Re: What's a Comm. Ed?

["Bruce Bell" <bbell@surview.com>]

Regional? I don't think so. Chris is in the NE and I'm in Colorado. While
Chris and I have been known to banter about over rust and gear ratios:-), I
concur with him completely on the '87 "Special Build". At least that is what
my window sticker says.

Bruce
'87 Red 4kcsq with black quattro stitch upholstery.

-----Original Message-----
From: MSV96@aol.com <MSV96@aol.com>
To: Autobahn01@aol.com <Autobahn01@aol.com>; mchang@ece.nwu.edu
<mchang@ece.nwu.edu>
Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: What's a Comm. Ed?


>In a message dated 98-07-21 06:56:10 EDT, Autobahn01 writes:
>
><< Not to pick nits on terminology but the Comm Ed cars were the '86 MY
with
>the red lthr interior, you're perhaps confusing these with the "special
build"
>'87's with the q logo'd canvas interior. I'm using quotes as that term came
>off my window sticker for my '87 4000q >>
>
>Chris, I truly consider you one of our "experts", especialy in the area of
the
>4kq. While I no longer possess said car or its window sticker, I do vividly
>recall my first ever quattro which I purchased new and it was indeed (off
the
>window sticker, and Anderson Behel in Santa Clara had several in stock at
the
>time) a 1987 "Commerative Build" (not "Commerative Edition" like the '86
>cars). Is it possible that this option package (listed in previous post)
was
>called different things regionaly? I know that domestic car makers like to
do
>"California Option Packages" and the like for our market here...could this
>explain the different nomenclature? I know that memory is the first thing
to
>go with age ;-)...but I do remember my first quattro well. Either
way...these
>were the last, and arguably the best, of the breed and IMO are very
desirable
>when found in good condition today over a decade later.
>
>Mike Veglia
>87 5kcstq
>