[V8] Quattro musings....

[Kneale Brownson]

The model was introduced nearly 16 years ago and only a few thousand
imported over a four-year span.  Look around any garage.  How many
mechanics have been there  a dozen years?  How many of those were the one
real whiz the dealership selected to attend the special training for these
cars?  The guy my local dealership sent for V8 training (happens to be my
brother's ex brother-in-law) is one of only two mechanics with more than 30
years at that company and now is shop foreman.  He wears a tie instead of a
grease spot on his shirt and probably puts on his rubber gloves twice a
month.  


At 07:31 PM 12/17/2005 -0800, Karl Middlebrooks wrote:
>
>"RICHARD ROMERO" wrote:
>> Also, did all 93s come with the headlight wipers? I have seen some w/ 
>> and 
>> w/o them.  These guys seem to specialize in Audi/VWs but dont know 
>> squat 
>> about V8s.
>
>You know, that's something I've noticed. I've had mine in at a couple of 
>different Audi specialists depending on where I was living, and I've noticed 
>that even while they'll do good work on the cars, they don't always know a 
>whole lot about the peculiarities of the V8.
>
>On that topic, I have to give my heartfelt thanks to the folks on this list 
>and who take the time to run it. I don't have much skill in working on cars 
>in general, and right now I don't have anything that remotely resembles 
>garage space to work in. 
>
>So, what I've learned just from reading the list, and from folks who've 
>taken the time to respond to questions I've asked has put me in the position 
>of A) knowing what the mechanic is talking about and B) not getting fooled 
>into paying for work I don't need (thankfully, this situation has only come 
>up once, and speaks well to the overall quality and integrity of the Audi 
>mechanics I've been to).