[ba] My wrecked V8q (BA)

[Shayne]

Thanx Steve-

As usual, you are a great help.  Hey, I will drive my baby 200 miles one way
for a good body shop.  If I have to go to Santa Clara, I will do it.  I
think I will probably do the mechanical work myself.  I know that suspension
so well, no reason to pay for someone to do it when I can do it quite
rapidly.  the body work I won't touch.  Not on the V8q anyway.  I am not up
to the task.

As for Steves info, here it is:

Steve Nechodom
Karmakanik
Work: 510-548-4494
Primary Address
2503 10th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710


He did not do the install himself.  He bought it from a shop in Vegas
already converted.  From what he told me it was owned by a Porsche mechanic.
His wife was driving the car when I think the t-belt went.  Solution:  4.2.
Steve got it running well, but not quite completed.  If memory serves me
right, he had just finished it up when I met him.

BTW, if it makes you feel better, I have been through the whole T-belt thing
too.


HTH,

Shayne P.


Oakland, CA.

Enough Audis to give plenty of headaches.

Parting:  1972 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5

> From: "Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz at kla-tencor.com>
> Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:53:08 -0700
> To: BA quattro <ba-group at audifans.com>
> Subject: RE: [ba] My wrecked V8q  (BA)
>
> Man that really sucks!  I know how I felt when I came home from vacation to
> find my car now has what appears to be a broken timing belt, but this sounds
> to all the world like a screw up at the alignment shop.
>
> What I have learned to do over the years is simply to hand the problem off
> to the insurance company ... AAA is very good at getting their money back if
> someone else is at fault.  In one occasion I had to pay the deductable up
> front, but after the insurance companies settled I got a refund check in the
> mail ...
>
> As to body shops, there has been some discussion of that here ... check the
> archives.  I've had really good luck with Anderson-Behel Body shop in Santa
> Clara, but that is a ways away for you and I'm sure that there are good body
> shops in your area ...
>
> Hey, I noticed that you mentioned Steve Nechodom's name ... I hear he has a
> business up in Berkeley, but I can't get any info on it.  Do you have any
> contact info for Steve?  I'd like to talk to him about my plans for the
> pearl V8 ... Thanks!
>
> Good luck!
> Steve Buchholz
> San Jose, CA (USA)
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Shayne [mailto:thequattroking at yahoo.com]
>> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 2:34 AM
>> To: BA quattro
>> Subject: [ba] My wrecked V8q (BA)
>>
>>
>> Coming home around 23:00 going west on 24 in the Caldecott
>> tunnel my LF
>> wheel came off!  So, needless to say, my poor V8q now sits
>> three legged.
>>
>> This happened just 300 miles after doing a complete
>> suspension.  I mean
>> REALLY COMPLETE.  EVERYTHING WAS CHANGED.  And, just hours
>> after getting
>> that alignment done (thanx for the feedback on that post).
>>
>> I have NO idea why the wheel came off.  Best I can figure
>> is the alignment
>> shop removed the wheel to unloosen the tie rods and did not
>> torque them.  I
>> know my suspension rebuild was flawless.  I have done 6 of them on 6
>> different Audis in the last 2 years.  I can give you torque
>> specs by heart.
>> I highly doubt it had anything to do with me.  I will
>> confirm this in the
>> light tomorrow.
>>
>>
>> So, getting to my questions, any advice on how to handle
>> this with the
>> insurance company?  Basically, I have a modded V8q with new
>> H&R springs,
>> Bilstein Sports, Brembo rotors, Willwood Calipers, 5ktq
>> strut housings, new
>> EVERYTHING on the front, including Delrin bushings.  18"
>> wheels, one of
>> which some government vehicle hauled away before I could collect it.
>>
>> Also, being that I am in law school I don't have time to do
>> this job again.
>> Nor do I even have a proper shop setup yet.  I just moved.
>> So, I have no
>> idea who t take the car to.  This issue arises:  If I go to
>> the dealer or
>> just let the insurance handle it, I imagine they will
>> insist the car be
>> returned to factory shape.  NO WAY.  I am not getting rid
>> of my Delrin,
>> springs or Sports.  Nor I am dumping my Willwoods.
>>
>> I have Chubb but no experience with their claims.  I have
>> never made one
>> with them.
>>
>> Anyone have any feedback or input on what I can or should
>> do?  Where to go
>> to get it fixed?  Know how to get the wheel back?  I need a
>> great body shop
>> too.  I believe the CHP handled the claim.  No citation was given.
>>
>>
>> Thanx so much.
>>
>> Shayne P.
>>
>>
>> Oakland, CA.
>>
>> Enough Audis to give plenty of headaches.
>>
>> Parting:  1972 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5
>>
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