leaving the marque (Was urs4/S6 or A4?)

[Stephen Bigelow]

> > > Pluses: Road eater.  Performance.  Relatively
> > > uncommon.  Minuses: Potential for high ownership
> > > costs.  Relatively uncommon.
> >
> > Since when was "relatively uncommon" a minus? I *hate* to see myself
coming
> > and going.
>
> When it makes it hard to find parts or experienced mechanics.

I'll be Audi-less sometime this week when Audrey gets sold to my mechanic
for a paltry sum. The good working autobox full of Amsoil ATF is worth more
than the rest of the car, and the prospect of replacing yet _more_ hydraulic
and exhaust componants has driven me from the marque, at least for now.

Saving for a house and Olde Type 44 Ownership don't go together.

Fell into a {whisper} second gen Cavalier, $600 safetied . Goes, turns,
stops. Think I see myself coming and going much? Holy cow.
A rear muffler was less than *one eighth* of the price as the one on Audrey.

Wait...it gets worse.

Father in law mentions he's getting a new ride, I expressed a minor passing
interest in his old one (I was driving  a Cavalier, remember!)

Next day I own his frickin' 91 Accord stick. Now I see myself _everywhere_.
Well built car, I must say, still nice and tight at 250K km, but no soul.
Everything works, including air, cruise and sunroof, and it revs like a bike
engine.

$500.
I remember spending that _everytime_ I took Audrey to the shop.

My next Audi will either be simpler (there's a nice red 86-7 Coupe in the
Trader for $1200) or worth it (turbo and/or quattro.)

FWD auto Audi without a turbo was a big mistake, at least for me. Wonderful
motor, bad diffs, bads trans, bad climate control, bad hydraulics.

I miss her already. First time I drove the adnoH, I sure missed the off-idle
torque of the I-5.

Steve
Ottawa