the grill

[Chris Thorp]

On Nov 8, 2006, at 4:11 PM, David Eaton wrote:

> much of the current audi philosophy appears to be around the
> removal of the engine for replacement of items like the
> starter etc.

I think that's a bit of a shame.  One of the things that I liked  
about German engineering, over American or Japanese, was that they  
acknowledged that parts fail and that they designed them so that  
replacement would be as painless as possible.  Take the C4/A6 front  
struts for example.  You can replace them with the car on its wheels  
by just yanking them out the top.  That's not to say that everything  
is always easy, but that on average it is easier.

-Chris