Octane Magazine stoops to News of The World low!!

SteveT63 · 01-01-12, 09:51 AM

Phone tapping, paying for info? Who really knows, but nevertheless, To coin a phrase from one of my favourite comedians Steve Coogan, whilst giving evidence at the Leveson Enquiry......Tawdry, muck racking tabloid filth!

Tut tut Octane magazine!!!!

Issue 102 December 2011
Page 20

First Works Q(?!)uattro
Specialist car broker Mark Donaldson, would like to make it clear that the first Audi Q(there it is again!)uattro rally car, (IN-NE-3) which he is selling(see Dealer News Octane 101), was not one of the Q(F FKS SAKE!)uattros in the Historic Motorsport Collection, subsequently sold to Audi..end.

I'd like to have been a news of the World Jerno tapping that conversation between Mr Donaldsons, "client" and Octanes editor!!! I wonder if Sir Brian Henry QC has been summoned to receive evidence yet!?

john johnson · 01-01-12, 10:19 AM

Wonder who the owner is who he is selling it on behalf of and wants the story/record straightening a tad

Happy new ( real not fake new ) year old fruit

Phil Payne · 01-01-12, 10:26 AM

http://www.anamera.com/en/portals/ma...t=309&&request[show]=1&request[filter][offset]=0&request[filter][rowcount]=12&request[filter][order]=YEAR&request[filter][desc]=ASC&request[filter][dealer]=662&request[threshold]=1 needs amending, then.

SteveT63 · 01-01-12, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by john johnson

Wonder who the owner is who he is selling it on behalf of and wants the story/record straightening a tad

Happy new ( real not fake new ) year old fruit

I wonder!!!???

....and you yer sun seeking so and so!!

Phil, priceless!!! Can you hack my bank account and put some numbers in it please!!??....

rtz62 · 01-01-12, 12:40 PM

Smoke and mirrors Steve, smoke and mirrors.
Create a bit of mystique and intrigue, and voila! a whole new audience and potential purchasers!
Wonder if the urban myth that Michelle mouton once sat on the cow that ultimately gave its life to become the seat squab in Tracy's Audi will add £10k to its value????

SteveT63 · 01-01-12, 01:12 PM

I think more like Octane or MD might have just innocently added two and two and dared to get five, not realising perhaps, what i presume, must have been the catalyst to someones apperplectic rage, judging by tales of what happened when a massive German car company dared to question origin of said vehicle. Of course it's all supposition on my part as I haven't seen the original article nor have any idea where it's content was sourced....clearly it points to the original car being connected to the Sutton collection, of which the origins and remaining originality of those vehicles have been called into question......Someone got it wrong, again!......The clarification by Octane I read this morning just made me chuckle as I ate my breakfast, thinking of its owner, perhaps chocking on his, after reading about his car, being linked to similar cars, just fitted with famous number plates, that Audi bought back!....er hum.... Halledgedley!!!!

rtz62 · 01-01-12, 01:27 PM

Somewhat similar to the Auto Union that featured. On 'Chasing Classic Cars' that was supposed to be race-winning chassis number xxxxx but who's provenance was called into question just before it was due to be auctioned!

SteveT63 · 01-01-12, 02:02 PM

Thats Naughty.

Phil Payne · 01-01-12, 02:19 PM

I've forgotten the exact quote and the quotee - but I think it was about one iteration of the GT-40:

"There were twelve cars built and I know where all nineteen of them are."

I do know for a fact that there's one GT-40 in which the ONLY original metal is the A-pillar with the chassis number stamped in it.

As for quattros, I see a lot and there are lots and lots of funnies. A 20V with 26k miles on the clock and an utterly failed clutch release bearing? A car (in Liverpool, naturally) that's almost 5mm longer one side than the other. Beats the previous record of 2mm. A car with a 1984 V5c but a sloping front and a late 1987 ABS accelerometer under the rear seat - platinum leather seats?

