WRX vs 1.8TQ

[Larry C Leung]

My parent's '89 Subie Legacy has lasted (timewise, not milage) long
enough to have Audi-like problems. The lighting circuit seems to have
failed at the switch (stalk), and the window switches are suspect. To top
things off, the builder's of this car even sought to copy the exploits of
Team Doorhandle, only this is on the inside. (Help, Help, I can't get
out!).

LL - NY

On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 19:22:35 EST JanDebL at aol.com writes:
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>I'll bet you don't live in the midwest salt belt.  The Asian vehicles
>I see
>everyday seem to melt away between 3 - 5 years depending on how well
>they are
>cared for.  When I was a kid, a car body would out last the running
>gear and
>it was standard practice to rebuild the engines / transmissions ( @
>80K
>miles) then run the vehicle until it finally rusted away (about 120K
>miles).
>When I started driving watercooled VWs, I had the opposite problem,
>the
>running gear outlasting the bodies.  On the Audi's, the body and
>running gear
>easily outlast the other components (which only have a life expectancy
>of a
>standard vehicle).  I have a number of (non car) neighbors ask me how
>I can
>afford to drive such nice looking cars until I tell them they are 11 -
>14
>years old.  Then they look at their Cadillac or Lexus and wonder
>what's
>wrong.  (they also ask why I spend so much time in the garage, but
>that's a
>different story)
>Jan Lahtonen