Audi = stupid? .... Buy a Volvo.

[LL - NY]

Actually, my A1 Rabbit Diesel ALWAYS started well, except when I somehow
ran the battery down (those darned "always on" radios). Nice thing about
bump
starting a diesel. If it catches at all, it starts. No stumbling.

My Oil Burning Bunny had a diferent problem. I bought it as a beater and it
was, so it leaked water. I was a ROYAL pain to scrape the inside of the
windshield to clear it. Can't scrape the hatch glass, (heater element) and
unfortunately my re-defog was pretty darned slow.

I must've been pushing hard, however, 'cuz I had a relatively flat highway
run to work, 60 miles door to door, and all I could get was 41 MPG.

LL - NY

On 1/17/08, Danton J.A. Cardoso <djacardoso at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> An A1 Rabbit Diesel, how I have memories of that car.  Fittingly enough
> that
> was my first car.  I remember how much of a pain in the a#$ it was to
> start
> it in the winter months in WNY.  Of course, it had head gasket issues
> galore, but as I remember well, $5 of Diesel fuel, and being careful not
> to
> spill it on me, prior to going to school (in high school at the time), it
> lasted me at least two weeks and that was driving it hard too.  It met its
> demise after almost a year and a half of owning it even though it was in
> my
> family since new and I got it six years later.  Cause of demise?  A
> full-size F350 hitting it on the driver's side.
>
> On Jan 17, 2008 11:42 AM, <MXHOWES at aol.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > I must have hit a nerve that I didn't know existed on audifans. I
> imagine
> > this is what a thread on the Volvo forum must sound like.
> > In my first short comment I was talking about a A1? Wabbit  Diesel
> ~1980.
> > Put
> > your kid in it, tell them that every driver out there is  trying to kill
> > them
> > and teach them to drive defensively. They will end up being  a better
> and
> > safer driver.  I believe all these new 'safety' features are  just
> > producing a
> > bunch of drivers on the road with the cruse control punched in  at 60
> and
> > the
> > brain in Neutral.
> > Next time you are driving the speed limit and a car is right on your
> as@,
> > take a look in the rear view, you will most likely see a young female
> >  driver
> > either applying make up or talking on a cell phone. This girl's  'daddy'
> > probably bought her a 'safe' car with lots of air bags ... this
> makes  him
> > feel good
> > and in today's politically correct world it is more important how  you
> > feel
> > than what you do. He should have instead, invested his time in teaching
> > defensive driving technics, it will pay off in the long run.
> > I do speak from experience. I grew up as a street racer, trying  my
> > hardest
> > to kill myself or someone else for many years, luckily I did  not
> succeed.
> > My
> > two sons are 26 & 31 and have never been involved  in an accident. I
> take
> > some
> > credit for this with the time spent teaching them  how to drive. Also
> our
> > involvement with off road motorcycle racing satisfies  that urge for
> speed
> > and
> > competition and the car (or truck) becomes not a toy,  but simply a
> means
> > to get
> > from point A to point B.
> > Sorry for being long winded, my point......it's the 'nut' holding on the
> > steering wheel that makes a car safe (or unsafe), not the # of airbags.
> > Jim
> >
> >
> >
> >
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