Opinions - Trucks

[Mihnea Cotet]

How come I've received this email at least 5 times??? and the same for all
of Audi Dude's emails of today?

Mihnea

At 17:46 16/03/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>Having previously owned two Chevy S-10's with the 4.3 engine, I would
>recommend that you only replace the oil filter with a OE filter.  I had
>problems every time I started both of these trucks if they had a cheapo
>orange filter on them.  My first oil change started the problem at 900 miles
>and it continued until after the warranty expired.  The dealer could never
>replicate the problem.  It turned me off to Chevrolet so the next vehicle
>purchased was a 2000 Mitsubishi Montero - BIG mistake - man do I miss the
>Chevy rattle!  Regardless - I am now enjoying touring around in an OLD Audi
>with ALOT of miles on it - and doing so while saving money and enjoying the
>car.  Go figure.
>
>This weekend I drove my 'no payment' low insurance cost Audi through four
>states and logged over 1000 miles with only short rests.  The longest the
>car sat the whole weekend was the 9 hours we were in the hotel.  Sorry to
>get off subject but I am duly impressed that this car just keeps going.
>Last night it made the trip to Evansville, IN and home after making the two
>day adventure to Nashville.  Kenny Chesney rocked Roberts Stadium last night
>and my ears are STILL RINGING!
>
>Great weekend y'all
>
>Ben
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <TWFAUST at aol.com>
>To: <quattro at audifans.com>
>Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 4:57 PM
>Subject: Re: Opinions - Trucks
>
>
> > --
> > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> > In a message dated 3/16/03 5:40:24 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > quattro-request at audifans.com writes:
> > As mentioned by another lister the 4.3 is a good motor, the 2.8 is not.
>There
> > is some salvation if the price is right. Chevy now offers a replacement
> > "crate engine" at 3.4 liters. This cures the 2.8's problems, and adds 40
> > horse. There are plentiful V-8 kits. Nothing good to say about Rangers
> > (personal opinion)
> > Tom Faust
> >
> > >
> > > Gotta a question that's NAC.  Hope you folks will indulge.
> > >
> > > Thinking of dumping my 88 80q for a 4x4 Ranger/S10/etc type pickmeup
>truck.
> > > Been looking for something in the less than $5k range and have seen some
> > > that are about 7-10 years old with an average of 150K miles.  I've heard
> > > that these things are fairly reliable and robust.  What's the list
>opinion?
> > >
> >
> >