Type-44: HELP! Seeking good Audi mechanic in NYC/NJ Metro Area.

[Larry C Leung]

That's cheaper than my job. Mine cost $1004, part's/labor and that's in
Poughkeepsie (about 80 miles up state, same reason, was on the road when
it quit). Good Luck and Happy New Years!

LL - NY

On Mon, 31 Dec 2001 20:29:45 -0800 (PST) William Ng
<audi200quattro at yahoo.com> writes:
>Steve, Larry,
>
>Yup! Sounds familiar. I'm convinced the throwout bearing is gone.
>
>I chose to go with Bruno's Quattro Center. Bruno called me back this
>morning and informed me it'll cost me $800 in parts/labor.
>X-P
>I want the job done right, so I bit the bullet and managed to limp the
>car
>over to Queens, NY this afternoon. After meeting him, I'm confident
>my
>200q is in good hands. She'll be ready on Friday.
>
>This is the first time since 16 years that I've gone to a mechanic to
>work
>on one of my cars. I've done all the work and repairs that's been
>required. Feels kinda strange to let someone else wrench my car...and
>drop
>so much $$$ for the service. It's 25% of the cost I originally paid
>for
>the 200q! :-(
>
>So, thanks again to all who helped out.
>
>Happy New Year!!!
>Will
>
>
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Message: 15
>From: sjensen at mindspring.com
>Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 10:04:22 -0500
>To: willng at netzero.net
>Cc: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: Type-44: HELP! Seeking good Audi mechanic in NYC/NJ
>Metro
>Area.
>
>William:
>
>Those are the exact same symptoms my car had when the throwout bearing
>let
>=
>go - it whirred for a few weeks, just like Larry's, but then it
>suddenly
>st=
>arted screeching with a substantial amount of throbbing through the
>clutch
>=
>pedal (at which point I parked it until I had the money to do a
>clutch
>job)=
>.
>
>When they pulled the transmission the throwout bearing was destroyed,
>even
>=
>though the clutch had a few miles left in it.  Weakest link and all
>that.
>
>Good luck to you, sucks to be on the road with a major mechanical
>failure.
>
>-Steve Jensen
>87 5kcstq
>
>
>
>
>
>
>=====
>--
>William Ng
>1990 200 quattro
>audi200quattro at yahoo.com    willng at netzero.net
>
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