NAC..'00 VW Passat 4Motion...$7200 in repairs!!!

[David]

Could someone call a WHAAmbulance for these cry-babies? Seriously...does this kind of stuff belong on the list? Nope! Take it offline. On the forum I moderate (fourtitude), I would would have black-holed this whole thread/discussion by now...

Dave
1987 CGT 2.3
SE VA

> 
> From: "Robert M" <porter_t_dog at hotmail.com>
> Date: 2005/06/12 Sun PM 06:52:07 EDT
> To: j.d.larson at verizon.net,  tyson at up-times.com,  quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: NAC..'00 VW Passat 4Motion...$7200 in repairs!!!
> 

> >Hi, Tyson.  I am surprised at your attack on my credentials and knowledge, 
> >as my background is pretty well known on this and other lists.  I am a 
> >factory trained Audi and Porsche tech, and have been for 32 years.  Before 
> >that, I was an enthusiastic amateur for another 14 years.  After nearly 2 
> >years of dealer experience and training, I worked at a Porsche specialty 
> >shop in Los Angeles that had a huge number of exotic Porsches in its 
> >clientele, mostly 4 cam cars like Spyders and 904s.  We did a significant 
> >amount of preparation and maintenance work on what are now called "track 
> >cars".  I held a smog license for a number of years, have had a number of 
> >classes from Bosch, and I've operated my own shop since 1977.  I spend 
> >approximately 30% of my time at work dealing with emissions related work on 
> >German cars for the smog check station next door.  I know, and am on first 
> >name level professional terms, with some of the best known Porsche and Audi 
> >"tuners" (a word I don't like) in the country.  I have a customer list that 
> >stretches from San Diego to Portland to Atlanta (if you don't count London, 
> >UK).  I've helped assemble a concours car that won it's class at the 
> >Porsche Parade, and have built a group B SCCA 914/6.  Oh, and I've worn 
> >glasses since I was 14 and injured an eye while working on a tractor with 
> >my neighbor.  To sum it up, I've lived and worked in the practical 
> >automotive world for most of my life, have been around since the very 
> >beginning of the smog laws, and have seen the environment of LA go from an 
> >air quality cesspool of a million people to a relatively clean air 
> >environment with 7 or 8 times the number of inhabitants.  And your 
> >professional automotive qualifications are 
> >.............................................?  John
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- From: "Tyson Varosyan" <tigran at tigran.com>
> >To: "'John Larson'" <j.d.larson at verizon.net>; "Quattro at Audifans. Com 
> >(E-mail)" <quattro at audifans.com>
> >Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 11:35 PM
> >Subject: RE: NAC..'00 VW Passat 4Motion...$7200 in repairs!!!
> >
> >
> >>John,
> >>
> >>My neck is nice and white, but thanks for asking! I do have 3 high
> >>performance cars of my own, that hardly have an untouched bolt on them and
> >>am a member of a number of car tuner/racing/enthusiast clubs. Prior to 
> >>last
> >>fall (when I got crazy busy with running my own business), I had at least 
> >>4
> >>cars in my driveway every weekend belonging to other people in my clubs 
> >>that
> >>were there to use my help with this and that on their car. Bottom line, 
> >>you
> >>sound like the type of guy that wears glasses and pushes papers all day in
> >>some cubical - can you even point out the catalytic converter in your own
> >>car?
> >>
> >>Before making arrogant statements about other people, perhaps you should 
> >>do
> >>some research and read independent studies on the subject matter so that 
> >>you
> >>yourself do not come across as parrot-like moron repeating something that
> >>you read on a placed ad in a newspaper about how great cats are. Or you
> >>could get some hands-on experience - that works too.
> >>
> >>Tyson Varosyan
> >>Technical Manager, Uptime Technical Solutions LLC.
> >>tyson at up-times.com
> >>www.up-times.com
> >>206-715-TECH (8324)
> >>
> >>UpTime/OnTime/AnyTime
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: John Larson [mailto:j.d.larson at verizon.net]
> >>Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 2:38 PM
> >>To: tigran at tigran.com; quattro at audifans.com
> >>Subject: Re: NAC..'00 VW Passat 4Motion...$7200 in repairs!!!
> >>
> >>
> >>Tyson wrote...............  "Catalytic converters are a bunch of crap
> >>anyway! They do not work! Do what many people I know do on all their cars.
> >>Take a hole saw with a long
> >>extension, take out your cat, and drill the thing out. Or get a "Test 
> >>pipe"
> >>if there is one made for your car. Ether way, nuke the thing."
> >>
> >>............snip..............
> >>....
> >>
> >>Interesting, and intensely expressed,  opinion.  Unsupportable, but
> >>interesting.  Lotta people, the kind we call "rednecks", agree with you, 
> >>I'm
> >>sure.  BTW, Platinum has always been an important part of catalytic
> >>converters ..................
> >>
> >>John
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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