Type $$ is testing me...

[John Cassidy/Sallyann Mulcahy]

The car :  '91 200q

$1000 in repairs in the last two weeks...$560 for 180kmi. service,  + a new
battery, next day the radiator goes south.  Damn, just when I was ready to
order tires...

New problem #1:  Miraculous...I just install the new battery and go for the
glove box to get the code for the stereo, and walla, the latch appears
broken.  Has anybody figured out how to open these things when the latch
gives out?

New problem #2:  I think there is a ground problem.  When the lights are on,
the turn signal and  bright light indicators glow dimly, and the auto check
gets confused (sometimes ok, sometimes weird lines).  When the brights are
on, the bright indicator goes out.  Any of you bright folks know where I
start?

New problem #3:  My formerly all supportive wife, (who has mostly loved her
CQ until it recently decided it too needed copious amounts of expensive
attention), asked me why we don't give up on this annoying Audi thing and
buy just Hondas like everybody else?  The scary thing is, I considered it,
if even for only a nanosecond...turboquattroturboquattroturboquattro...

I am in search of guidence in these matters from this esteemed list. Thanks
in advance!

JC