Straw Poll: How Dependable is Your 200q20v?

[robert weinberg]

i think mine is the exception. i bought it with 114k on the clock. now has 119k. i don't drive it all that much as you can see. i think this is the main problem - it spend a lot of time impersonating a planter in the former owner's driveway. all the seals and hoses dried out. you need to DRIVE these cars.


in that time:

left me stranded:

- slave cylinderand clutch master cylinder

- clutch actuator (or whatever that doo-hickey is that connects the slave to the clutch pedal). this one PISSED ME OFF!
- crank seal pissed oil all over my garage floor.

i've replaced a lot of other stuff, but none of it has left me stranded and was done when time permitted.


see ya,
Robby




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From: Henry A Harper III <hah at alumni.rice.edu>
To: 200q20v at audifans.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 1:32 PM
Subject: RE: Straw Poll: How Dependable is Your 200q20v?


Mine never needed a tow in 13 years/50k mi, although it was not my daily
driver except when my "real" daily driver (88 GTI - 14 years/169k mi) was
"down". I may have purchased a battery and some tools away from home in the
early years, and didn't drive it much while waiting for a favorable time to
replace pump-to-rack PS hose. Other maintenance items (the famous plastic
heater valve, for instance, along with heater core/hvac fan) were also done
on my schedule knowing I had another car to drive.

Henry
now "moved on" to competent and pretty but somewhat low-personality A4
avant. Stock 2.0T is quite nice but it's no chipped 3B.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: 200q20v-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:200q20v-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Matt Suffern
> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 1:25 PM
> To: 200q20v at audifans.com
> Subject: Straw Poll: How Dependable is Your 200q20v?
>
>
> Let's get a show of hands here.
>
> 1. How many times has your 200q20v left you stranded?
> 2. How many times have you had to use an alternate car because your
> 200q20v was laid up for repairs?
>
> It's understood lots of stuff breaks, and parts can be expensive, but
> I guess what I'm trying to gauge is DEPENDABILITY, i.e. the degree to
> which we can rely on the cars getting us to work in the morning and
> home in the evening even if bits are dangling off and fluids are
> gushing out.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
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