RE: Black-out badging

["Peter Berrevoets" <peterb@mysysltd.com>]

If I have to eat some crow I might as well do it big.  Looks like I was
wrong and my gold badged Audi 200TQ is a dealer installed/applied option.  I
can at least say that I have seen four similarly badged 200s.  As Phil
points out, the ETKA shows only bright chrome. ... I was wrong...
....
Sorry I was speechless for a moment there.  I still like the way it looks on
the Pearl.

Nuff said, I'm gonna go sulk for a while.

Peter Berrevoets
1990 200TQ 10V
with attractive gold badging ;-)


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-quattro@audifans.com [mailto:owner-quattro@audifans.com]On
Behalf Of Phil Payne
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 4:57 AM
To: ti@amb.org; Ti Kan
Cc: quattro@audifans.com
Subject: Re: Black-out badging


In message <199905190618.GAA23801@smtp.amb.org> ti@amb.org (Ti Kan) writes:

> I highly doubt it.  I know some dealers do this to the cars before they
> sell them, but Audi certainly didn't make em that way.  No offense,
> but to me gold badging reeks of bad taste.  Reminds me either of
> Lexus/Toyota, or worse, Caddy pimpmobiles.

Our neighbour bought a Lexus with gold-coloured signs.  He called us
around to see it before he had them changed.

As far as I can see, 5000/200 badging is all '2ZZ' - bright chrome.
Audi doesn't list any gold options.

--
Phil Payne