[V8] ...warning....

Roger Woodbury rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com
Thu Nov 27 09:25:30 PST 2008 

Never thought about Mike...didn't know he had any that weren't connected to
his car.  I don't want another V8.  Well, that's not right:  I DO want
another V8, just not now....and my wife would NEVER understand another V8
parked in the yard and she would never buy the excuse that I bought it only
for the headlights.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Wainwright [mailto:ron_01056 at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 11:49 AM
To: rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com
Cc: 'Ed Kellock'; 'Ed Dekker'; v8 at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [V8] ...warning....

Roger, while $450 is a great price for Euros.... you can get sets State side
from Mike Deltergo who is close to you, or Scott Dewitt in Tx.. (who has a
set for sale now for $300) www.advancedautomotion.com. & 
Mike regularley sells the ones he gets for the same price.
 I got my Euro's from Mike, drove the 4hrs to pick them up. I'm very
pleased.

 Ron


--- On Thu, 11/27/08, Roger Woodbury <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> From: Roger Woodbury <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>
> Subject: Re: [V8] ...warning....
> To: "'Ed Kellock'" <ed.kellock at msn.com>, "'Ed Dekker'" <dekkere at fuse.net>,
v8 at audifans.com
> Date: Thursday, November 27, 2008, 11:01 AM
> I bought my V8 Euro headlights from the guy in Germany who
> sells on eBay.
> They came promptly and were exactly as advertised.  I wrote
> to him not long
> ago, and he offered me a set with a ten percent
> "frequent lighter" discount,
> but so far I haven't felt the need to spend the $450
> plus shipping, plus
> installation. The car is running too well, and my nighttime
> driving has
> shrunk to about one tenth what it was ten years ago.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Kellock [mailto:ed.kellock at msn.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 10:45 AM
> To: rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com; 'Ed Dekker';
> v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: [V8] ...warning....
> 
> I have never been unhappy with any DOT V8 headlights. 
> There are probably
> two reasons for that: 1. my point of reference is my 91
> Avant with those
> same HORRID lights that your 87 had and 2. I have never
> driven with V8
> euro lights.
> 
> Ed
> the other Ed
> in CO
> the other one in CO.
> sheesh
> ;-)
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: v8-bounces at audifans.com 
> > [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Roger
> Woodbury
> > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 8:12 AM
> > To: 'Ed Dekker'; v8 at audifans.com
> > Subject: Re: [V8] ...warning....
> > 
> > 
> > I feel your pain.  The '87 5000CS Quattro was an
> experiment.  
> > It was a car with high mileage and I drove it for a
> lot more 
> > miles before it finally developed terminal engine
> syndrome 
> > and terminal ground syndrome and went away.  Never,
> and I 
> > mean NEVER had I experienced such terrible headlights.
> > 
> > I replaced that car with an 89 200 Avant. And for THIS
> car 
> > there appeared European headlights which were
> separately 
> > relayed, both high AND low and BOTH sides separately. 
> 
> > Amazing difference.  Those headlights were installed
> by the 
> > dealer, by the way.
> > 
> > My second V8 got Euro headlights, too.
> > 
> > The current V8 has DOT headlights and so far I
> don't feel 
> > that there is any need to replace them.  
> > 
> > Technically European headlights are probably illegal
> here.  
> > But I know of no one who has a light meter thingy that
> will 
> > test the lumen output and in all the time that I have
> been in 
> > Maine, no one has ever really examined the headlights
> except 
> > to see if they work.  I had European headlights in
> my'87 
> > Mercedes that I bought over the counter at the
> Mercedes' 
> > dealer parts department, and they were ordered
> directly from 
> > Mercedes.  When they arrived, they were installed by
> the 
> > dealer, too.  I doubt that they would do it today,
> though.
> > 
> > Roger
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ed Dekker [mailto:dekkere at fuse.net] 
> > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 10:03 AM
> > To: v8 at audifans.com
> > Cc: rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com
> > Subject: Re: [V8] ...warning....
> > 
> > Good point.  Except I'm still angry about the DOT
> headlamps 
> > on my '87 and 
> > '90 Audis.  We were in a life-threatening position
> coming 
> > from the mountains
> > 
> > down to Denver in heavy snow and rush hour traffic.
> > Ed
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Roger Woodbury"
> <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>
> > To: "'Ed Dekker'"
> <dekkere at fuse.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 7:16 AM
> > Subject: RE: [V8] ...warning....
> > 
> > 
> > The tubing is MDOT and USDOT approved for use as brake
> lines.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ed Dekker [mailto:dekkere at fuse.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 12:16 AM
> > To: v8 at audifans.com
> > Cc: rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com
> > Subject: Fw: [V8] ...warning....
> > 
> >     "This new tubing is very bendable by
> hand..."  I hope the 
> > new tubing can
> > 
> > take the brake pressure without bulging and eventually
> 
> > bursting.  Bendable tubing (copper, aluminum and
> plastic) 
> > doesn't have the pressure rating of steel.
> > 
> >     I'll be surprised if they find a non-corrosive
> "salt" for 
> > clearing ice and snow.
> > 
> >     Wish you could coat the steel brake lines as well
> as Audi 
> > applies wax under the fenders and body.  Properly
> applied, 
> > that wax does well at preventing corrosion.  I had
> only one 
> > rusted fender on my '83 5000 at 15 years, but none
> on my '87 
> > 5000 or my '90 V8 at the same ages.  None yet on
> my '97 A6.  
> > I think they missed waxing part of my '83 fender.
> The 
> > fenders, rockers and frame sections all are rusted
> away on my 
> > '88 Dakota.  The US and
> > 
> > Asians only now seem to be catching up to Audi's
> rust 
> > proofing. Ed Dekker
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Roger Woodbury"
> <rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>
> > To: "'Ingo Rautenberg'"
> <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>; <v8 at audifans.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 6:44 PM
> > Subject: Re: [V8] ...warning....
> > 
> > 
> > > 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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