Tips on buying a 5KTQ

[Doyt W. Echelberger]

Hello Efraim.........Yes, forgot the rack.  Mine has behaved rather well.

I review my repair receipts, and then I divide that cost by the value I
place on how much satisfaction I get out of driving my Audi year after
year. And the resulting number is very acceptable to me.

Actually, the steering rack becomes pretty reliable once you replace it
with a Jorgen unit.

For a maybe 5 grand I have replaced/fixed all those problems and I'm
driving an incredible car, which doesn't show it's age, as I'm sure you
know because you have one also. The way it handles makes those expenses
insignificant, in my opinion. I'm not a bit glum about it. And I have
people from all over the world on this list, helping me keep it on the road.

But there are millions of people that don't care about how their cars
handle. They think of cars as appliances, when they think about them at
all.  And all they see are the expenses. I belive they are missing
something good.  My life is sweet..........

Doyt Echelberger
87 5ktq  pretty well sorted out

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At 12:06 PM 2/24/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>Wow, Doyt, you painted very glum although pretty accurate picture. By the
>way, you forgot the notorious steering rack which will invariably fail in
>every car. I guess I am lucky because quite a few components you mentioned
>are still OK in my 211K mi 5KTQ (knock on wood). It's hard to imagine why
>would any sane person even consider buying one of these cars. But the car is
>great, I absolutely love it and forgive it all these little shortcomings.
>Efraim Gavrilovich
>1988 5KTQ 340,000km (211K mi), 1.8 Bar
>1990 90 114,000km (71K mi)
>Vancouver, Canada