Need Advice ASAP *******

[Kneale Brownson]

There are scads of Type 44 cars from the late 1980s that have those same
seats that should be available for under $2K.  Some in pretty good shape
for a little more.

Sounds like you have a blown head gasket.  I don't see why that would
require a new engine.  The dealership isn't going to offer you a used
engine from a junkyard, so that's not the place for that sort of replacement.

At 11:20 AM 7/22/2005 -0700, Cat     ^. .^   ~ wrote:
>I had a problem with my car in Phoenix, which about 2.5 hours away. 
>Having just lost my drivers license/credit I didn't have 
>license/credit cards with me and about $100 cash.   My car started to 
>over heat and it just wouldn't seem to cool down very well.   I 
>called my husband to come and pick me up, as I wanted to leave it at 
>the Audi dealership which was just a few miles away.    He refused 
>and told me to drive home, and no matter how much water I kept adding 
>and how many times I stopped to let the car cool off--it took me from 
>9 p.m. to 5 p.m. to make a two hour drive.   The dealership just 
>called me and said that coolant gets in the pistons after sitting 
>overnight, etc.,
>
>I really love this car and with back surgery is the most comfortable 
>car for me to drive.   So of course I cried for an hour when I got 
>the news from the dealership that it will be not $2,200 to fix, as 
>originally thought, but $6,000 or more!!!   I don't know what to do 
>at     I would like to fix the car and am wondering whether putting a 
>used motor in it would be a reasonable choice??
>
>Or just take the seats out and try to find another Audi.   Or forget 
>that and just get another car of any sort for now and look for 
>something else later.
>
>I absolutely have to have a car with working AC that is half way 
>comfortable as I am a realtor.  The worst part is that I don't have 
>my first closing until sometime in August.    So we are in a position 
>that we are going to have to borrow the funds.    So no  alternative 
>looks good at this point.
>
>Suggestions would be most appreciated.
>
>
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