OK, Brooks. Sorry about your q. Don't try this stunt in
your average rice grinder!

Fred Munro
'91 200q  248k km

-----Original Message-----
From: Brooks Ellis <brooks@frii.com>
To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 12:34 AM
Subject: The end. (of the Q)


>
>Such a tragic day I had at a point not far in the past... I was driving
>home (after partying all night, and not sleeping for 30 hours prior to)
>along a route I take quite frequently. Ahh, the nice warm waterbed at
>home... Some coffee...
>
>TREEESXZ!!! Rushing by me on either side! What the @#$*@~!?!? Quick, get
>out of here!
>
>But before I could, one of the little trees big brother beat me up, and
>brought my '90 100Q to a point of sudden deceleration! The big brother tree
>smashed my engine compartment, and crushed a couple cylenders in the
>engine; broke everything foreward of the back seat.
>
>Thus, The End.
>
>Alls I can say, is I'm glad Audi's are pretty safe, as I was doing ~50-60
>without a seatbelt, and only recieved a couple scratches from the airbag
>blowing up. I just crawled out the drivers side window, smoked a cigarette,
>and said "Son of a bitch.".
>
>Well, enough Story Time and Audi Praise - I have a problem (other than no
>Audi):
>The Insurance company wants to give me $5600 for my car, the '90 100 Q,
>sunroof, heated seats, metallic finish, all records of service, and a few
>miles over 'normal' - 116k. Otherwise, no problems whatsoever.
>
>There's no way I can get a comperable Audi for that, so I need to 'show' or
>prove that it was worth more than they are suggesting.  I have called a
>couple dealers, but the salespeople I've talked to WILL NOT give me a list
>of _Actual Selling Prices_ (not asked). They're real slippery around that
>subject. Unfortunatly, the Insurance co. feels that they have the actual
>selling prices of similar cars, and have picked the lowest ones.
>
>They are comparing my '90 100 Q to one '89 and two '90 200 NON-Q's, with
>auto. trannys. ?! Apples and oranges? And little bears too?
>
>So, I am basically screwed if I can't get more $$ for it. I can either
>walk, or buy some sort of rice grinder. Boo hoo. I'm crying. Sob. Sob.
>
>If you can give me any advice regarding such, I would -GREATLY- appriciate
>it.  A WHOLE LOT.
>
>TIA!
>
>brooks
>