Thanks Steve...I've noticed in my other readings around the 'Net about
my Cdn spec. '87 5kTQ Avant that you are the undisputed Lord of the
Rings, in a manner of speaking....so thanks for all your years of
cumulative advice on these cool cars.

W

 

Thanks Steve...I've noticed in my other readings around the 'Net about
my Cdn spec. '87 5kTQ Avant that you are the undisputed Lord of the
Rings, in a manner of speaking....so thanks for all your years of
cumulative advice on these cool cars.

W

 

Thanks Steve...I've noticed in my other readings around the 'Net about
my Cdn spec. '87 5kTQ Avant that you are the undisputed Lord of the
Rings, in a manner of speaking....so thanks for all your years of
cumulative advice on these cool cars.

W

 

Winston,
wow - thanks! I'd have to say that there are many more folks that are
waaaay more in the know than I. I'm just good at repeating their advice.
People like Scott Mockry (www.sjmautotechnik.com), Huw Powell
(www.humanspeakers.com/audi), Phil Payne
(http://web.archive.org/web/200502081...h.com/quattro/),
Martin Pajak (www.quattro.ca) and people on the a.a.a newsgroup like JPF
(now frequents Land Rover Groups) and C.R. Krieger. I'd have to agree on
the coolness factor - the Type 44 was waaay before it's time in aerodynamics
and looks - many folks are amazed that my 5ktq (albeit somewhat cosmetically
altered) is almost 20 years old. Of course, the age shows once in a while -
like now as it sits in my driveway sulking with a partially diagnosed
no-start problem.
Keep 'em running!!!!
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ - sulking in the driveway
1980 Audi 5k - cozy in storage
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes - '62 venturing from cozy storage
to the Audi Mobile Museum at the Import/Kit/Replicar show in Carlisle, PA,
May 19-21.
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"winston" <winstoncole@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Steve...I've noticed in my other readings around the 'Net about
> my Cdn spec. '87 5kTQ Avant that you are the undisputed Lord of the
> Rings, in a manner of speaking....so thanks for all your years of
> cumulative advice on these cool cars.
>
> W
>

 

Winston,
wow - thanks! I'd have to say that there are many more folks that are
waaaay more in the know than I. I'm just good at repeating their advice.
People like Scott Mockry (www.sjmautotechnik.com), Huw Powell
(www.humanspeakers.com/audi), Phil Payne
(http://web.archive.org/web/200502081...h.com/quattro/),
Martin Pajak (www.quattro.ca) and people on the a.a.a newsgroup like JPF
(now frequents Land Rover Groups) and C.R. Krieger. I'd have to agree on
the coolness factor - the Type 44 was waaay before it's time in aerodynamics
and looks - many folks are amazed that my 5ktq (albeit somewhat cosmetically
altered) is almost 20 years old. Of course, the age shows once in a while -
like now as it sits in my driveway sulking with a partially diagnosed
no-start problem.
Keep 'em running!!!!
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ - sulking in the driveway
1980 Audi 5k - cozy in storage
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes - '62 venturing from cozy storage
to the Audi Mobile Museum at the Import/Kit/Replicar show in Carlisle, PA,
May 19-21.
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"winston" <winstoncole@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Steve...I've noticed in my other readings around the 'Net about
> my Cdn spec. '87 5kTQ Avant that you are the undisputed Lord of the
> Rings, in a manner of speaking....so thanks for all your years of
> cumulative advice on these cool cars.
>
> W
>

 

Winston,
wow - thanks! I'd have to say that there are many more folks that are
waaaay more in the know than I. I'm just good at repeating their advice.
People like Scott Mockry (www.sjmautotechnik.com), Huw Powell
(www.humanspeakers.com/audi), Phil Payne
(http://web.archive.org/web/200502081...h.com/quattro/),
Martin Pajak (www.quattro.ca) and people on the a.a.a newsgroup like JPF
(now frequents Land Rover Groups) and C.R. Krieger. I'd have to agree on
the coolness factor - the Type 44 was waaay before it's time in aerodynamics
and looks - many folks are amazed that my 5ktq (albeit somewhat cosmetically
altered) is almost 20 years old. Of course, the age shows once in a while -
like now as it sits in my driveway sulking with a partially diagnosed
no-start problem.
Keep 'em running!!!!
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ - sulking in the driveway
1980 Audi 5k - cozy in storage
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes - '62 venturing from cozy storage
to the Audi Mobile Museum at the Import/Kit/Replicar show in Carlisle, PA,
May 19-21.
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"winston" <winstoncole@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Steve...I've noticed in my other readings around the 'Net about
> my Cdn spec. '87 5kTQ Avant that you are the undisputed Lord of the
> Rings, in a manner of speaking....so thanks for all your years of
> cumulative advice on these cool cars.
>
> W
>

 

I've always liked the 5K TQ Avant...the whole idea of a turbo quattro
wagon with a stick shift always appealled to me as the ultimate
SportWagen.

