stuff that makes gas last longer

[Cody Forbes]

On Apr 7, 2009, at 6:34 PM, Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net> wrote:

> Cody Forbes wrote:
>> Mine (1998) has 207,000 miles and the cluster works like new. Not one
>> dead pixel.
>>
>> On Apr 7, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Mark R <speedracer.mark at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes.  You only hear about them less because of the fleet size.
>>>
>>> Mark Rosenkrantz
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Do the A8 LED cluster displays fade and die the way they do in  
>>>> the A4?
>
> You're in Florida, right?  I wonder if the annual cold-hot-cold-hot  
> cycle
> of the northern seasons kills the LEDs on norther cars. My NH A4 shows
> some of the pixels (maybe 1/2 the lines) when it is cold, but when it
> gets warm, it's a total blackout.
>
> -- 
> Kent McLean
> 1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
> 1991 200 TQA #3, with mods
> soon-to-be-mine 1990 V8 w/5-speed and other mods
> gone: '91 200 TQA x2, '94 100 S Avant, '89 200 TQ
>

Nope, moved to Charlotte a few years ago. Even worse is that my A8 is  
from Michigan and was bought new in Indiana. Answering another post,  
good point about maybe it isn't the cluster that came with the car  
from der fatherland.

-Cody mit iPod