Is this guy insane or are values going UP?

[L DC]

David,

You make a very interesting and insightful
observation. Did you ever own any of those puppies?

I remember back in 1991 when I was in college, an
ex-grifriend's mother had a 1990 model she had bought
brand new. Beautiful car but two years later became so
riddle with electrical problems, mostly, that she had
to get rid of it.

She bought a Toyota corolla, used. Quite a downgrade
but at least it did not break down like the Audi, she
claimed 3 years after she had gotten rid of the car.

-Regards,

LDC



--- David Ullrich <david.ullrich at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ha! Basically that old 3spd slushie had a bad
> internal design causes the
> seal between the differential section and the
> automatic section to overheat,
> bake hard and then leak. The trans then begins to
> swap fluids in one
> direction or the other....90w gear oil gets into the
> automatic, or ATF gets
> into the diff. There was no real cure until the 1993
> VW's came out with the
> redesigned trans. There was/is an upgraded high temp
> silicone seal available
> for use in salvaging them. If the ATF looks golden,
> and/or smells like gear
> oil, you know what's going on. If you pull the diff
> side fill plug and 2
> quarts of ATF run out...well, you get the picture.
> 
> Dave
> 1987 CGT 2.3
> SE VA
> 
> 
> On 10/10/06, cobram at juno.com <cobram at juno.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >  .  I've seen a few automatic FWD 5K's in that
> kind of shape at the local
> > charity auto sales place, they were usually asking
> around $300, transmission
> > was fried or on it's way out on every one of them.
> >
> >
> > BCNU,
> > http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
> > Hit any key to continue, or any other key to quit.
> >
> >
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