little red cars FS in Idaho

[Henry Harper <hah@srv.net>]

Went by the dealer yesterday for an oil change. They didn't have an afterrun 
switch in stock, so I ordered one from Carlsen. But anyway. Wandered around the 
lot, here's what I saw:

'91 90q20v, 112k, red, gray leather, gamma, "3-piece" Speedlines, body in 
pretty good shape. Has black "quattro" lettering on rear quarters, four-rings 
fade graphic on lower door sills, silly little "spoiler" perched on trunk.
'87 4kcsq, 6k (on new cluster, betcha), red, black interior, think this one was 
there before, why is it back?

An amusing thing happened as I was waiting for the parts guy to find the 
afterrun switch on his fiche so he could not have it in stock. In walks the 
proverbial little old lady (five foot nothing, white hair). A salesman teases 
her about her passing him on the freeway at warp 8. She asks if she can have 
her old car back while the her new one is serviced, apparently this is the PO 
of that 90q (traded for an A4, sounds like). She said something like, "I've 
driven 3000 miles, it's time to have the oil changed", so perhaps the 90q had 
nice & regular maintenance. Also, she has noticed that the A4's radiator fan 
doesn't seem to be turning on as intended (primary reason for service visit), 
and I think I heard something about more "quattro" decals being readied for 
application.

A truck of new Audis must have arrived recently, there were 8 or 9 A4s, all q I 
think, half 1.8t / half 2.8, one avant; two A6qs (anybody else think the 
fascia/fender joints are distracting on a light-color car?); and a dark blue 
A8q with very (beautiful) shiny wheels. An A6 and the A8 were parked side by 
side, and the EPA ratings were 17/26 for the A6, 17/25 for the A8. Heck, if one 
little mile per gallon is all the difference there is between them, why not 
have a V8? Couple NBs and Jettas, but no Passats in sight.

B.A. Wackerli, 208.524.1500, no affiliation, blah blah blah.

Henry Harper
http://www.srv.net/~hah
1991 200 quattro, 92k, afterrun switch on the way
1988 GTI 16v, 179k, anybody got a wide-ratio 020 they want to get rid of? (4S, 
AGS, AOP best, ACN, AON, ASF, ACL acceptable)