Night Train

[Doyt W. Echelberger]

That is a very encouraging story, and well-written. It affirms my belief
that I can keep my old TQ going a few more years. Tomorrow it goes into the
shop for a fuel pump replacement, and after that it requires a new
clutch.  Then it will be a 1987 5ktq with 280k miles on the odometer, and I
will be experimenting with my sanity every time I decide to fix another system.

But, as you say about your car, I have never driven anything that runs so
well under so many environmental conditions, while providing that unique
German car road feel. I'm hooked on it, and don't want to give it up. The
car doesn't have any rust anywhere. And my wife insists that our next car
be a comfortable as this one.   I've rebuilt every system at least once or
twice, and I don't see letting it go. I may never find anything as good.

So, I'm budgeting about $2,000 a year for repairs, and I'm going to keep it
on the road (hopefully rubber-side down.) And I'm looking carefully at
S6's, whenever they show up in the marketplace.

Doyt Echelberger
Ohio   USA

 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
At 05:35 PM 2/15/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>.........snip............ Two weeks ago I brought my
>Audi 200 TQ down from NH.   I left Concord NH about 7am Sunday morning in the
>midst of a big snowstorm.  There was about 6" (15cm)
>of snow in the unplowed parking lot, and lots of big
>flakes still coming down. ..snip..................
>Kent
>'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" with 221K miles