quattro digest, Vol 1 #4515 - farewall to the 91 200q20v avant (Dan Simoes)

[Larry C Leung]

Dan,

Sorry to see your last Q go, although I can understand
that chasing around leaks (some fluid, some electron)
around a time challenged car. I know you'll be back with
another Q when the time is right. In the meantime, at
least the Jetta is still VAG. And at least it's easy to tell
when it's you going by (yet to see another Jetta in your
car's color....)

LL - NY






> From: Dan Simoes <dans at audifans.com>
> To: "200q20v at audifans.com" <200q20v at audifans.com>,
>         quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: farewall to the 91 200q20v avant
>
> I'm still trying to come to terms with this...
>
> I've agreed to sell my Avant to lister Ben Swann who flies in
> tomorrow
> to pick it up from me.
>
> I love the car, especially watching the faces of hopped up Civic
> owners
> and the occasional Mustang/Camaro as I blow by, but the duties of
> work
> and parenting two young daughters along with owning a home are just
> too
> much for me to find time to spend 2 hours here, 4 hours there
> fixing
> things like leaking power steering hoses, fuel leaks, etc.  It's
> the
> definition of vintage Audi ownership, ain't it? :)  Let's face it,
> the
> car is now 13 years old, and nothing lasts forever.
>
> So, I'll stick with the (mostly) reliable Jetta TDI for now, and
> maybe
> in a few months I'll be tempted by the revised WRX, or a deal on a
> used
> one.
>
> This won't be my last Audi, though I'm having a harder and harder
> time
> finding an Audi that excites me for the price I can afford.  A used
> neu-S4 perhaps, or maybe a used TT225 alfresco?  We'll see.
>
> Thanks to the guys on the 200q20v list for helping me diagnose and
> fix
> problems and provide emotional support throughout.  I'll stick
> around
> for a while, don't worry.
>
> Special thanks to Peter Schulz for finding the car for me in the
> first
> place, as well as to Scott Mockry of SJM Autotechnik fame, who
> continues
> to show an uncanny ability to diagnose problems sight unseen over
> the
> internet :)
>
> | Dan |