Re: V8 Quattro's

[Peter Henriksen <peterhe@microsoft.com>]

Message-ID: red-46-msg951207190008MTP[01.51.00]000000a0-27309

Does the aluminum component go for all 5000/100/200 models? Which body 
parts are aluminum if that's the case?

Thanks.
- peter, peterhe@microsoft.com

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| From: Ernest Wong  <esw5@cornell.edu>
| To: "Psychos 'R Us"  <honge@creighton.edu>
| Cc:  <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
| Subject: Re: V8 Quattro's
| Date: Thursday, December 07, 1995 12:39PM
|
|
| >
| >Since the three domestic car companies already incorporate some aluminum
| >in the engine and trunk hoods, there must be someone who knows how to fix
| >these. Although I think replacement is more like it...
| >
| Please tell the bozos who worked on my 87 5000s. Local Audi dealer had just
| closed up shop and I had to take car to non-German speaking mechanics. Had
| to replace front body panel I bent (oooops!) and they had the car for about
| a week.
| It wasn't till much later that I realized that they had not just fixed the
| car, but had 'modified' the hood with 2 nice dents. I hadn't noticed right
| after the repair so I couldn't go back and get a new hood from them. :-(
|
| Guess that's a way to learn not to sit on aluminum hoods for kicks. I also
| don't weigh 250lbs+ tho.
| Maybe I now have a lower CD.
|
| Ever try beating a bent aluminum panel back to shape. Me think aluminum
| alloy has a nice 'memory' effect.
|
|
| Identified not by vanity plate. But by the dents on hood and sagging sunroof.
|
| Ernest Wong
| esw5@cornell.edu
|
|