I drove Audis new at product launches for years as an auto journalist
in the 80's through the early 90's, most memorably once down the west
coast from Vancouver to Seattle, so when I saw this Avant sitting
unloved, its red paint chalked-up to a light pink being offered for
sale at a silly low "please take it away" price I picked it up to use
for cottage weekends... and have been bringing it back up to snuff over
the past month or so while my BMW 3 series sits idle, no doubt
wondering what it did wrong.

Everything comes back in vogue again of course, and the recent crop of
crossovers and sportwagens proves that the European
estate/sport/hatch/wagon was and is a cool, fun, practical kind of
vehicle to drive, and the Audi Avant is perhaps the only Euro
sportwagen that has survived as a product in North America over the
twenty years or so its' been sold here...so I consider old Avants to be
at least as cool as an old Benz 300D wagen, possibly cooler because
they're equally as robust a product, yet more fun to drive.

 

I've always liked the 5K TQ Avant...the whole idea of a turbo quattro
wagon with a stick shift always appealled to me as the ultimate
SportWagen.

I drove Audis new at product launches for years as an auto journalist
in the 80's through the early 90's, most memorably once down the west
coast from Vancouver to Seattle, so when I saw this Avant sitting
unloved, its red paint chalked-up to a light pink being offered for
sale at a silly low "please take it away" price I picked it up to use
for cottage weekends... and have been bringing it back up to snuff over
the past month or so while my BMW 3 series sits idle, no doubt
wondering what it did wrong.

Everything comes back in vogue again of course, and the recent crop of
crossovers and sportwagens proves that the European
estate/sport/hatch/wagon was and is a cool, fun, practical kind of
vehicle to drive, and the Audi Avant is perhaps the only Euro
sportwagen that has survived as a product in North America over the
twenty years or so its' been sold here...so I consider old Avants to be
at least as cool as an old Benz 300D wagen, possibly cooler because
they're equally as robust a product, yet more fun to drive.

 

I've always liked the 5K TQ Avant...the whole idea of a turbo quattro
wagon with a stick shift always appealled to me as the ultimate
SportWagen.

I drove Audis new at product launches for years as an auto journalist
in the 80's through the early 90's, most memorably once down the west
coast from Vancouver to Seattle, so when I saw this Avant sitting
unloved, its red paint chalked-up to a light pink being offered for
sale at a silly low "please take it away" price I picked it up to use
for cottage weekends... and have been bringing it back up to snuff over
the past month or so while my BMW 3 series sits idle, no doubt
wondering what it did wrong.

Everything comes back in vogue again of course, and the recent crop of
crossovers and sportwagens proves that the European
estate/sport/hatch/wagon was and is a cool, fun, practical kind of
vehicle to drive, and the Audi Avant is perhaps the only Euro
sportwagen that has survived as a product in North America over the
twenty years or so its' been sold here...so I consider old Avants to be
at least as cool as an old Benz 300D wagen, possibly cooler because
they're equally as robust a product, yet more fun to drive.

 

Winston,
Be very careful of the BMW....these German cars do not take kindly to
watching you concentrate your attentions on another - I've come to that
conclusion with my 5ktq, which stopped running just after I got my 1980 5k
back on the road with a fresh brake system, oil&filter, etc. etc. The flash
of the codes 2111 and 2113 was the Type 44 version of a cry of "You cheating
B@$tard!!!!!" I'd say I'd have preference for an Avant over a sedan, but
you know how my troubleshooting will go tonight.......
BTW, your Avant wouldn't have been one of the "Olympic Edition 5ktq's" that
were used in the Calgary Olympics in 1988, would it?
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ - jealous
1980 Audi 5k - oblivious
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes - sleepy
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"winston" <winstoncole@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I've always liked the 5K TQ Avant...the whole idea of a turbo quattro
> wagon with a stick shift always appealled to me as the ultimate
> SportWagen.
>
> I drove Audis new at product launches for years as an auto journalist
> in the 80's through the early 90's, most memorably once down the west
> coast from Vancouver to Seattle, so when I saw this Avant sitting
> unloved, its red paint chalked-up to a light pink being offered for
> sale at a silly low "please take it away" price I picked it up to use
> for cottage weekends... and have been bringing it back up to snuff over
> the past month or so while my BMW 3 series sits idle, no doubt
> wondering what it did wrong.
>
> Everything comes back in vogue again of course, and the recent crop of
> crossovers and sportwagens proves that the European
> estate/sport/hatch/wagon was and is a cool, fun, practical kind of
> vehicle to drive, and the Audi Avant is perhaps the only Euro
> sportwagen that has survived as a product in North America over the
> twenty years or so its' been sold here...so I consider old Avants to be
> at least as cool as an old Benz 300D wagen, possibly cooler because
> they're equally as robust a product, yet more fun to drive.
>