[V8] dealers

[Dag Bøsterud]

You know... if you bought a Camry from about 86-90, all you would do is fill 
it up with gas
once in a blue moon :D

And what do you people pay for gas? Here in Norway, we pay about $8/US 
Gallon.

/Dag
92 V8 4.2
200 000 miles



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Woodbury" <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>
To: <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 12:15 AM
Subject: Re: [V8] dealers


>I have absolutely NO faith in the dealer network for any of the German 
>cars,
> and precious little for ANY car being sold in the US.
>
> Here, everything is based on advertising and selling of the newest models.
> There really is very, very little "dealer loyalty" to the customer, and
> therefore very, very little loyalty from the maker to the buyer.
>
> I don't care.  I am in all likelihood never going to darken the door of a
> dealer again with an eye to buying a car.  Almost as little chance that I
> might darken the doorway to buy parts.
>
> Here in rural Maine, there is one "old line" Audi dealer that knows
> everything there is to know about the Type 44 and newer Audis. The service
> manager, parts manager and at least one mechanic were there when the first
> Type 44 cars came out, and the one mechanic (to my knowledge) is the ONLY
> Audi "factory trained" mechanic who was actually type trained on the V8 in
> New England.
>
> Now, having said that, would I take my V8 to the dealer for service?  The
> simple answer is "no" for a couple of reasons.  First of all, my 
> independent
> mechanic is as good as anyone I have ever known who works on cars for a
> living.  Secondly, he actually "likes" Audis.  Thirdly, I know that the 
> Audi
> Dealer will do exactly what the Audi manual says to do.  That means if the
> headlight rheostat goes bad, the "fix" will be to replace the entire
> instrument cluster to which the rheostat is affixed..been there, almost 
> done
> that (although when I darkend said dealer's door carrying a rheostat that 
> I
> got from a recycler through the mail, the mechanic had no trouble excising
> the instrument cluster and soldering the "new" rheostat into the 
> appropriate
> place....for $35!).  Finally, the dealer that I would go to is just about 
> an
> even hundred miles from here, and the days when I want to go to a dealer
> badly enough to drive three hours over two lane roads are DONE.  My
> independent guy is a mere 15 miles from here.
>
> So, I am really struggling with the whole Audi thing.  I don't WANT a new
> one.  Gizzie and neat though they may well be, they just do not appeal to 
> me
> in the same way that the Type 44 cars do.  I have tried to convince myself
> that a "nice" A6 3.0 Avant would be just the ticket.  I have tried and 
> tried
> and tried to convince myself that an S6 Avant...ANY S6 Avant...would work.
> But the answer is still, NO.  I just don't like the way they look.
>
> But another 200 20V Avant...well:  IF one appeared that wasn't all beaten 
> to
> death....maybe.  I might even be able to stand listening to my wife scream
> about the clutch....
>
> And then, there is the eternal musings about another V8...a '93 or '94, 
> but
> they all will need their purchase price in overhaul, and I wonder if a V8 
> is
> really ethical in this time of diminishing oil resources and skyrocketing
> prices...
>
> When Type 44 parts are so hard to find as to approach unobtainable, I 
> think
> I will probably be reduced to walking because I don't want a new one, and 
> I
> don't want a Camry.
>
> R
>
>
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