Is my '02...

[Jon Linkov]

I can only speak from experience with Audi. I used a private garage for my
celica, and currently use a mechanic for my A4. Trying to find a local
(Danbury CT, for any lister help!) mechanic for my 1996 Chevy Blazer that is
leaking like a sieve.

They're all bad: cheap, don't want to admit they are wrong, etc. I
personally think it's JUST that much worse when you're arrogant AND your
reliability is suspect. When most products are reliable and you have one big
goof that you (the manufacturer) is arrogant about, it isn't AS bad.

I know the manifold issue: we had the first Pathfinder in NJ, way back in
1987. And it was yelling to get it fixed...

Jon


On 1/23/05 10:36 PM, "quattro-request at audifans.com"
<quattro-request at audifans.com> wrote:

> Message: 8
> Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:14:36 -0500
> From: Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Is my '02 A4q an unusual piece of junk, or just a piece
> To: Audifans <quattro at audifans.com>
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> 
> Then again, Jon, I don't see a much better attitude coming out of a
> lot of manufacturers:
> 
> Mazda adamantly denied that there were any problems with the paint on
> the FD chassis RX-7s, although pretty much all of the '93s had paint
> peeling issues, as bad as GM F-bodies.
> 
> Nissan never publicly mentioned anything about warped exhaust
> manifolds on 1st gen Pathfinders, but I found out through the
> grapevine about "courtesy" replacements done via some sort of
> confidential TSB.
> 
> I don't know how Lexus would react toward issues such as these, though.
> 
> Taka