[V8] fuel tank... *sigh* does it ever end?

[getur at optonline.net]

Does it ever end? No, this is just the start of your ordeal of sequential failures, the accumulation of a knowledge base of arcane German engineering idiosyncrasies that you can impress your wife and family with at dinner time and the chance meet thoroughly obnoxious Audi parts people. Of course the up side is that you'll have a fantastic highway crusing machine when it's not down for repairs and you be able to commiserate with great bunch of like minded masochists ... er .. V8 owners on this list.

My own latest Audi trial of patience was having a passenger side wheel bearing fail a few months ago and now have the driver's side bearing fail this weekend in sympathy. 

George Tur with the patience of Buddha after 227k miles of V8 ownership.