200 qw front pads update

[gregsj@mail.imm.com]

Fellow Audians and more specifically, UFO brake sufferers -- Peter 
writes "$218.65 for the pair of front pads for UFO brakes. That's 
nothing short of ridiculous." Amen brother Pete. I know what I'm about 
to write is heresy for this list, but maybe it's time to discuss a 
class action law suit. I realize the UFO brakes looked good on paper, 
but the uncontested reality is they turned out to be a complete 
disaster (pass the warped rotors please). So much so, in fact, that 
for a time, Audi was replacing the whole UFO system under warranty 
with "regular" Audi brakes. For those of us who missed the warranty 
period, or bought our cars second hand (an our previous owners missed 
the warranty period) they now have the unmitigated gall to charge us 
triple the market price for new pads (the rotors are over priced as 
well) to replace our warped systems with new soon to be warped 
systems. Given the circumstances, Audi should be giving us replacement 
parts at a third of the market price to make up for the warping 
problem, as opposed to charging us three times as much as the market 
price for "regular" Audi brakes. Should we press the issue?