[Biturbos4] B5 S4 Glove box strut/dashpot

[Nicholas Mistry]

That's a great question.   The first 30k were put on in the first two
years in Boston.  Since I moved to San Antonio 13 years ago I have
been working from home instead of commuting.  The remaining 37k miles
are me just tooling around the hill country here or running an
occasional errand.   To add to that I had a daughter two years ago and
we mostly cart her around in a mint 2003 Tahoe that I got for < $5k.

With such low miles I just can't justify trading it in or up for
another S or RS with another car payment.

-N

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 20, 2016, at 8:17 PM, Grant Lenahan <glenahan at vfemail.net> wrote:
>
> why don’t you drive it?  I have that many track miles on my boxster!
> (well, nearly)
>> On Jan 20, 2016, at 8:30 PM, Nicholas Mistry <nick at mistry.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am still here too.   Still have my original 2001.5 S4 at 67k miles.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Jan 20, 2016, at 7:22 PM, Grant Lenahan <glenahan at vfemail.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> well, you and me :-)
>>> But i haven’t had a biturbo for years (but want a very specific one)
>>>
>>> Grant
>>>
>>>> On Jan 20, 2016, at 7:28 PM, Ti Kan <ti at amb.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> By the way, how many people are still on the BiturboS4 list?
>>>>
>>>> -Ti
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 04:19:02PM -0800, Ti Kan wrote:
>>>>> 2001.5 S4 here (I'm sure B5 A4s are the same).  When I open the glove box,
>>>>> it used to open with a smooth, damped motion (sounded like a gas strut
>>>>> in there with a hissing noise). But recently it no longer does that,
>>>>> and just drops open hard.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm thinking the gas strut may have worn out, but don't they typically
>>>>> go out gradually rather than spontaneously? Or is something else broken?
>>>>>
>>>>> With the glove box open, I see a lever on the left side that seem to go
>>>>> into a cylindrical object above. Is that the strut? Any insight about
>>>>> how to replace or repair this?
>>>>>
>>>>> -Ti
>>>>
>>>>
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