Damn Dodometers!

[aspeer@mail.utexas.edu (Andrew J. Speer)]

I've owned 3 Audis thus far.  A 5K, a 4Kq, and a Coupe GT.  The odometer on
the 5K quit at 88K, the Coupe is beginning to quit at 85K, and the 4Kq is
ticking away happily at 110K.  I hear of several 4Kqs with 130K+, whereas I
see many 5Ks with odos dead at <100K.  Am I twisting statistics in a deluded
way or is there a reason why 4K odometers appear more reliable?  They all
seem identical from the outside (analog).  Also, do Euro-spec (in km)
odometers suffer from the same odometer gremlins their U.S. couterparts do?