[Biturbos4] B5 S4 Glove box strut/dashpot

[Ti Kan]

I am the original owner of mine (special ordered from the factory,
waited 3 months for it and picked it up in November 2000) with
only 14 miles on the odo.  The first 60K miles or so had been
uneventful but then things started needing attention, and this car
sure isn't cheap to maintain.  But I love this car.  I've driven lots
of other cars over the past years but nothing is like the B5 S4.
I have almost 150K miles on it now, still looks pristine, and I'm
not going to part with it any time soon.

-Ti

On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 02:34:37PM -0600, Nicholas Mistry wrote:
> 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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