[s-cars] Re: S-CAR-List digest, Vol 1 #1937 - 15 msgs

[rob van gemert]

send this guy the ID # for that smashed Audi to get free history.
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>    1. Carfax Reports available Until Nov 1st (Pedro Faria)
>    2. Confessions of indiscretions (Mtgadbois at aol.com)
>    3. Re: trip odometer code? (Rokas Reipa)
>    4. Re:Subject: [s-cars] Cruise control? (Mike Platt)
>    5. Indiscretions and Big Red Brakes all over the place(short) (Greg
Johnson)
>    6. Re: RE:  Confessions of indiscretions (RCaro900SS at aol.com)
>    7. Re: trip odometer code? (Brian Powell)
>    8. OEM HID Xenon Retrofit (Sean Douglas)
>    9. relay for after-run pump? (chad clark)
>   10. RE: relay for after-run pump? (Martin, Gary G)
>   11. RE: RE:  Confessions of indiscretions (Calvin & Diana Craig)
>   12. RE: trip odometer code? (Gabriel Caldwell)
>   13. Any of you folks have BBS CH or BBS RG wheels? (Paul Park)
>   14. Re: relay for after-run pump? (Djdawson2 at aol.com)
>   15. Not About Racing Miss Piggy (Fifield, Douglas)
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> Message: 1
> From: "Pedro Faria" <quattrocs at hotmail.com>
> To: 200q20v at audifans.com, CTNY-Audi at yahoogroups.com,
> es2 at audifans.com, quattro at audifans.com, s-car-list at audifans.com,
> urq at audifans.com
> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 20:57:15 -0400
> Subject: [s-cars] Carfax Reports available Until Nov 1st
>
> Hey everyone
>
> up to the moment i have run 74 Carfax reports, are you guys getting a
> run
> for your money
>
> 80% of them have been on the Audifans Lists alone
>
> they are only available in the US and Canada if i'm not mistaken
>
> anyway its available until the 1st of november
>
> and one more thing for the MAC, here is a link to my current webpage
>
> http://members.cardomain.com/quattronut
>
> its free, and i can add pics and text its ok for now
>
> thank you to all that actually wrote back, and your are welcome to the
> ones
> that did not
>
> thank you to the lister that made FA available to me
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Pedro
>
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> Message: 2
> From: Mtgadbois at aol.com
> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 21:04:16 EDT
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] Confessions of indiscretions
>
> --
> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> To all of you UrS4/S6 Trackers:
>
> I personally have no desire to track my 95.5 S6 - getting too old but
> I would like to know what times you run at Blackhawk in Illinois.
>
> I tend to agree with QSHIPQ that there are much better cars for
> track duty.  I personally liked my 1984 Carrera which for a modest
> amount of $$ was very enjoyable at Blackhawk and I ran at a fair
> number events there.  Towards the end and before I sold it, I was
> consistantly running 1:25s.  My 911 had stock brakes, R-1 tires,
> chipped to 220HP, factory sport suspension, race seat, harness,
> and 2 suspension braces.  Also, for whatever its worth, generally
> 1 to 2 Porsches would be significantly bent each and every track
> session I attended.  I never bent mine - luck I guess.
>
> If I have any words of advise - if you're going to track your car,
Blackhawk
> is a great track to learn on.  Don't start at RoadAmerica. It's seriously
> fast
> and the crashes I've seen are quite intense.
>
> Mark near Chicago
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 3
> From: "Rokas Reipa" <rokas at wam.umd.edu>
> To: <DGraber460 at aol.com>, <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] trip odometer code?
> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 21:22:36 -0400
>
> It means that inspection 2 is due to be performed at the dealer. This
needs
> to be resetted with a VAG-COM or a dealer resets it when they complete the
> inspection. HTH
>
> Rokas
> 95.5 S6
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <DGraber460 at aol.com>
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 8:18 PM
> Subject: [s-cars] trip odometer code?
>
>
> > --
> > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> > My 95 S6 started something today that I need help with. What does it
mean
> > when the trip odo blinks "ln .2" for the first 20-30 seconds after
> startup?
> > The car has shown no signs of any anomalies.
> > TIA
> >
> > Dennis
> > Denver
> > "Good judgment is a result of experience, which is often the result of
> poor
> > judgment"
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 18:28:02 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Mike Platt <mplatt911 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re:Subject: [s-cars] Cruise control?
> To: Mike.Parkinson at sasktel.sk.ca
> Cc: Scar <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>
> Hi Mike,
> I just fixed mine, with a bit of help from the list I
> might add. My vacumn switch at the clutch had backed
> out of its mount. You'll need to pull out the lowest
> black dash panel under steering wheel. Lay on back, in
> shape of small monkey, and look up at clutch pedal.
