Between a Rock and a Rock: Repair or Replace Engine?

[Andrew Duane]

Hairy Green Toads from Mars made Mike Arman write:
> 
> >From: "Joshua Sessler" <joshuasessler at hotmail.com>
> >Subject: Between a Rock and a Rock: Repair or Replace Engine?
> 
> Thought just occurred to me - how much would they like a nice, shiny, 
> obviously late-model A6 with a big LEMON!!!! sign front, rear, both sides, 
> parked *legally* in front of their showroom, with the unhappy owner handing 
> out a printed history of what Audi WON'T do for him after only 60 days out 
> of warranty on a 78,000 mile car?
> 
> Guarantee you that will get their attention, especially if you invite the 
> local media for the "grand opening". Smaller TV stations are especially 
> good for this - they are hungry for anything that even vaguely resembles 
> news. And if you happen to have a city permit to distribute handbills, 
> there is nothing they can do to you, but they might just reconsider doing 
> something FOR you . . . TV cameras and microphones pointed by pushy 
> reporters have a *very* high freak-out quotient . . .

Don't bother.....

Audi did exactly the same thing to me with my '00 A6Q, and they
have stiffed hundreds (if not thousands) of other customers with
this same policy. Anything timing-belt related, and you can forget
any good will at all.

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Andrew Duane		Member Technical Staff - ATG
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