[urq] The revolt is on!

[Martin Pajak]

Magnus,

Two years back there was a "fire sale" at Audi.
Most of the Ur-q and Sport q parts were sold out, some at 70% discount.
There is few left, but all the good stuff is long gone.
I got on it a bit too late but still managed to get few parts for my
collection.. :)  The couple I missed were SQ oil pan and SQ dashboard.

Cheers

-- 
Martin Pajak

http://www.quattro.ca

1982 Audi Ur-quattro, SQ project
1983 Audi 80 quattro, Euro 2-Door!!
1987 Audi 4000s quattro, wintervagen mit 7A und 5 bolt :)



> 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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