'80's audi door handle question

[Kneale Brownson]

I haven't had any BTDT with the newer handles other than the nonfunctional 
key cylinder in my bride's "new" V8 driver door,  and I've got five 
"broken" doorhandles among the four mid-80's Audis in my yard now, so I 
agree that the older models are more of a pain, but there still have been 
doorhandle anomalies on the newer cars.  They still require more servicing 
than they should for the type of cars they are.



At 05:54 PM 12/19/2000 -0500, Marc Swanson wrote:

> > What makes you think the "lift-flap" style is breakproof (at least in
> > Audi's application)?
>
>have you had one break on you?
>
>Even if you have.. think about how many times you've heard people complain
>about something like this:
>
>"I can't open my door (8x4kq/8x5k), HELP!"
>
>vs:
>
>"I can't open my door (89+5k/200/100), HELP!"
>
>
>Statistically I've heard way more people complain about busting the trigger
>style handles vs the pull style handles.  The only consistant complaint I've
>heard about the newer style handles is that occasionaly the locking
>mechanism breaks.  That's not so bad though... at least that's easily
>fixable and doesn't require a new handle.  Plus The pull style handles are
>soo much easier to open IMO.  It's all personal preference I guess.
>
>
>Later
>
>
>-Marc-
>
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