Unbreakable Audi's... Tales of horror.

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In a message dated 7/9/2001 7:27:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
russell.s.southerlin at lmco.com writes:

<<  The engines and drive trains are
 bullet proof but everything else will drive you crazy.   >>


Thank you so much for getting back to me.  This week is really busy for me 
and so is the weekend as well so might be a little while before I get a 
chance to confirm the type of bomb I have.  I will get back to you as soon as 
I can and let you know.  

    As far as bullet proof my friend recently towed his 4kq to a garage with 
the front tires off the ground and the rears on.  This car was going to be 
parted out so he wasn't too concerned about this.  However when he was 
climbing out of the passenger side before towing he accidentally pushed the 
shifter into 1st gear.  It was towed like this for at least 15 miles.  The 
engine still ran when he arrived and the car drove in to the bay to be 
disassembled.  He claims there was no knocking from the engine or strange 
noises from the drivetrain.  

Five years before he drove a 4kq halfway into the pond in front of my house 
one snowy night.  When I got down the driveway to pull him out his car was 
hanging off the stone bridge with the nose in the water.  After careful 
extraction (the nose actually dipped deeper before it came free... Driver 
couldn't decide if he should bail out the sunroof or keep his foot on the 
gas) he proceeded to crash into a curb head on with the wheels turned (yes he 
was a little intoxicated) and fold the passenger side a frame underneath the 
car.  He drove it about 20 miles that time as it was, sparking the whole way. 
 You could say they are bullet proof.  Those 2 examples are the reason I 
bought an Audi.