NAC!! Worst cars yadda yadda...

[Carl Cobb]

original audi 90 from the 70's>  that was an ugly bugger....


----- Original Message -----
From: <JanDebL at aol.com>
To: <chrisdyer at hotmail.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 5:11 AM
Subject: Re: NAC!! Worst cars yadda yadda...


> I agree with the "worst car rating based on personal reliability
experiences"
> theory.  Many of the original / previous owners of the cars WE drive would
> probably overlook the positive features of the Audi and rate them very low
> because of the perceived reliability issues.
> My first Audi was an 87 5KTQ I purchased in the early 90s.  Although I
loved
> all the positive features of the car, I spent a disproportional amount of
> time in the garage trying to keep it operating properly.  With no real
> support systems in place except a Bentley manual (which is very sketchy
> compared to the VW Bentley manual I was familiar with & 3 X the price)
this
> was an exercise in futility.  When I finally got every thing "fixed," I
> immediately sold I before something else broke.  Two days later, the "new"
> owner called asking if I had ever had problems with the window as they
were
> now stuck in the down position and it was - 10 degrees.  Welcome to Audi
> ownership.
> It was only the advent of the SJM, Audifans and other lists, which lured
me
> back - although I sometime wonder what it would be like to have a social
life
> outside of the garage.
> Jan Lahtonen
> 2 type 44s & little spare time