My car is trying to punish me

[Tom Nas]

Hi all,

I thought it was always the nice options (a/c, sunroofs, power windows, 
seat heaters) on your Audis that failed as a warning from the Audi Gods.
Well, it's official: my no-options Audi 80 is punishing mefor not fixing 
the break-in damage to the driver's door. When I got in the car to drive 
home tonight, my rearview mirror (complete with furry dice) was on the 
floor. Driving out of the parking lot, I noticed the speedo was dead. 
Great, do we consider these options?
:-)

I guess for the rearview mirror it's clean thoroughly, glue mirror back 
onto the screen with special UV-curing adhesive? Is there any way (on a 
type 89 80) to get the metal backing plate out of the mirror stem so that 
you don't need to load the new adhesive while it's curing? The mirror's a 
pretty hefty thing, and there's no Allen screw like I've seen on type 
81/85s... I don't think it's a good idea to detach the mirror from the 
stem, as putting it back would put too much stress on the new bond IMO.

As for the speedo- a hefty whack on the top of the dash returned it to 
working order. Standard type 89 problem. Hope this speedo doesn't stop 
working entirely like my two previous cars' did...

Tom
87 90q dead but clean
87 80 falling to bits wherever I touch it
88 80 gone, but not forgotten