Re: 4-cylinder engine

[barry@olympus.ctron.com (Barry P. Lewis)]

>I need some feedback on the (perceived) durability of the 4-cylinder Audi
>engines. A good friend of mine is considering buying an 88 Audi 80. The car
>is in as good shape as they come, regularly maintained, and running strong.
>The catch is that it has 107 thousand (California freeway) miles. I inspected
>the car and, if it were a 5-cylinder, I would have given the stamp of approval
>without a blink, but I have very little experience with the 4-cylinder engines.
>If this friend buys the car, she would be driving it about 10M per year.


I've got over 200k on my 82' 4000. Sounds like that car is just getting 
broke in.  ;-)

Barry
82 4000
86 4000CS Quattro