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[Wylie Bean]

Wait a minute, you're comparing something that was a poor design to begin
with (passive safety belts) with something that is a design superior to
anything as such but has a definite useful life expectancy (which Audi has
extended to 15 years by the way, and not because they're responsible for
paying for fixing it, either).  Give me a (expletive deleted) break.  By the
way, I'd rather "say a little prayer" (which I've never really thought about
even having to do) when I start my Audi than having to be in constant
connection with the man upstairs any second I was riding in a paper-mache'
constructed Nissan variant.  It's a good thing they've actually got Audi out
there to attempt to copy.  Who knows what they might be marketing otherwise.
You've obviously never had a seriously close look at the way the cars are
constructed, wrenching on them or not.

A. Wylie Bean
Audi Brand Specialist
Flow Motors, LLC
425 Silas Creek Parkway
Winston-Salem NC 27127
1-800-489-3534
TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
abean at flowauto.com
90 coupe quattro
217K miles, never once stranded
99.5 A4 1.8TAvant quattro
72K miles, continuing the tradition
82 MBZ 300D 4-speed manual non turbo Eurocar
334K mile-old beast, but still going like a Timex


And to add, if my passive restraint seat belts weren't tensioning like they
used to, Honda would replace them free of charge, thanks to a lifetime
warranty on safety restraint equipment. Let's see if my Audi dealer will
replace my 10+ yr- old air bag in my 1990 200q. After all, the Bentley
states it's only expected to function for 10 years. Will it fire when I
need it most, who knows, given VW/Audi's record with electrics, I don't
bank on it.

You see, it's all about company policy, whether or not they make you feel
like they give a damn about you after you've plunked down a pretty penny
for that new Passat/A4/TT.
If the car is shipped defective and is unreliable, they better damn well
have it addressed correctly. Otherwise, you can damn well bet said owner
will not be buying another VW/Audi.

After owning and wrenching domestic, Asian, and European makes, I'm not one
to have blind brand loyalty.
Given my Audi experiences, my associates' S4 and A4 experiences, and all
the recent negative feedback, I won't be getting a new 2003 A4, but a G35c
or 350Z.

Let's face it, there's a lot of us out there who keeps their fingers
crossed every time we start our Audis.
:-)