SteveT63 · 01-01-12, 02:25 PM

Lol!!!

I'm the same to be fair Phil, could sh@g a town down in my head, but upon closer examination of the actual article and scrutiny of its provenance, the scrappage scheme seems the only viable option!!

01-01-12, 10:19 AM	#2
john johnson Moderator of sausages Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: sheffield Posts: 13,331	Wonder who the owner is who he is selling it on behalf of and wants the story/record straightening a tad Happy new ( real not fake new ) year old fruit __________________ Mr OCD http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t144/jsquatts/ Daily rs4 b7 with buckets that play havoc with my piles And if you are reading this as James may would say ' you're a cock '

01-01-12, 01:12 PM	#6
SteveT63 Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,045	I think more like Octane or MD might have just innocently added two and two and dared to get five, not realising perhaps, what i presume, must have been the catalyst to someones apperplectic rage, judging by tales of what happened when a massive German car company dared to question origin of said vehicle. Of course it's all supposition on my part as I haven't seen the original article nor have any idea where it's content was sourced....clearly it points to the original car being connected to the Sutton collection, of which the origins and remaining originality of those vehicles have been called into question......Someone got it wrong, again!......The clarification by Octane I read this morning just made me chuckle as I ate my breakfast, thinking of its owner, perhaps chocking on his, after reading about his car, being linked to similar cars, just fitted with famous number plates, that Audi bought back!....er hum.... Halledgedley!!!! __________________ Peace...........through superior acceleration! T85 1985 90quattro I5 20vT T81 1983 80 Sport Red T81 1983 80 Sport Silver

01-01-12, 02:02 PM	#8
SteveT63 Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,045	Thats Naughty. __________________ Peace...........through superior acceleration! T85 1985 90quattro I5 20vT T81 1983 80 Sport Red T81 1983 80 Sport Silver

01-01-12, 02:25 PM	#10
SteveT63 Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,045	Lol!!! I'm the same to be fair Phil, could sh@g a town down in my head, but upon closer examination of the actual article and scrutiny of its provenance, the scrappage scheme seems the only viable option!! __________________ Peace...........through superior acceleration! T85 1985 90quattro I5 20vT T81 1983 80 Sport Red T81 1983 80 Sport Silver

01-01-12, 10:26 AM	#3
Phil Payne Banned Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sheffield Posts: 1,809	http://www.anamera.com/en/portals/ma...t=309&&request[show]=1&request[filter][offset]=0&request[filter][rowcount]=12&request[filter][order]=YEAR&request[filter][desc]=ASC&request[filter][dealer]=662&request[threshold]=1 needs amending, then.

01-01-12, 12:40 PM	#5
rtz62 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,527	Smoke and mirrors Steve, smoke and mirrors. Create a bit of mystique and intrigue, and voila! a whole new audience and potential purchasers! Wonder if the urban myth that Michelle mouton once sat on the cow that ultimately gave its life to become the seat squab in Tracy's Audi will add £10k to its value????

01-01-12, 01:27 PM	#7
rtz62 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,527	Somewhat similar to the Auto Union that featured. On 'Chasing Classic Cars' that was supposed to be race-winning chassis number xxxxx but who's provenance was called into question just before it was due to be auctioned!

01-01-12, 02:19 PM	#9
Phil Payne Banned Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sheffield Posts: 1,809	I've forgotten the exact quote and the quotee - but I think it was about one iteration of the GT-40: "There were twelve cars built and I know where all nineteen of them are." I do know for a fact that there's one GT-40 in which the ONLY original metal is the A-pillar with the chassis number stamped in it. As for quattros, I see a lot and there are lots and lots of funnies. A 20V with 26k miles on the clock and an utterly failed clutch release bearing? A car (in Liverpool, naturally) that's almost 5mm longer one side than the other. Beats the previous record of 2mm. A car with a 1984 V5c but a sloping front and a late 1987 ABS accelerometer under the rear seat - platinum leather seats?