driver's door will not open (unlocked)

[DeWitt Harrison]

On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:49:35 +0000 (GMT)
             getur at optonline.net wrote:

> > From: David Kase
> > praying the guy in the Neon does not see me crawling over from
> > the  passenger side to start/drive my car...

First off, it's a total pain in the rear to respond to those who
don't bother to wrap their email lines at 60-80 characters. Half the
reply effort then involves reformatting those lazy-ass, infinite line
length posts. I'd attempt to offer a helpful reply 800% more often
if not for these nuisance posts. Whatever.

> >
> Short term solution would be to bring the wife or girlfriend along and
> have them hop out the passenger side and open up the driver's side
> door for you. I'm not sure what the long term consequences would
> be, but it  would spare you the embarrassment of crawling over the
> seats. Or, better yet you could bring the wife or girl friend along and
> then climb over them to get to the passenger door. That should make
> for an interesting Audi experience.

When parking the ol' beast a couple years back, my wife saw somebody
crawling in through the left passenger door. Without malice of forethought,
my wife said, "Oh, it's an Audi." Indeed. For all you type 44 guys
out there, order your last ever order for door handle/latch parts
immediately.
The driver's door handle is totally NLA already. Can the other handles be
far
behind? It's probably already too late. (You will still be able to buy
Chinese crap parts, however, through Blau and other crap sources.) Sorry.
Sorry you where silly enough to trust Audi that your car would be supported
for a decent period of time. It is a classic design, yes? I think so (But
Audi
says no. Audi says it's shit and wants all type 44s to go away as soon
as possible.) Next Gen 100CS (e.g. ur-S4/S6) and early A4 and A6 owners
be warned. You are next on the list of Audi cars to be tossed onto the scrap
heap of history.

> If none of the above meet your needs then think of this experience
> as the Audi inspired exercise program.  This one geared to enhancing
> flexibility rather than the strenght building program Audi has when you
> push a dead car into a parking lot, or in my last case when it died in
> the middle of a toll booth on the New Jersey  Turnpike and I had
> to push the pos 4 lanes over to the shoulder in the midst of morning
> rush hour traffic.
>
> BTDT
>
> George Tur
> 91 V8

You ain't seen true humiliation yet. But you will if you persist in this
crazy determination to drive an Audi beyond the warranty period.

My solution? Buy Japanese or at least a German brand which
cares a wit about its reputation. (And there are many. Audi/VW
is actually the only German brand I know of that has no self-respect
or concern for vintage owners. You'd think they were owned by
Ford.) Sorry for the rant. Just so tired of being treated badly.

DeWitt Harrison
'88 5000CS