RE: Non-Audi: Merkur Sites

["jonathan edwards" <travisedwards28@hotmail.com>]

Hey quattrophiles,
 These Merkur guys are wired- we have to be! As a Scorpio owner, one has 
to use the resources of the internet and fellow owners experience 
because the Ford dealers are no help whatsoever! Try it as a joke, ask 
for a CV axle for a 1988 Merkur Scorpio and see what you get!!!
 Really, though, if it weren't for fellow owners believing in their cars 
and a couple of devoted vendors, Merkurs would be extinct. That would be 
a damn shame that such a wonderful German road car that could have done 
so well was not given enough support from its marketers. Now you know 
why I am on the Audi quattro mailing list too!!!
 Later,   Travis Edwards
          Augusta, Ga
          85 4kq
          88 Scorpio
          96 Ford Ranger 4.0 Supercharged


>From: Paul Kuettel <kuettel@pioneerplanet.infi.net>
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>Subject: RE: Non-Audi: Merkur Sites
>Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 11:42:15 -0600
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>Hi All!
>
>I PROMISE that this is the last Merkur post I'll pollute the list with, 
but
>there seem to be a few XR, Sierra, Scorp fans out there.
>
>If you want to see how *wired* the Merkur community is, despite really 
small
>numbers, check out these gateways:
>
>http://roland.digiweb.com/Merkurbahn/index.html
>
>http://www.merkurgarage.com
>
>Side note: At the All Fords at Carlisle in '97, the XRs whupped the 
Mustangs in
>Autocross.  In '99 only about a half dozen Stangs even showed up and 
the event
>had over 50 Merkurs (even a few Scorps, which was pretty amusing to 
watch)  The
>IMON (Intl Merkur Owners Network) took first prize for the whole 
weekend Fab
>Fords event for most participants in a class (120).  Of course, Merkur 
was
>treated as one big class, as opposed to about 5 different Mustang 
classes, etc. 
>But we sure had a hell of a caravan from the fair to the hotel on 
Saturday
>nite!  
>
>We now return you to your regular QUATTRO programming :-)
>
>Cheers!
>
>PK
>
>Today's driver is an '88XR with competition shifter, TC intercooler, 
momo
>steering wheel and Ford/Sierra badging and god knows what else.  
Swapped my 5spd
>scorp with another Merkurian for the day..... Yippeee!

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