Dave Conner's Jointed wiper arms

[Doyt W. Echelberger]

Before I got my 87 5ktq I wasn't very interested in what made the wheels go 
around.  Then, so many things under my car required attention that I had to 
turn to this group in order to survive, and my education began. But my 
whole concept of what was "normal" in suspensions came from crawling around 
under this old 87 5ktq.

As the years went by and I got interested in how other companies built 
their suspensions, I was surprised at how fragile and light weight the 
components of many other cars appeared. My idea of "normal" was what I saw 
under my 87.

I am reminded that many  public parks and American Legion Posts are 
decorated with Sherman tanks left over from the 2d World War.   "Built like 
a tank" would be appropriate for our old quattro systems.  Perhaps out 
there in the Green Future, our Audis will end up as decorations in public 
parks, when everything else with wheels is made of carbon fiber, runs on 
electricity, and can be plugged in at night. When that happens, I'll donate 
my sturdy old Audi to the city and maybe write it off on my income tax.....

Gotta go shovel some snow. The drift with the wiper arms sticking out is 
getting pretty deep.

Doyt
 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
At 11:50 AM 2/9/2010, you wrote:
>Doyt W. Echelberger wrote:
> > In retrospect, the only reason it is
> > still running at over 300k is because I've replaced almost everything two,
> > three, four times (except the engine, transmission, quattro system and 
> zinc
> > coated body).
>
>When I got my first Audi, I was concerned about the complexity
>and reliability of the quattro system. Hah! It seems like that's
>the most robust part of the car.
>
>--
>Kent McLean
>1990 V8 w/5-speed and other mods
>1991 200 TQA #3, with mods
>1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
>gone: '91 200 TQA x2, '94 100 S Avant, '89 200 TQ "Bad Puppy"
>
>_______________________________________________
>quattro mailing list
>http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/quattro
>http://www.audifans.com/kb/List_information