VAG oil sludge problems

[Jon]

So those people who are idiots and listen to Audi get an extended
warranty.  Us listers who know BS when we smell it ignored Audi and
used Mobil1 and/or other synthetics in our cars and changed the oil
well before the "scheduled intervals" *they* recommend.  Now the
idiots are being rewarded with an extended warranty.  (Well,
technically I am too) That makes me feel so damn good.

At least I know my car runs well for reasons I have control over. I
also do not have to sit idlely hoping and praying for a class action
law suit and/or recalls so that I can have a reliable car for more
than 50k miles.

This mentaility really get my mobil1, I mean blood boiling.  


On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 13:00:30 -0700, John Larson <j.d.larson at verizon.net> wrote:
> Lifted from autoextremists' 09/01 issue. (www.autoextremist.com)
>  The bad news just keeps coming for Volkswagen - this time it's an oil
> sludge problem with 1.8-liter turbo four-cylinder engines in 1998 to 2004
> Passats and 1997 Audi A4s. VW has contacted 425,000 owners to let them know
> that they are extending warranty coverage (to a fully-transferable,
> eight-year, unlimited mileage warranty) due to certain problems relating to
> oil sludge. One wonders when these car companies are going to wake up. After
> pounding it into consumers' heads that you can basically drive these new
> cars with little or no maintenance, guess what? People aren't changing their
> oil as much, if at all. And then, lo and behold, bad things happen. The
> lessons continue to be learned slowly - and painfully - by the auto
> industry, apparently.
> 
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