[s-cars] WAS gas prices, now racist subaru's

[Wayne Dohnal]

It's interesting how many opposite conclusions you hear.  Coming from the 
owner of a '94 Audi and a '95 Subaru, I say the Subaru's workmanship is 
top-notch, maintenance costs are way lower than with an Audi, and 
maintenance is way simpler.  Two examples are that all of the engine 
accessories are out in the open and easily accessible, and the timing belt 
is easily changed in 2 hours.  The engine appears to be a flimsy toy 
compared to the I5, but it "keeps on tickin".  The only thing I've seen, 
maintenance-wise, when the Subaru is sub-par is that the front crank seals 
go faster than the Audi's.  The Subaru runs flawlessly, handles great, and 
all the little things we're constantly fiddling with on the Audi don't 
break.  But the Audi is way, way more comfortable and feels like a real 
chunk of metal as opposed to a little crackerbox.  For any trip longer than 
10 minutes I will always choose to take the Audi over the Subaru.  I just 
have to keep feeding it that steady diet of new parts.

Wayne Dohnal
1994 S4


>Coming from an Audi tech, i'll say this. Subaru's are NOT nearly on the 
>same
>level as Audi's in most catagories. True, Audi has their own issues 
>(largely
>issues with supplier parts re:Bosch) But I've worked on, owned and driven
>scoobie-doos, and there is no way i'd place it before any audi of the same
>vintage. Fun to drive perhaps. But the quailty of workmanship is sub-par,
>cost to repair is expensive and overall it's not as safe as a similar sized
>Audi. 



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