[V8] ... reality check

[Ed Kellock]

I've got a 5spd and a 94 and you won't get them from me. I drive thr '90 v8
everyday. Just fixed some door lock issues. Did the soldering on the IC
myself for the 5spd.

Really gutted to hear of 3 5spds going to the junkyards. Never thought I'd
see this reversal of enthusiasm.
On Dec 19, 2014 12:27 AM, "patrick gillen" <pat_gillen at msn.com> wrote:

> Merry XMAS to all from a struggling V8Q dissenter (sound like an AA
> meeting?):
>
> In all these V8's going to the crusher, is there a totally working
> cluster, original or with  re-soldered colored harness jacks? I need one,
> and if all jacks were not re-soldered, the lower the miles and the most
> laboratory-perfect-ambient-the car-operated-in the better.  441 919 035 P
> VDO 110.008.369/047.
>
> If not, after 16 yrs of fighting parts unavailability, I suggest we all
> cut the esoteric V8Q BS, rally together and CRUSH THEM ALL. It was a good
> car, but a never ending money and more importantly time sink is no longer a
> good car. When I bot mine 16 yrs ago from an elderly doctor-only driver who
> only drove it salt free garage to garage, his dealer service file was an 1
> inch thick at 100k miles. I added another inch of service file for another
> 70k except mine is mainly parts receipts and countless labor hours.
>
> I have been driving 50 yrs and the V8Q is plain and simple, an out of the
> box lemon. A lot of it's technology is transplanted from its brethren, how
> could it be so screwed up? Two inches of service file is not right for any
> vehicle under 200k that is used on the street, at least for the common ones
> I have owned. And all my problems are the same ones you had.
>
> My position now, which I first found laughable not too many months back,
> is supported by a nameless NW V8Q expert who really opened my eyes recently
> as I bought a HP hose from his shop as yet another part that can't be
> bought new. He got a wrecked V8Q exactly like mine on Thurs, I called him
> Friday out of frustration looking for a used hose and he said he was
> crushing it on Sunday. I said, whaaat? So stupidly, I wasted the better
> part of a day chasing a used +3000 psig hose before the crusher got it, all
> along wondering about my sanity on a used pressure hose.
>
> And I'd almost be happy to eat the last $1k in various parts I've spent
> while I can't still drive it out of the garage because some genius decided
> the defective cluster solder joints should also control something so simple
> as the radiator fan. Like y'all, I too sincerely appreciate most of the
> Audi engineering but some of it is beyond ridiculous and done without
> senior engineering oversight and I am done defending it.
>
> So let's crush all the V8's, the rare 5 speeds first. And if there is a
> '94 floating around somewhere, lets bonfire it in Pioneer Square; I will
> light it and take the heat. But first, let's deal on a cluster so I can get
> another 30k mi while rationalizing all my recent wasted labor and
> parts...until the next fiasco.
>
> Pat
> 1990 V8
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: V8 [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Allan Vega
> Sent: December 18, 2014 7:35 PM
> To: Ingo Rautenberg
> Cc: V8 Audi Fans
> Subject: Re: [V8] ... reality check
>
> (Closes eyes, and sticks fingered in ears) la la la la la la la can't hear
> what your saying la la la la la
>
>
>
> > On Dec 18, 2014, at 9:03 PM, Ingo Rautenberg <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I literally gave mine away last month to the local salvage yard. Both
> > 5 speeds :(  They both needed work: The one had a perfect interior and
> > the other had an almost-perfect totally rust-free exterior. Both
> > needed steering racks, one needed a fuel pump and the other had half
> > of the injector wires eaten through by a rodent (guessing a chipmunk or
> squirrel).
> > I just didn't have the time or space to work on them. Audi-less for
> > the first time in 28 years.
> >
> > Ingo
> >
> >> On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 8:35 PM, Steven B <urq222 at ymail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Funny, I just came to the realization that one if not both of my cars
> >> will end up being donated for charitable tax purposes and end up in
> >> wrecking yards somewhere ...
> >> ... wow ...
> >> I'm pretty sure I found the pick-n-pull where Gerry's '91 5-speed
> >> wound up ... and almost had a chance to go out there to confirm my
> suspicions ...
> >> Steve Buchholz
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