Re: Audi's For Sale! - Next to no Audi content!

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Mark (& others);

Your comment:

 Yea but  -  did you catch the article on the Boxster??????  I didn't miss
it.
  Essentially goodbye Audi.  Goodbye waiting on hold for 10+ minutes for
 Linda.  Goodbye to answers such as - Oh that's an 857- part it'll cost you
 $XXX.XX. - Too bad we'll have to order it - how bad do you want it???.
  Goodbye - my name's  Schaumberg Audi how can I screw you??  

Reply:

I have heard alot about having difficulty getting to Carlsen, and it is main 
reason I won't deal with them.  I have been purchasing both Porsche and
Audi parts from Hoehn (also in La-La Land, 1-800-984-6346).   I get right
through, and have no difficulties with orders (then again, 90% of the time I
tell them the part no. from the microfiche).  Prices are 25 - 50% below 
list (don't have normal Audi part prices for comparison, but the factory 
Porsche bra was $92 vs. $120 list and $90 for a Colgan bra from 
cheapest aftermarket parts house).  Give them a try; why put up with
aggravation?

Your comment:
 
 Mark
 
 Owner of Audis for 14+ years  
 Current owner of 2 audi quattros
 Presently holding a deposit on a Boxster
   >>

Reply:

If you think that your days of getting sc**wed by dealers are over once you 
get a Boxster, think again!  "Autoweek" said that the engine compartment
was practically sealed, so you might have the joy of paying $200 -300 just
for a oil/filter change (the 993 is the most incredibly complicated setup I 
have ever encountered; you have to take off body panels, engine/
transmission shields, hot air ducting, jack the car up & down, etc.)  Also, 
YOU PAY FOR ALL SERVICE; Porsche does not have anything like
the Audi Advantage program where they pay for ALL service for the first 
2 years.  Also, shop manuals are several hundered dollars from Porsche 
and I do not see any alternates out there for newer cars.

Good luck with the Boxster; I'm sure you'll love it.  However, keep a couple
thousand dollars in the piggy bank for maintenance.  Also, hope that you
aren't a guinea pig for ironing out the first year "bugs" in Porsche models.

Might suggest signing onto Porsche user's list ( check them out at
http://www.ioio.com/PorscheFans).

Ray Calvo
1990 Coupe Quattro
1995 Porsche 993 (owned 911s ever since 1976)