beautiful

[Al S]

Wendy,
Call these guys for a quote http://german-transaxle.com/ . I got a tranny
from them a few years ago.

Good luck.

Al

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Dan DiBiase
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 5:00 AM
To: Wendy Teal; quattro at audifans.com; w-t_audifans at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: beautiful



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From: Wendy Teal <wanderson16 at cogeco.ca>
To: quattro at audifans.com; w-t_audifans at yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 1:20:35 AM
Subject: beautiful

Well, I have a beautiful but dead 1990 Audi Quattro V8 32 valve.....: ( I
have only had it 3 months, put a lot of $$ into it to be able to safety and
buy the car. I bought it off a local dr. Well the other day with the change
in temp. my lovely throttle became stuck wide open while driving down the
road....the car was/is great running like a top.....then this.....so I got
it around the block, riding with both feet on the brake pedal. ....the next
morning had it towed to a garage..My friend the mechanic got it all apart
and found the throttle straightened it right out.....bamm, running just like
it was supposed to be..Then he asks me to drive the car inside his garage to
put it back together because it was so cold outside, no problem, I hop
in....put the car in drive and NOTHING happens.....strange, try
reverse.....works....no forward gears at all.....So to end my sad
story.....have it towed to a tranny shop, they called me today to tell me
that it is an
 'internal' transmission problem and to even rebuild a used one it would
start at about 1600.00 just for the parts alone.....

I am so sad. I am a single mom who just recently got into real estate and
was so in love with this car.....Everything works and is in mint shape, we
had body work done, brakes, drums, alternator rebuilt, heated seats work,
the phone even still works, the sunroof, it has the whole cold weather
package in place, the leather is like brand new...I am heart broken. I just
got it at the end of August....3 months ago....I don't have that money to
put into it....

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.....

Sad, sad...

Wendy
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Wendy, sorry to hear about your mishap. But I'm curious as to why 'your
friend the mechanic' couldn't look at the transmission? I guess
your only hope is to try and source a used transmission and put it in
the car. Perhaps if you posted where in Canada you live, some other
lister could point you towards a local wreckers yard that might have
what you need. Then have your mechanic friend put it in, not the
tranny shop.

 Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA
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