Fwd: audi p-car shops

[krazycranes at netscape.net]

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From: krazycranes
To: larrycleung at gmail.com
Sent: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 13:15:29 -0400
Subject: audi p-car shops


Thanks for suggestions (even th p-car shop).  I took a quick trip up to AutoFirme.  Greg was extremely nice and diagnosed the cam seal gasket in about, oh 30 seconds.  As at this point it's weeping/seeping I am going to let it run until a) car exhibits a burning oil smell, or starts dripping oil in driveway.  I think I might try the brakes on my own.  I'm going to have the tranny service done (filter and replace fluid), I'm skipping the flush as I was told sometimes that opens a whole can of worms/pandora's box/etc.  Doing the brakes (rotors-ate, pads -pagid, front lines- stock audi, fluid ate super blue), oil (Mobil1 0-40w, stock filter) and tranny service.  
Supposedly front driver tie rod is frozen, but the car drives well.  It has Continental tires on it, I figure on redoing the suspension/alignment after the conti's run out (MUCH prefer bridgestone or michelins).  It supposedly has a frozen tie rod and a ball joint just beginning to wiggle, but within spec.  Do you guys replace the whole front end with the "upgrade kit", or just the one tie rod?  Anyone have a partition net lying around?
Thanks,
Kevin 
1999 A6 Avant, 1995 BMW 540i/6, 2000 Porsche Boxster S