Nick Craft wonders: >Anyway, it's prob a bad starter solenoid, I don't even remember if it can be replaced independently of the starter...< Yes. Any Bosch electrical shop can do it. Mine was $65 two years ago. Some of the early 80's Audis had Mitsubishi starters. Mine did. It failed after three years in 1985. The Bosch drops right in and seems to last longer. Don Hoefer '82 Coupe