Re: quattro-digest V4 #3445

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Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 08:05:42 -0500
From: Peter Schulz <schulz@iatcmail.ed.ray.com>
Subject: 1991 TQW: Audi parts sticker shock

I'm in the process of finishing up my winter project -
alot of maintenance/upgrades/repairs to a 1991 200
20v TQW that Paul Royal helped me buy back in September.


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The TQW did not come with a rear cargo cover, so I looked up the
part number on the microfiche, (445 863 553 A 3PR (platinum grey)),
and gave Mac at Clair Parts Express a call.  I almost fell
out of my chair when he quoted me a price of over $400 list,
and $364 discounted. So, needless to say, I'm looking for alternatives
for this glorified "window shade".

Question to any of you that have owned both 5000 Wagons and the 
100/200 versions.  Is the cover the same?  I'm thinking about 
trying to get one from a salvage yard and replacing the vinyl,
if necessary.  Or come up with a home-made solution. Last resort
would be a blanket...

Ideas? Comments? Experiences?

- -Peter Schulz
1991 200 20v Avant (TQW)
1990 CQ 

schulz@res.ray.com

I'd be looking at the second-hand stores for a piece of quilted grey
striped ticking that would look like a mattress cover.  Anyone glancing
through the glass would think you stuck a mattress back there.

Kneale Brownson
2 '86 4kcsq's and an '87 5kcstq .... wishing for a wagon.