Rant: moral support for denial enhancement

[Eric Langheinrich]

Only $1300? You're lucky, just had my wife's cabriolet in and after timing 
belt, radiator, head gaskets, and power steering pump I got away for only 
$2100

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "c dyer" <cdyer_2000 at yahoo.com>
To: "Doyt W. Echelberger" <doyt at mail.buckeye-express.com>; "audi fans" 
<quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: Rant: moral support for denial enhancement


> Thanks, Doyt--from a man who knows! I too replaced a
> lot of the items you mentioned (mine "only" has about
> 225k mi).
>
> I guess I'm freaking a bit cuz all these items hit at
> once, and w/labor it'll be around $1300 or so!
>
> Civic lease, anyone..?
>
> --- "Doyt W. Echelberger"
> <doyt at mail.buckeye-express.com> wrote:
>> At 03:41 PM 3/23/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>> >WARNING: RANT ON!
>> >So this ol' '87 5kcstq needs, tho none of it time
>> >critical, strut bearing replacment (I just ok'ed
>> the
>> >wrench to do that), pwr pump & 2 high pressure
>> hoses,
>> >valve cover gasket, oil pan gasket. Apparently I'm
>> >personally responsible for the L.A. beaches'
>> >pollution.
>> >
>> >Looking for advice/experience/etc.: do I get all
>> this
>> >stuff fixed? (prolly not all at once, but monthly
>> >based on funds and triage level) Sell it for a wee
>> >amount? Get a better "trouble-free" one? (paging
>> Ben
>> >Swann...audifans...)
>> >
>> >I'm leaning towards getting the junk fixed cuz, ya
>> >know, it's a great car. And in the 0-4k price
>> range,
>> >what else is there to buy? A 15 yr old Sentra?
>> Don't
>> >think so.
>> >*CLAP* Rant Off.
>> >
>> >
>> >Chris Dyer
>> >(310) 479-0060 home
>> >(310) 567-9863 cell
>> >11625 Texas Ave. #204
>> >Los Angeles, CA 90025
>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>
>> Hello Chris........
>>
>> You didn't tell the mileage. That matters a lot.
>> These cars need lots of
>> systems refurbished about every 100k miles.
>>
>> I have an 87 5ktq at about 300k miles, and (counting
>> the original part as
>> the first)it is on its third clutch, third radiator,
>> fourth hydraulic
>> accumulator, second set of fuel and brake lines, and
>> umpteenth set of pads
>> and rotors and calipers, plugs, plug wires, dizzy
>> caps, etc. And I
>> disconnected the anti-lock brake system because the
>> CV joint cogs all
>> corroded and gave false signals. That probably won't
>> happen in California.
>>
>> I replaced all the sub-frame bushings and some tie
>> rod ends and a few
>> steering racks. And the front and rear struts. And I
>> did all the wheel
>> bearings at least 4 times.
>>
>> I've replaced the shifter linkage once, even the
>> deep stuff.
>>
>> And the windshield.
>>
>> And the headliner.
>>
>> You are on a slippery slope.....this is a
>> sophisticated vehicle and it eats
>> wheel bearings and steering racks for sure, and in
>> the salt belt the
>> calipers tend to hang up and require lubrication
>> every year. Your decision
>> to start fixing things will lead you to just keep
>> fixing things, year after
>> year....because "the car" was built to be a frame on
>> which the owner could
>> hang parts as long as he wanted. In Europe, they pay
>> a huge tax on a new
>> car, as high as 40% in some countries. So everybody
>> tries to avoid buying a
>> new car and they just keep fixing the old ones, to
>> avoid the huge tax.
>>
>> Plan on keeping it the rest of your life, and figure
>> on putting it in your
>> will so one of your kids will get it.
>>
>> Slippery slope. S6's are like that also.....steeper
>> slope.
>>
>> Doyt Echelberger
>>
>> >
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>
> Chris Dyer
> (310) 479-0060 home
> (310) 567-9863 cell
> 11625 Texas Ave. #204
> Los Angeles, CA 90025
>
>
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