[s-cars] Finding nice Audi's for family... was RE: Paging QShipQ, DJDawson, & other AAN experts- Pls help Paul D in LA!

Martin Kozaczek mkozaczek at gmail.com
Thu Sep 24 10:01:29 PDT 2009


It's funny.  I opted to buy my nwe to me S6 (haven't picked it up yet) and
get rid of my 02 Stage 3 S4 because I thought this car might be more
reliable.  I used to own a 91 100 which had 200k miles and just would not
die.  So, here's hoping that I made the right decision.  I do think that
opting to keep the S6 as stock as possible will help.

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 6:27 AM, JC <jc at j2c3.com> wrote:

> > and then he donated it.  It was, at one time, a very nice
> > black and black car, albeit with 15" wheels.  Barely broken
> > in when I found it for him.
> >
>
> Arrgh...  Painfully familiar story! This is why I no longer get involved in
> putting people into good cars.  Because they (including my beloved friends
> and family) are likely to be idiot knuckleheads and not have an perspective
> on maintenance or the big picture of 'occaisionally pay up to keep it in
> good shape and you'll continue to have a great car for far less than you'd
> need to pay to buy another one'.
>
> I have one friend who for years continues to remark how great my cars seem
> to be and why don't I hook him up with one...
> But same guy complains about every quality mechanic reference I've given
> him
> as "a ripoff", argues with every one of thos mechanics for the cheapest
> do-the-least-fix how-little-can-I-possibly-spend, and then gets furious
> with
> them ("why did you send me to that guy, he ripped me off!") when down the
> road, the stuff he cheaped out on and/or refused to fix, actually goes bad
> again.  He recently cheaped out so extremely on a collision paint job for
> his Honda that it looks like they painted it with a couple cans out behind
> the local Quicky-Mart. And then he wants me to help him find a nice used
> Audi...
>
> At least one friend who is on his second C4 under my assistance loves his
> cars, but even he still whines about doing anything that doesn't involve a
> part of the car falling off or failing inspection first, and he's I think
> he's snuck out of patronizing the VW/Audi specialist garage I set him up
> with in favor of some cheap corner operation...
>
>
>
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-Martin


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