You know you've been on this list too long when...

[Alex Kowalski]

Hey, I know how you feel:  I just came back to the List after buying an '87, and....

For the older cars, the archives are almost encyclopedic, for the newer cars it seems perhaps that the dealers are jam-packed with...but hey, isn't that why we're here?  

This weekend I was surfing around (outside Audifans) and thought I had something more to say about fastener torque values (which, credit where it's due -- Phil Payne has always been a bit of a stickler about) and came across this website:

http://www.boltscience.com

I actually thought I had something new to add to the archives on that short thread (no pun intended) until I searched the archives and found THIS:

http://www.audifans.com/pipermail/quattro/20021028/064237.html

So I guess I won't have anything 'new' to contribute to the knowledge of Type 44's...at least until I start the alcantara reupholstery job (soon), then the stereo upgrade, then...  

Ain't it terrible?  ;)

Cheers,
Alex


> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:13:47 EST
> From: Mikea2769 at aol.com
> Subject: You know you've been on this list too long when...
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> ....your own message from 8 years ago solves a problem today!!!
>  
> Searched the archives today, looking for "been there's", when I come across  
> a message from 1997 that describes my problem EXACTLY. Scroll to the bottom of 
>  the message and there's my name!
>  
> I don't remember having this same (door lock) problem, but that's another  
> issue.
>  
> So I anxiously check the replies, only to find the "usual" repairs for the  
> common problems with our door handles-but not the solution to my unusual  
> problem. So I check for my own subsequent posts and there's one that says  "lock 
> problem solved", and sure enough - I posted a solution for anyone that  should 
> have the same problem "in the future".
>  
> So I get to THANK MYSELF!
>  
>  
> Mike  Aiello
> 87 5kcstq, 311k miles, orig.  owner