Re: A letter to Audi of America

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Robert Myers say:

> Andrew,
> 
> Don't forget to mention the abysmally poor lighting, the poor ground
> connections throughout the entire wiring system, the light-weight wiring
> which is incapable of handling auxilliary lighting or any other add-ons for
> that matter, the frequent dead/dying pressure accumulators, the...
> 
> Uh, what else is a common complaint on the list?

While those are problems, every car has design problems with various
subsystems. What I wanted to focus on was the stupidity of these
little trim pieces, for which there is no excuse. Adhesive technology
has been adequate to stick gear pattern plates on knobs forever since
I was in diapers. There's no reason a $35,000 car can't use such glue.
Likewise gas pedals; they've been around forever. Why doesn't this
one stay together?

I've put twice as many miles on cars worth one quarter as much, and
never had such problems.

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Only my cat shares my opinions, and she's still pretty much intact.
BTW, I bet my Retriever can out-drool your Huskies in my Quattro.