Dead Puppy

[Ray Rollins]

I agree totally,
I live in Boston, and the streets here are overrun with huge SUV's with
enough off road gear to compete in the Baja 1000. The only advantage to
having an SUV here is you don't have to avoid the potholes :)
When I first joined this list after purchasing my 90 100q I was worried
about all the problems that listers have with their type 44's. But then I
noticed that the Turbo cars seem to be a much different beast that the NA
cars. Turbo 5's - lots of maintenance, NA 5's - issues once in a while. I
assume this is because of high heat turbo motors put out, decreasing the
life expectancy of parts under the hood. I have owned two turbo cars (300zxt
and t-bird turbo coupe) and I had to devote 6 or more hours a weekend to
keep them on the road. I got my 100q for $900 and have spent about $500 to
get it running nicely and 3 weekends to do the repairs (window regulator,
fuel pump, 2 power steering pumps, lots of pentosin and tune-up). Another
$1000 and it will be mint :) Now that I have said this I'm expecting the
Audi gods to break something expensive :(

Ray


>From: TWFAUST at aol.com To: quattro at audifans.com Subject: Re: Dead Puppy
>Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 07:37:38 EST
>
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>[ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] I have read most of these
>posts and suppose that the difference between the two camps is
>irreconcilable. So what? Audidom is a big tent, and is probably not
>borrowed from Barnum & Bailey. But, I guess I have to take a side. At
>present, I have 5 cars, 4 of them are Audis (not all are kept registered
>all of the time). My daily driver is a '90 100 in very nice, low mileage
>condition. I "scored" this about 8 months ago for $400.00. It has cost me
>about $500.00 in the interim. Every time I see it, I grin like a Chesire
>cat, thinking how I have "beat the system". About 5 years ago, I had a
>Chevy powered Porsche 911. My total investment was less than $5,000.00.
>This does not include my labor, but it is not a difficult job. My friends
>are given to leasing (I think of it as "renting") high line BMWs, and
>chided me about not having a "newer" (read "more expensive") car. I used to
>tell them that "I wanted a really fast car, and didn't care what it cost".
>They never saw the humor in this. An aside on renting cars. In a recent
>article I noticed that 80% of Lincoln Navigators are "leased" and 20% are
>bought. Of those leasing the average family income is $80,000.00 and it is
>the second car. Of those that buy, family income is $340,000.00 and it is
>the 4th car. This must say something. Please don't ask me to verify this,
>it was just an article of passing interest. I suppose a more interesting
>question is, in modern "paved" America, who really needs an SUV? Have you
>noticed the number bedecked with "off road" equipment? What kind of wastrel
>takes his $50,000.00 truck for a ride in the woods?
>
>

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