Poor Brakes in Audi Avant

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <1997Jan10.182255.1772.256304@pu-smtp.radio.bbc.co.uk> paul.heneghan@bbc.co.uk (Paul Heneghan) writes:

> I test drove a 1989 Avant 2.3 a couple of days ago and it seemed OK except 
> for poor brakes.  The symtoms were: very firm pedal, needed a lot of 
> pressure to achieve reasonable braking.
> 
> Any ideas why this could be?

Fundamentally dishonest b****** has got a warning light for low pressure, and 
has decided to dump the car on some poor sucker, so he's pulled the connector 
off the sensor and invited his "mark" to test drive the car.
 
If he succeeds in selling it, he'll plug the sensor back in before he hands the 
car over and say: "I don't know _what_ it is - the pads are OK!"
 
--
 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club