> There are two small switches. One on brake, other on
> clutch. When the pedals are released, the switch poles
> should be all the way in. This creates a closed
> circuit. When you press either the brake or clutch,
> pole should extend and break circuit; turing cruise
> off. Check these switches and the lines going to them
> for any cracks.
>
> Good Luck. HTH
> Mike (already acted like a monkey twice) P
> 95.5 S6 avant (with fixed cruise o matic drive)
>
> Hi all,
>
> I seem to be having a problem with my cruise control.
> It seems to work
> occasionally.  The last trip I made, I was able to set
> it once, and it
> held
> a steady speed, but after I disengaged it, I couldn't
> get it to work
> again,
> and it hasn't worked since.  I'm just wondering if
> there are any common
> problems or obvious things to check.  Right now, I'm
> just looking for a
> place to start.  Any and all advice gladly accepted.
>
> Mike Parkinson
> Support Analyst
> Martens Support
> SaskTel International
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 20:19:49 -0700
> From: Greg Johnson <gregsj2 at comcast.net>
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] Indiscretions and Big Red Brakes all over the
place(short)
>
> S-Car Crew,
>
> And I promised myself I wasn't going to step in this one . . .
>
> In my youngers days (B.C. (before children)) I attended multiple PCA
> driver's ed events in a 911 (Watkins Glen & Lime Rock Park) and a 944
> (Seattle International Raceway & Portland International Raceway).  You
> know the dity - love, marriage, baby carriage . . .  Well, all of that
> won't all fit in a Porsche, so I moved to Audis.  I modified my '91 200
> TQA and I've tracked it at Spokane Raceway Park.  The 200 sure as heck
> ain't no P-Car, but I've tracked it for the same reason I tracked the
> P-Cars: to learn more about the handling dynamics and limits of the
> car;  to learn more about the combination that is me and the car; and
> most importantly TO HAVE FUN.  Hey, I get floor it, tear through turns,
> stand on the brakes and regularly exceed most of the posted speed limits
> I usually have to take into account.  Bonus Time! No blue lights, no
> tickets, and no license points.  WOAH, MAJOR FUN.  Like Hap, me and the
> 200 stay within our limits, but even within the limits, I'm still
> grinning from ear to ear and for me, that's what it's all about.
>
> My $.02
>
> Greg J
> BIRA.ORG
>
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 6
> From: RCaro900SS at aol.com
> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 23:45:21 EDT
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] RE:  Confessions of indiscretions
> To: Fabryce at hartmann-motorsports.com, QSHIPQ at aol.com,
> leigha at teleport.com, s-car-list at audifans.com
>
> --
> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> Scott,
>
> Iam a firm believer in driver training. I made my daughter come with me to
> the NE Audi winter driving school in January. It was great fun for 2 days,
> however, I feel the Keith Code Superbike school is the best bang for the
buck. I
> have taken all 4 levels.  As a matter of fact I have taken the level 4 at
least
> 4 times. I try to take a school once a year.
>
> I have done 6 NE Audi track days,  4 Trackquest days, 3 PDA days, and
> unfortunatly only 3 motorcycle days due to some cycling injuries. My year
should add
> up to about 18 events, and I will have spent substantially less than some
of
> my friends who are motorcycle club racers.  My point is that there is no
cheap
> racing. I would love to have a dedicated track car, but I would need a
place
> to store it, a trailer to haul it, a vehicle to haul the trailer, and a
place
> to work on the vehicle. That does not include the track car, the mods or
the
> maintenance.
>
> I have a friend who has a '87 Porsche 944 Turbo as a track car. It was
cheap
> to buy and he drives it to and from events.  However, I know his mechanic
> personally, and his maintainence bills are huge. My S6 is not the fastest
or
> smartest choice in a track car, and Iam not the fastest driver, but it is
fully
> paid for and was available.  It is also still streetable and a lot of fun
if
> driven within it's limitations. I feel that driving any vehicle at it's
limit is
> the reason for being on the track in the first place.
>
> By the way I also owned a '87 5000 TQ and was one of the early users of
Ned
> Richie's software. I did suspension, exhaust, and engine work on it but
> unfortunately spent an inordinate amount of time just keeping it in good
operating
> order. I loved it, but considered it the equivalent of a flexible flyer
and far
> to undependable for the track. This of course could have just been
problems
> with this particular car, but I have heard this from other owners as well.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert
>
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>
> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 21:48:18 -0600
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] trip odometer code?
> Cc: DGraber460 at aol.com
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> From: Brian Powell <brian at atomicham.com>
>
>
> On Wednesday, October 22, 2003, at 06:50  PM,
> s-car-list-request at audifans.com wrote:
>
> > My 95 S6 started something today that I need help with. What does it
> > mean
> > when the trip odo blinks "ln .2" for the first 20-30 seconds after
> > startup?
