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Old 10-15-2018, 04:27 PM
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I didn’t know him other than from interactions on here, but this is sad news to be hearing. Mishar was a very knowledgeable and valuable contributor here for many years. As a fellow mechanical engineer he and I often had healthy debates over various technical subjects; the last I remember being over which was better, Torsen quattro or 4-matic which was a good one.

He seemed to fall hard for the 3 pointed star in the twilight of his life, but was an Audi guy at heart. I’m sure that’s what he’s driving now, wherever he’s ended up.

Godspeed old boy....
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Old 10-15-2018, 05:03 PM
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We all miss him here. What a smart guy. Maybe we'll meet someday.....
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Old 10-15-2018, 05:34 PM
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His metal gear set lives on in my D3 W12 MMI screen mechanism. He pioneered those as I recall, along with the instructions I used. https://www.audiworld.com/mmi-screen...-instructions/
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Old 10-15-2018, 09:22 PM
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His metal gear set lives on in my D3 W12 MMI screen mechanism. He pioneered those as I recall, along with the instructions I used. https://www.audiworld.com/mmi-screen...-instructions/
He made a few of those for people, if I recall. He was particular in how he worked on the car, I definitely appreciate the quality of the soldering on some of the modifications he made adding the back up camera and bluetooth, two things which did something to make quit working installing satellite radio. He made a handy guide for how to make a shortened shifter too, which is surprising nice to have, actually. There were those, and many other contributions to the forum, some still used and referenced.
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Old 10-16-2018, 08:46 AM
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.... given a couple years back he sold his D3 and took his sailboat off to Greece for retirement.
I've only had a D3 for about a month... I've read a lot of very well articulated and helpful Mishar threads in the last month, you can tell a lot about a person by the content of their threads sometimes. To hear how he chose to spend the last years of his life says a lot too..its one thing to have a dream, its another thing to go for it. We can learn more than just Audi knowledge from Mishar...wish I got to meet this guy.


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Old 10-16-2018, 03:53 PM
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A lot of helpful threads from this man, thoughts to his family.
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Always VERY helpful. He was very quiet on his retirement heading to Greece. No explanation. Guess it was better not to know why.
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Old 10-17-2018, 04:28 AM
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Among other contributions he made, I have Mishar to thank for my short shifter mod.
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Old 10-17-2018, 09:42 AM
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Sad to hear about Mishar passing. Condolences to his family. He was a great help here and great feedback. Will be missed.
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Old 10-18-2018, 12:08 PM
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R.I.P., Misha! I don't know what to say without repeating all the nice things others have already posted.
I always felt a bit sorry for the newbies who made the mistake of challenging Misha's unerring knowledge.
Also, his construction of those wooden car ramps (and the supporting data he posted) was legendary.
He used talk-to-text, and that revealed his French accent, I always got a kick out of that!
And despite his resemblance to The Most Interesting Guy in the World, he was definitely one of the most interesting guys on AW!

I wish there was a way to send condolences and a link to this thread to his loved ones...
Thanks to Jack88 for posting the news.

-Tom
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