[urq] 2 urqs on ebay fusebox differences

[Thatcher Hubbard]

I don't want to diminish the advice of those who point out that the '83s
tend to have more wiring trouble than the later cars, they are not wrong.
But if you find a car in good shape that does have the old-style wiring, I
don't think it's reason enough by itself to dismiss that car as a possible
purchase. I've had only electrical problem with my car, and it was an easy
fix.

On 10/26/05, Michael Hopton <Michael at siliconoptix.com> wrote:
>
> It is not just the type and location of the fuse box. The
> wiring itself is more brittle and the design margins a lot
> less than the later cars. The issues and pain are well
> documented, try finding the same degree of frustration
> with respect to the wiring on the later cars and it's not
> there.
>
> Sad to say but the red one looks like it is only worth the
> value of its parts.
>
> - Mike
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On
> Behalf Of Buchholz, Steven
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 4:26 PM
> To: urq at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [urq] 2 urqs on ebay fusebox differences
>
> ... I'd argue that any modern car can be "nightmarish" for electrical
> problems ... I'll take my relatively simple urq over any of the other
> Audis I own (T44 derivatives) for electrical system issues ...
>
> IMO, as long as you address the well documented issues with the '83
> wiring the '83 can and will be just as robust as any of the other WX
> model urqs ... you find out about most of the issues from the info that
> RDH assembled many years ago ...
>
> Steve B
> San Jose, CA (USA)
>
> ... to respond to Andrew's worries ... no flames from me! I'd also
> comment that the state of the undercarriages on both cars calls into
> question the quoted mileages too ...
>
> > Really, only the cars with Rabbit (underdash) fuseboxes were
> nightmareish.
> >
> > Obviously both of the cars on ebay are the early cars.. and therefore
> should
> > be approached with caution.
>
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