A milestone

[Huw Powell]

On 3/6/2012 3:14 AM, Britt Crowell wrote:
>> Well, today my 1990 V8 reached a milestone: 100000 miles.
>
> Your troubles with Baby didn't sour you on Audis? My '87 4kq is
> approaching 239k.
> ------------------------------

I'm on my third "trip to the moon" Audi... Got the 82 Coupe in the early 
90s at about 146k and semi-retired it a few years back at 312k.  The 
black 90Q came in at about 180k, and succumbed to early bodywork failing 
at about 293k and ten years.

The grey 90Q arrived with about 226k on a broken odometer (first swap in 
from the black car was the instrument cluster to get a working odo).  It 
could easily be in the 300k range now for all I know.  Just spent the 
weekend doing the WP/TB, new used radiator, cam cover, oil pan, and oil 
pump gaskets, and swapping in the H4/H1 lighting setup from the black car.

Next up: converting to power seats and swapping in the short shift 
thing... luckily, I have a "manual" for most of this stuff in the form 
of the documentation on my web site!

None of these cars' odometers last as long as the car, by the way.

An interesting side note is that, except for fuel and my labor, these 
cars all cost me around $60-75/month to own.