[V8] ...warning....

[Ed Kellock]

Snow tires have come a long way.  You don't necessarily need studs anymore,
especially with Quattro.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Roger Woodbury
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:05 PM
> To: bblake1055 at aol.com; ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com
> Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] ...warning....
> 
> 
> Yeah, and this is new here.  We have no emissions testing 
> outside of Cumberland and York Counties in extreme 
> southwestern Maine.read:  North Boston.  But the increased 
> vigilance underneath the car is new within the past five 
> years or so, and they are getting worse and worse. They even 
> mount stings sending a car in to a service station to see if 
> the operator will pass it.  About a year ago some guy showed 
> up in a Toyota pickup with tinted windows.  The station 
> operator passed the truck and was immediately issued a 
> summons and had his inspection license suspended because the 
> tint on the windows wasn't stock..and it wasn't terribly dark, either.
> 
>  
> 
> Back around the dawn of time, I drove all winter on studded 
> snowtires.  In those days it was a 3-series BMW and later, a 
> Mercedes 190D-T.  Actually before Quattro, and I won't relish 
> going back there because of the noise and reduction in fuel 
> mileage that I experienced..but mostly the noise.  
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bblake1055 at aol.com [mailto:bblake1055 at aol.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 10:40 PM
> To: ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com; rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com
> Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] ...warning....
> 
>  
> 
> Here in Virginia, I recently had to replace all 4 brake lines 
> on both the 92 & 93 & a tie rod due to inspection.
> 
> I bought the 93 with the air bag light on over 3 years ago 
> and it passed inspection every year and this year it failed 
> due to "air bag" light on.
> 
> If I had known they were checking it I would put some black 
> electrical tape on it first!!!!
> 
> 90 V8 (for sale)
> 91 V8
> 92 V8
> 93 V8
> 93 V8 5-spd
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ingo Rautenberg <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>
> To: rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com
> Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> Sent: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 9:15 pm
> Subject: Re: [V8] ...warning....
> 
> Good points, Roger.
> However, in my case it was the rubber brake line that burst and I'm  
> with Kneale in the belief that one should replace the rubber bits  
> every TB change or so.
> As to the steel lines, absolutely check them.
> I inspected the burst line and found it (the rubber hose) 
> burst right  
> at the fitting that attaches to the hard line at the body. 
> Whether it would have shown up at an inspection -- I don't know.
>  
> Ingo
>  
> On Nov 26, 2008, at 6:44 PM, Roger Woodbury wrote:
>  
> > Here in Maine is is now very different than in the olden days.
> >
> > We have an annual inspection and in order for the car to pass it
> > cannot be
> > leaking anything from anywhere, no rust through on the body, and  
> > everything
> > that is supposed to be working when the car left the 
> factory, must be
> > working at time of inspection:  ie:  no lights on the dash.
> >
> > However in the past year there is now a new requirement for intact
> > and non
> > corroded brake lines.  What this means is that the car is put on a  
> > lift and
> > the brake lines are ALL inspected, and if anything is suspect the  
> > car fails
> > and the brake lines must be replaced.
> >
> > There is amply good reason for this because for the past few years
> > the Maine
> > DOT has been sanding and salting roads in the winter here using  
> > some sort of
> > obnoxious stuff that melts the ice and snow all right, and also  
> > destroys the
> > underpinnings of cars, beginning with but not limited to, 
> brakelines.
> >
> > I have heard that they are changing the formula for this stuff
> > because so
> > many people have complained...complete brake line 
> replacement every  
> > two
> > years is simply not affordable for an awful lot of people here, me  
> > included.
> >
> > There is also a new brake line material that is being used that is
> > not made
> > of steel as the old ones were. This new tubing is very bendable by  
> > hand and
> > will not rust out EVER.  More expensive than the old fashioned  
> > steel but
> > infinitely better.
> >
> > Roger
> >
>  
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