[Biturbos4] B5 S4 Glove box strut/dashpot

[Nicholas Mistry]

I think I got mine around the same time.    She was my first new car
and is in my wedding getaway photos.   will always hold a special
place in my car history.

 I just had mine in to change the alternator and did some preemptive
service.  Water pump, belts, check the timing belt, etc.   so far the
only big issue was the alternator.

I decided to keep everything is stock except the rotors which are now
slotted to prevent the notorious fade with the stock ones.

No other car drives like a b5 s4 and I may keep her for the long haul.

-n

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> On Jan 21, 2016, at 2:42 PM, Ti Kan <ti at amb.org> wrote:
>
> 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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