[urq] The revolt is on!

[Magnus Säll]

*snip* "In fact your German car clubs were allowed to buy up the last few parts in Eurpore. No such thing for us in the US." *snip*

Is there a source to this?
What parts was it?

Ofcourse we have the same problem here in Sweden so this is a worldwide problem.
Not only German - US...

Best regards,
Magnus



> From: bhowell at rmi.net
> To: afinn1 at gmail.com
> Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 16:32:32 -0400
> CC: urq at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [urq] The revolt is on!
> 
> Andrew,
> 
> To be 100% clear on the subject, they did not "Sick" thier attorneys on us
> for using the name/logo "quattro".
> 
> It was brought to our attention that Jim Blau was being harassed by AoA for
> using the "quattro" logo on his web site and we did NOT want that same
> harassment. So, we submitted the website to Audi's copyright attorneys in
> Germany and they simply replied "NO QUATTRO!".
> 
> So, instead of trying to get away with it, we changed the name before they
> had the chance to shut us down.
> 
> Ben 
> 
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Andrew afinn1 at gmail.com
> Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 12:52:13 -0700
> To: 
> Subject: [urq] The revolt is on!
> 
> 
> I sent the following email to the deaf ears at Audi.
> 
> I have owned many Audis, almost since I could drive including a 1983 Audi
> Coupe, a 1990 Audi Coupe Quattro, 3 audi Quattros (the original quattro
> rally cars '83-'85) and a 2004 A4 Avant Ultrasport. I've become more and
> more dismayed at the lack of your parts support for the old cars,
> particularly the Quattros. You feature these cars on your website and in
> your ads and they clearly redefined Audi through since the 1980s but almost
> all the mecanical and trim parts that were not shared with the 4000 series
> are no longer available. In fact your German car clubs were allowed to buy
> up the last few parts in Eurpore. No such thing for us in the US. BMW puts
> out ads touting how much they care for their car clubs and preservation
> societies. You guys just use the Quattro in ads then leave us stranded
> having to machine our own parts. The final straw was that 40 of us Quattro
> owners are gathering in Colorado to celebrate the Quattros this summer and
> you sicked your corporate attorneys on us because the title of the event was
> UrQuattro25. By the way now it's UrQ25. Very disappointing. As owners we
> should formally request that you stop featuring the Quattro in your ads.
> 
> Andrew Finney
> 1985 UrQ V8.
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