[urq] Fuba Betina mast still available : 857 051 560

[Louis-Alain Richard]

Well, good for you US guys, price parity is still not a reality for us Canadians. 

But my post was about availability, not price, mainly because I was sure that Audi did not supply them anymore. Maybe it was because I was not able to find the part number in ETKA ? I had to ask a UK guy, James at kvquattro.com, to finally have a valid part number. That's why I wanted to post, to keep it in the archives.

About the car under the antenna, we got snow yesterday and it was my first stint since the engine rebuilt : these cars are really made for snow duty, much more fun than any ESP-ed AWD newer cars. There is a snow lapping event for me this January for sure.

I am driving an A5 this week : not much mileage yet, 'cause tires are 255/35ZR19 PZero Rosso's... It looks very good, though. And it is not bigger (inside) than the urq : same cosy feeling, same good visibility, much more powerful (V6 3.2). I hope I will be able to drive it a bit in the twisties... 

Louis-Alain



-----Message d'origine-----
De : Ben Howell [mailto:bhowell at rmi.net] 
Envoyé : 25 novembre 2008 14:54
À : Louis-Alain Richard; quattro at audifans.com; urq at audifans.com
Objet : Re: [urq] Fuba Betina mast still available : 857 051 560

FWIW, genuineaudiparts.com is selling them at 39.89USD.


-----Original Message-----
>From: Louis-Alain Richard <larichard at plguide.com>
>Sent: Nov 25, 2008 12:48 PM
>To: quattro at audifans.com, urq at audifans.com
>Subject: [urq] Fuba Betina mast still available : 857 051 560
>
>Hi every one,
>
>Just broke my antenna mast last week but it is still available at the dealer
>:
>
>857 051 560 
>
>( 857051560 for archive search ) 
>
>70 $CDN.
>
>Not cheap, but better than no radio. There is at least 20 of them in North
>America as of today.
>
>This is the shorty version, for the amplified antenna (but not motorized).
>It fits urQuattro and Coupe, 1981-1987.
>
>Louis-Alain
>
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