[s-cars] 1988 90 quattro - good or bad?

[Richard Hoffman]

No such thing as an automatic quattro in 1988.  The first automatic quattro 
in the USA was the 1990 V8q, then followed by the 1992 100q.  The B-chassis 
didn't receive an auto-quat until the 1996 A4.

The auto-tranny in the FWD 90 is JUNK. Always.

Richard
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "chris chambers" <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com>
To: "P Cole" <pcolegrps at mn.rr.com>; "Scar" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] 1988 90 quattro - good or bad?


> The car in question is supposedly an automatic quattro,
> now I'm wondering if it's not quattro.
>
> So auto is junk and quattro = 5 speed right?
>
>
> --- P Cole <pcolegrps at mn.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 04 Sep 2005 13:48:53 -0700 (PDT), chris chambers wrote:
>>
>> >I have been told that the automatic transmissions are weak and fail
>> on
>> >these cars similiarly to the 86 500cs I had... what a POS that was!
>> >
>> >Any truth to that?
>> >
>>
>> Similar design- yes the auto boxen are junk.
>> Slightly less weight so they might last longer.
>>
>> According to the Bently (for my CQ)
>> the 1988,1989 90 quattro's were all 5 spd transmissions.
>>
>>
>> >Thanks
>> >
>> --
>> //************************
>> Paul R. Cole:
>> '83 Urq Helios Blue ( SAR) #900335
>> '91 200 TQ 20v- Daily driver @321+k!!.
>> '91 Quattro Coupe - Daily Driver(spare) @ 288k mi. + 81,84x2 CGT,89
>> 200
>> Bloomington,MN
>> pcole at mn.rr.com #  Powered by OS/2 Warp 4
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>>
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