Trying my patience...

[feelstranger]

Ok, replaced two fuel lines.  Blue point bubble flare tool works OK, with 
careful attention to detail.
Fixed drivers door exterior handle operation (third time for this car it 
seems)
Fix for exhaust leak incoming.
Starter fix appears to be lasting.
Still need to fix one headlight full of water, and replace the adjuster 
screws somehow.
Tried to extract headliner in one piece so I could paint it, or somethin'
Good F'in luck!  I was not in a proper mood, or sufficient time to do that. 
So now I own a pile of torn cardboard covered in orange sticky was-foam, and 
an avant with no headliner.  Oh,
Managed to clean all the sticky was-foam off the seats with mineral spirits.
What a mess.
In the process I found several wires in the rear hatch feed lines that have 
lost their insulation.

Looks fine, if you don't look up!
Still drives fine too
Maybe one more year.


-----Original Message----- 
From: robert weinberg
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 12:55 PM
To: 200q20v at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Trying my patience...

i feel your pain.

my friend ian took his dad's cayenne metallic 20V avant to S-fest. just a 
bunch of putzes joking that they wanted the engine for their coupe quattros. 
jeez, is there anybody who appreciates audi history?


Robby



________________________________
From: feelstranger <feelstranger at hotmail.com>
To: 200q20v at audifans.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 6:39 AM
Subject: Trying my patience...

The old avant is really pushing it’s luck now.  Maybe 200K is a suitable 
end.
This summer the headliner failed, all over.
Got an exhaust leak at the cat to pipe connection.
The plastic headlight adjusters failed, leaving my headlights flopping free.
One headlight filled with water, and went out.
Nice little paint bubbles on the rear hatch turned into holes in the sheet 
metal.
The rebuilt rear brakes I did last year are failing already – lets do it 
again!
Starter failed on Thursday – Fixed and re-installed it this weekend (rainy 
days are good for some things), Yay! – then I pulled the car out of the 
garage, and found a gas leak.  Need to replace 2 of the hard lines.

Noticed a nice 03 A4 for sale nearby.  Though it seems that was a bad year.
Give me strength.

If I wasn’t trying to finish re-siding and roofing my house before the snow 
flies, I wouldn’t mine all your little issues so much.
It’s me, not you, really.
Nat
feelingweakinVT
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