[urq] The revolt is on!

[Michael Hopton]

I would be really cheesed off if I owned a sport
and witnessed the way they disposed of the last
parts.

And I still don't understand Audi's attitude when
It comes to safety items like ball joints and tie 
rods. Even NLA subframe busings, I guess you just
park the car and trailer it places for PR work.

Given the number of cars in North America versus
Germany and the UK, I doubt Audi NA will ever 
show interest. I am surprised the UK and German
Ur-q owners have't been able to get a bit of recognition 
for the lack of parts.

- Mike Hopton



-----Original Message-----
From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Martin Pajak
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 9:47 AM
To: Magnus Säll
Cc: urq at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [urq] The revolt is on!

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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