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

[TonyEscobedo]

I bought mine from http://www.antennaworld.com years ago. They had the short 
antenna for my 87 coupe GT

Tony

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From: "Louis-Alain Richard" <larichard at plguide.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 10:20 PM
To: "'Ben Howell'" <bhowell at rmi.net>; <quattro at audifans.com>; 
<urq at audifans.com>
Subject: RE: [urq] Fuba Betina mast still available : 857 051 560

> 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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