> > The car has shown no signs of any anomalies.
> >
>
> It is time for the "second" service interval (the 60k mile service).
> Timing belt, etc.  You've probably done all of that stuff, and you just
> need to reset it.  VAG-COM can reset it.  I see you're in Denver, and I
> have VAG-COM, but, I don't have the 2x2 connector (the 97 has an OBD-II
> connector).  Does the '95 have the 2x2 connector?  If not, I can reset
> it for you.
>
> Cheers,
> Brian
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 8
> From: "Sean Douglas" <quattro20v at telus.net>
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 21:17:25 -0700
> Subject: [s-cars] OEM HID Xenon Retrofit
>
> I've heard that its possible to take the guts (projectors, bulbs and
> ballasts) from a C5 (1998+ A6) and retrofit it into the lights of our C4
> UrS4/S6/A6 with some modification.
>
> Has anyone attempted this or have any other information?
>
> There's a guy on ebay that sells new OEM HID kits
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=36476&
> item=2438360342
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sean
>
> Sean Douglas
> 1997 Audi S6 - MTM Stage 1+
> 1990 Audi 90Q20V
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 22:45:16 -0700
> From: chad clark <chadaclark4 at msn.com>
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] relay for after-run pump?
>
> Hey all,
> Touching the two wires together at the switch for the after run pump, no
fan
> came on nor did the after run pump buzz. Fuses are all fine. Pump is only
2
> years old with no leaking. Assuming here that the relay has given up the
> ghost, where does this relay reside? Any other ideas as to why I don't get
> any response from either the fan or the pump? This technique has always
> worked in the past. Thanks,
>
> Chad
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 10
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] relay for after-run pump?
> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 01:02:18 -0400
> From: "Martin, Gary G" <MartinGG at aetna.com>
> To: "AUDI S Cars Discussion List" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>
>
> SJM's site may help... http://www.sjmautotechnik.com/cooling.html#after
>
> Gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chad clark [mailto:chadaclark4 at msn.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 1:45 AM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] relay for after-run pump?
>
>
> Hey all,
> Touching the two wires together at the switch for the after run pump, no
> fan came on nor did the after run pump buzz. Fuses are all fine. Pump is
> only 2 years old with no leaking. Assuming here that the relay has given
> up the ghost, where does this relay reside? Any other ideas as to why I
> don't get any response from either the fan or the pump? This technique
> has always worked in the past. Thanks,
>
> Chad
>
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> Message: 11
> From: "Calvin & Diana Craig" <calvinlc at earthlink.net>
> To: "TM" <t44tq at mindspring.com>, <QSHIPQ at aol.com>,
> <Elijahallen92 at aol.com>, <jbufkin at austin.rr.com>,
> <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] RE:  Confessions of indiscretions
> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 23:11:44 -0600
>
> I am not real big into tracking daily drivers but I must say a couple of
> things here with regards to this disagreement...err discussion :)  I see
> some people making the point that Big HP cars are compensating for bad
> driving in some cases.  Yet I see those same people purporting the
benefits
> of light weight cars.  Well it's easy as hell to whip a little roadster
> around a track, especially an underpowered one, and cut a very precise and
> sharp line.  Hell the track car that we built that had a little over 300
HP
> and handled at 1.02 Gs was a heck of a lot easier to drive around a track
> than a 300 HP S-Car!  I think the argument that it helps you develop your
> skills more driving around a 2500 lb underpowered car is bogus.  Weight
> helps acceleration and cornering on a first order whereas HP only helps
> acceleration on a first order basis.
>
> What the particular person enjoys is simply a personal choice.  Of course
> the S4 is not the ultimate track car, but then again neither is a 5k, 4k,
or
> URQ.  If you want the ultimate in working a line track a competition
> go-cart, if you want the ultimate in straight-away power and heavy weight
at
> the expense of cornering track a 70's musclecar.  Most everybody wants
> something between these two extremes and nowehere in this continuum is
there
> a best or a worst; and just because some German bunch of guys decided to
> prepare or not prepare a car for the track doesn't mean it stinks or is
> awesome.  Hell, these people work for the same bunch of nimrods that won't
> import stickshifts in half of their offerings including some of their RS
> line!
>
> --Calvin
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 12
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] trip odometer code?
> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 22:36:47 -0700
> From: "Gabriel Caldwell" <gabriel at ts.bc.ca>
> To: "Brian Powell" <brian at atomicham.com>, <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Cc: <DGraber460 at aol.com>
>
> You can make your own 2x2 connector quite easily and for zero cost (most
> wreckers will give you the part for free).  I ripped an OBDII connector
> out of a wrecked 1996 Cavalier and re-organized the pins to match the
> VAG-COM OBDII setup.  Connect the four wires coming from the OBDII
> connector to the proper terminals on the 2x2 panel and you're done.
> Priceless.
>
> 2x2 pin-out http://www.gabrielcaldwell.com/pix/Audi/VAG-COM/2x2.gif
>
>
> OBDII for VAG-COM pin-out
> http://www.gabrielcaldwell.com/pix/Audi/VAG-COM/DLC_Pinout.gif
>
>
> The connector I took from the Cavalier (the wire colors don't match, but
> hey close enough).
> http://www.gabrielcaldwell.com/pix/Audi/VAG-COM/96_cav.jpg
>
>
> Gabriel Caldwell
> Tsunami Solutions Ltd.
> #202 - 2055 Boundary Road
> Vancouver, BC Canada V5M 3Z1
> voice: 604.299.5855
> fax: 604.648.8158
> e-mail: gabriel at ts.bc.ca
> url: www.tsunamisolutionsltd.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Powell [mailto:brian at atomicham.com]
> Sent: October 22, 2003 8:48 PM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Cc: DGraber460 at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] trip odometer code?
>
>
> On Wednesday, October 22, 2003, at 06:50  PM,
> s-car-list-request at audifans.com wrote:
>
> > My 95 S6 started something today that I need help with. What does it
> > mean
> > when the trip odo blinks "ln .2" for the first 20-30 seconds after
> > startup?
> > The car has shown no signs of any anomalies.
> >
>
> It is time for the "second" service interval (the 60k mile service).
> Timing belt, etc.  You've probably done all of that stuff, and you just
> need to reset it.  VAG-COM can reset it.  I see you're in Denver, and I
> have VAG-COM, but, I don't have the 2x2 connector (the 97 has an OBD-II
> connector).  Does the '95 have the 2x2 connector?  If not, I can reset
> it for you.
>
> Cheers,
> Brian
>
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> Message: 13
> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 00:01:26 -0600
> From: Paul Park <Paul.Park at Colorado.EDU>
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] Any of you folks have BBS CH or BBS RG wheels?
>
> I was just wondering if any of you listers ran 17x8.5 BBS CHs. Any
> pictures? The group buy I listed not too long ago is still going on. I
> have one picture of a S4 on BBS CH, but it is at a very poor viewing
> angle.
>
> I've never been fond of anthracite wheels, but I was wondering if any
> of you guys were running BBS RGRs?
>
> Pictures might be hard to coax out of you guys, what with wheel choices
> being such a private proposition, but for the love of God...they're
> only wheels! (yes, ironic, I know)
>
> Paul
> -never content with wheels.
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 14
> From: Djdawson2 at aol.com
> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 02:19:43 EDT
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] relay for after-run pump?
> To: chadaclark4 at msn.com, s-car-list at audifans.com
>
> --
> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> Hey Chad,
> Pull the lid on your fusebox... there are 2 gray relays in the front of
the
> box (nearest to the front of the car).  Both are labeled "214."  The one
on the
> passenger side of the box controls the low speed of the fan.  Jump that
> relay, and see what you get.  Your fan should run on low, but won't start
the
> coolant pump.  None of the relays in the fusebox control the after run
pump... but
> at least the fan would be a place to start.
> HTH,
> Dave
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 15
> From: "Fifield, Douglas" <Douglas.Fifield at TENNANTCO.com>
> To: "'s-car-list at audifans.com'" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 07:02:35 -0500
> Subject: [s-cars] Not About Racing Miss Piggy
>
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>
>
> All,
>
> While I have enjoyed all the discussion about tracking Miss Piggy, I have
a
> more prosaic question for you.
>
> Recently, I had the pleasure of removing my headlights (three times in two
> days for the driver side) and on the last install, in an attempt to fully
> seat the headlight washer spray head, I managed to jam it home with such
> force that I fractured the black, spring-loaded plastic tube that it fits
> into.
>
> It's not totally broken off - just split at the end.  I have a temp fix
> involving wire ties at the moment, but I am having visions of shooting the
> spray head into the back window of a squad car followed by a torrent of
> Splash.
>
> Has anyone ever replaced this little guy?  I still haven't gotten my US
> version of the FA to run so I can't look it up.
>
> Your guidance is appreciated.
>
> TIA,
>
> Douglas (blind in one eye) in MN
> 95.5 //S6Avant - mine
> 98 Mercury Mountaineer - her work sled
> 98 Toyota RAV4 - for sale
> 73 BMW R60/5 - lonely in the garage
>
>
>
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