[s-cars] RE: 2006-7 RS4 >>> used Audi's

[Krasusky Paul (WQQ2PXK)]

Taka eloquently concisified:

<<<Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 19:15:55 -0500
From: Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] RE: 2006-7 RS4 >>> used Audi's
To: "Krasusky Paul (WQQ2PXK)" <WQQ2PXK at ups.com>


Paul-
Don't worry about a B7 RS4 or C5 RS6 in 7 years- in that time, Audi
will have already made all of those super-trick suspension parts
obsolete and NLA, part number unknown. The only way you'll be able to
scrounge the parts from some obscure warehouse in Germany is to pull
out your ancient P4 laptop running WinXP and ETKA6 and hope the part
number is in there. :-)

These cars have gotten complex to the point where I don't think it's
very practical to even attempt doing major repairs on them- far too
costly in terms of equipment expenditure. Assuming Uwe Ross keeps up
with the newer generations of cars and that Audi doesn't make it
impossible to decipher what they've done, you will maybe be able to
figure out what's wrong. Once you do, good luck trying to service the
car without the service manual- I think the Bentley will be a thing of
the past in a few years. If Audi switches totally to ELSA or its
future successor, we won't have access to servicing info at all.

Taka>>>




1st-  bwhahahah
b) precisely

The days of self serve are limited...  fewer and further between of
today's iron will be, ponder the next 2 car replacement moves on that
thought.  Sucks.  Not a pretty picture, and a prob not limited to Audi.
Scary.

Say its a normal fear of progress / change but scoff, I still think it's
scary.

-Paul doomer and gloomer K.