[s-cars] General bitching

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

Igor, et al:
I greatly echo Igor's thoughts on the bane that is
Audiworld.  They are all a bunch of "warranty sluts"
as I affectionately refer to them as.  I'd say a good
majority of the posts have to do with how the
dealership doesn't offer warranty service on their
aftermarket parts (chip, exhaust, downpipes, turboes,
etc.)  I'm pretty sick of the whole situation there,
which is why I just go on from time to time to taunt
them.  ;-)  Keeps me occupied.

Igor, we need more of you on these boards.

Thanking everyone for their tech tips that have helped
us all otu from time to time,
Joe "learning more every day" Pizzo
--- Igor Kessel <igor at s-cars.org> wrote:
> Folks,
> I haven't paid much attention to the wife's
> unchipped commuter '98 A4
> over my 4 years of ownership outside of the regular
> oil changes (the car
> being reliable to a level of an Accord or a Camry
> and all), for which I
> am paying dearly right now. Well, you know the
> story. Anyway, what I am
> saying is that I know relatively little about the A4
> in general and the
> 1.8T in particular. Several orders of magnitude less
> than about the
> 5-cyl Audis.
>
> Over the last month as I had the engine apart for
> the head rebuild I
> have made several attempts to fish some TECHNICAL
> info off the audiworld
> archives. Sure that site has a great layout, a
> pretty appearance and
> all, but maaaan, does it lack technical content!
>
> The last straw was my today's search with the
> following string: "a4
> +coolant +flush" which resulted in 20 articles and
> NOT ONE OF THEM told
> me HOW to flush, i.e. where to connect the hoses and
> all. A typical hit
> would sound like "mmm well I talked to my mechanic
> and he recommended a
> coolant flush for which the dealer quoted $800".
> What a bunch of
> technically ignorant kids big on ground effects,
> wings and polished
> exhaust tips.
>
> Thank Heavens there is our beloved audifans with the
> technical lists out
> here. Just venting out loud.
>
> BTW, the Bentley for the A4 doesn't show the
> procedure either. And no, I
> won't flush the sys according to my general thoughts
> on this matter.
> Four Audis ago I had flushed the sys just the way I
> had been always
> doing it for many years with other cars and it cost
> me a new water pump
> and assorted bits and pieces. Yes, I had blown it up
> by the reversed
> water flow.
>
> OK, off to starting the newly rebuilt 1.8T engine
> for the first time in
> over a month. Wish me luck folks.
>
> --
> Igor Kessel
> pissed in Pennsylvania
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