Was: Re: S6 locking system

[Danton J.A. Cardoso]

I stand corrected, kind sir.

On Jan 29, 2008 2:55 PM, John Larson <westcoast at mypowerpipe.com> wrote:

> You said, in part,
>
> "You know there was a time when VAG products were simple to work on.
>  Anyone
> recall the 100 (1st generation)?  All it was, was a Dasher (Passat) with
> slightly more bling.  That vehicle was so easy to work on, because
> essentially it was a Rabbit (Golf) with a longitudinally mounted engine."
>
> Perhaps you've been misinformed.  The "first" Audi 100 appeared on the
> US market FIVE years BEFORE the Dasher and the Rabbit.  It had a
> different body/chassis, a different engine (with pushrods, no less, not
> SOHC) and transmission, different brakes (front inboard discs through
> 1974), different wheel diameter and bolt pattern, different everything.
> BTW, the Dasher was never known as the Passat, at least not in the US
> market.  You may have the Fox (Audi 80) (1973-1979) confused with the
> 100.  The Fox became the 4000, and had a lot in common with the Dasher.
> It was the first essentially CAD designed automobile to come on the
> market, and itt appeared in MY 1973.  The Brazillian sourced VW Fox
> (1987-1991 or 1992) is, in many ways, very similar to the earlier Audi
> Fox, only REALLY "tinny".  The 1.5L SOHC engine to which you refer was
> frst seen tin the Audi Fox, then the Dasher, then the Rabbit.  I've done
> timing belts on those cars in under 30 minutes, BTW.
>
> John
>



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Danton J.A. Cardoso