No, they are NOT going to fix it!

[Ti Kan]

JanDebL at aol.com writes:
> Bruce Anderson, who writes a lot of articles for various Porsche related 
> magazines, recommends when buying a Porsche to by the newest one in the 
> series that you can afford.  I tend to agree with his rational - about the 
> time most manufacturers get the defects removed from a particular vehicle 
> model, they discontinue it and start all over again with a new set of 
> problems.  My 91 2CTQ is noticeably a better car in every respect than our 87 

While that may be a good advice in general, sometimes there are changes
to a model that are a regression.  It's not common, but I can cite one
example: the front and rear windshield molding trim on my (vvery early 1980)
4000 is real metal, which still looks great today.  On later 4Ks they went
to a plated plastic that invariably fades and shrinks, leaving an ugly gap
at the top and bottom by the 'connector' piece.  This is only a cosmetic
issue, but I surmise the change is to save cost and perhaps make assembly
easier.

-Ti
01 S4 2.7 biturbo (coming)
96 A4 2.8 quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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