smogtest / New A6 Avant ...

[928s@canada.com]

Steve,

 We have a 3-test smog test here in Ontario,Canada
every 2 years as well. After mine failed once due to
cracked exhaust manifold & crazy O2 sensing, my
mechanic just wound down the engine so the idle was
extra low.
 I drove it across the street to the air-smog-test
facility and scored 0.0 on two of the 3 tests & passed
easily.

alex v.
'86 4000s auto 
5-Cyl. 2.2
288K Km. in Canada

New A6 Avant ...    urq  to quattro 
 I was at a local dealer to pick up some parts for my
next (and hopefully
final) attempt at passing smog ... and decided to peek
around the showroom
... walking down the hall I saw some wicked looking
P-cars ... but then I
found my way to the Audi side.  The quest was to get
information on the new
A6 Avant ... Audi's website indicates that it will be
out "this summer" ...
but with little other details on availability.  Well,
what do I find but a
lovely blue example sitting on the show room floor!  I
talked to the sales
guy a bit ... he didn't have any literature ... he
indicated that they
weren't supposed to be available yet, but he had two on
site!