Re: FW: Type 44 Antenna

[Kneale Brownson <knotnook@traverse.com>]

Stuff happens, Nick.  I guy I know  acquired a 20-year-old car with a few
thousand miles on it that had been placed it storage in Pop's barn because
the owner was going off to fight one of our non-wars, and never made it back.

I just missed out on a Mercedes 300 SL roadster  (a '50's car) that someone
had purchased for use at their second-home "cottage" during the summer, and
then almost never made use of it.  This was in the late '70's and the car
had something like 12K miles.

A guy I once rented a house to had just taken his car out of storage after
spending five years in prison for hurting someone in a bar fight he swore
was provoked by the victim when he was rearrested for some threatening
behavior,  and, because of probation, he was going back to prison for
another five years.  His parents had to put the car back into storage, as
well as deal with his belongings and pay for my costs in rerenting the
house.  I didn't hold them to his lease.  I could see them spending a bunch
on legal appeals and then deciding to sell his car in several years.

At 12:26 PM 8/8/99 -0400, Nick Craft wrote:
>Looking at Vaughn's sig. made me wonder...
>Why did someone park this car back in '89 and never use it again?
>When was that 60 Minutes thing? Is it possible that some poor sap got
>so scared by the UA scare that they just parked their Audi and never drove
>it again???
>
>Nick Craft
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-quattro@audifans.com [mailto:owner-quattro@audifans.com]On
>Behalf Of Vaughn Adams
>Sent: Saturday, August 07, 1999 5:54 PM
>To: Audi List
>Subject: Type 44 Antenna
>
>
>Power antenna failed in 112 degree temp. in so. cal. a week ago. Motor
>is fine, but mast cable is broke. Can these be purchased separately from
>motor, or should I just grab an aftermarket unit and hope it lasts a
>year?
>Thanx
>Vaughn
>
>'84 5k (found in garage under car cover with 45k mi. Parked since '89.
>Needed tires, steering rack, heater core, struts, etc. Engine excellent
>and rebuilt tranns. Very clean in and out. Cream w/ cream leather. I
>thought I hated Audis with my Fox experience. But this is nice.)
>--
>MZ
>