Visitors' cars

My Namesake writes about his 20V in the rare but cool red:
"My story started in 1990 with a '84 100 CC 1.8S 75PS. I got infected at the age of twelve, when I got a '73 100 GLS to tinker with from an acquaintance. I got the car (which was obviously run-down) going again (at the age of twelve, without help from adults) and took it out to the field of a friendly farmer. Eventually, it totally broke down. So a "new" had to be found, this was a '72 100 with the 100PS engine. Of course, when I turned 18, it had to be Audi and the 100 CC was a

real bargain. Sadly, the car broke down, when I tried to bore a tunnel into the Black Forest near Neustadt on the Wineroad. In the eleven months I had to walk afterwards, I restored a '74 100er GLS, which loyally accompanied me for three years. Then it should be something newer. In 1996 I found my '89 Type44 2.0E which was very dented in the front, but the price was simply OK. After just two days I had it on the street again. That was when my problems with Audi started. Till then I only knew carburetors and conventional ignition. Now I had to deal with a knock-sensor what I never had heard of before. Was quite some searching till I found the reason for the problems. I then swapped the car for a red 2.2E Avant with 138PS and a defect gearbox which had

to go in 1998 due to the missing catalytic converter. My 88er_2.3E (NF) with the "new" interieur followed. I did some stuff on it in the summer of 2000 (K.A.W. springs, aluminium rims, paint in Surfblue [Annotation of the webmaster: It looks great together with the red of the 20V!]) I bought it with 138.000Km (86000miles) and drove it in two years up to 256.000km (159000miles). In that time I needed the following: Wheel bearings in the front, master cylinder, hydraulic pump, 10 valves (timing belt got stuck), that's it. And now finally I have fulfilled my dream and bought my long awaited 200 20V Avant. A '90 with 238.000km (148.000miles). When I bought it, the distributor was broken (the plastic gear was only half the normal size) and there was a light parking-lot accident on the right front. Yesterday I replaced the turbocharger with a K26, as my K24 had some cracks on the exhaust side. Now it goes again. I hope that this car will accompany me forever, as it is the Audi that fulfills my demands ideally. Loads of space, runs great and looks quite decent on today's roads!
Kind greetings to all Audi-crazy!"
He just sent in another mail, saying that he also drove a '85 Coupé for one year and he just sold the blue Audi, to make room for his wife's new '91 Avant!

Holger writes about his V8:
"This is my V8, 4.2litre, everything stock, except the rims, these are new: Ronal R7 with 245 tires. Isn't it beautiful? Bought it last year on the 29th of February (!) with 32000km (20000miles) (really!!!) for a sensational price! It had never seen snow or a car wash till then, I am very proud of it."
A real thing of beauty!