Tony and everyone . . . re tranny fluid

[Ice Cat ^. .^ ~]

Mike Arman, Chief Chef sampled the soup and had this to say:

>  >Does anyone trust those people at Rapid Oil change   ????
>  >or someplace like that . . .   ????????
>  >
>  >or am I going to have to pop to pay a regular
>  >mechanic for these simple things ?
>
>Before you go *any* further down that path, do a search on the archives for
>"monkey lads" and/or "Sears".
>
>If you take your Audi anywhere near one of these places, you won't need
>this newsgroup any more because the morons they employ will utterly destroy
>your car, and you'll have to buy something else. These guys could break a
>crowbar playing with it in a sandbox, or destroy an anvil with a rubber
>hammer.
>
>Audis are marginally more complex and somewhat less tolerant of
>mistreatment than crowbars, so be warned - this is a SURE recipe for an
>expen$$$$ive di$$$a$$$er.
>
>Oh, yeah, it is al$o going to co$t you lot$ of money to get it done wrong.
>And I can ab$olutely guarantee that it will be REAL wrong.

Hi all ~

I couldn't move my car from Border's because some jerk turned off,
locked and parked his huge SUV in back of three of us while taking
time to shop -- we were blocked in for about 15 min.   Called a squad
car to complain but to no avail.  But that is another post.

I just read your email and I cannot tell you how much better I feel.
Thanks for the long laugh !!!

Actually I probably wouldn't have thought of Sears.   So that rules
out Rapid Oil as well . . . .

But I think what I will do is to take it to a mechanic in East
Hartford whom someone on this list recommended.

I haven't been to him yet, but he can change the tranny fluid (I will
call first and ask whether he will put in what I bring, get some good
stuff), and have his listen to this noise while I am there.

The alternator is holding really well now, thanks to all the good
people on this list who helped out.

'89 Audi 200 Turbo (No Q) Automatic
West Hartford, CT
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