[V8] Super Low Mile 5K

[Roger M. Woodbury]

Well, then, I certainly don't get it.  We had a neighbor lady who bought a 
new 5000 sedan around 1984...the first of the "new" Audi 5000's.  She had 
rotor problems and those were replaced under warranty, I remember.
She had traded her BMW 735 big body sedan for the Audi on the advice of a 
son who lived in California or someplace.

We moved into our new home sometime later, and bought our new 5000S Avant, 
which is memory serves was either a very late 1985, or perhaps a 1996, and 
at around 15,000 miles, I think it was, Audi replaced those rotors and 
calipers under warranty.

The car went away at a fairly young age in favor of a Porsche 944, but I 
have now forgotten exactly how many miles it had at the time.  Less than 30K 
and two years old, as far as I can remember.

Roger

-----Original Message----- 
From: Tony and Lillie
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 7:04 PM
To: Roger M. Woodbury ; cobram at juno.com
Cc: V8 at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [V8] Super Low Mile 5K

The 5000 non-turbo's used G54 single piston calipers, same as the 4000Q,
Scirocco 16V, and QSW, perhaps others. Standard rotor setup. Not exactly a
problem prone brake system, IME.

The Turbos used G60 dual piston calipers, same as a lot of our V8's and 200
20V's have had installed on them. Also use a conventional brake rotor.

Tony

Subject: Re: [V8] Super Low Mile 5K


> That was what I understood.  I wonder what the issue was with the brakes 
> on that car.  I was told at the time Audi replaced a "lot" of 5000 brakes 
> due to "rotor problems".  There was absolutely no question with the brake 
> replacement job either, which tends to indicate something seriously was 
> amiss perhaps in that one year only.
>