Re: Syn Oil

["Tony McNamara" <tonym@BVU.SCSCOM.COM>]

> From:          randrews@post.cis.smu.edu (Robert Paul Andrews)
> > 2) The Ford HAS required repairs. ... I 
> > hope the Audi is more reliable, but it doesn't have a reputation for 
> > it. 
> In the mid 80s it doesn't.  NOW it does.  I tell people I bought an Audi
> and they are like "Wow, you got a real nice car.  Audis are great"

Oh, it's a great car.  Will it be trouble-free in ten years?  Maybe.  
Some Escorts are too. But there are more things TO go wrong.

> >  More to the point, I don't have to put up with a car when things 
> > start going.  I've got a new A4Q right now - when it gets to the 
> > point that Audi is afraid to warranty it (i.e. 3 years full service, 
> > I'm not sure what the rest of the coverage is), I don't want it 
> > anymore.
> You'd rather the Ford?  Please.  The handling and feeling of the quattro
> is infintely superior to any ford.  Drive em both at 90mph and you will
> feel what I mean.

Hey, hold on!  I am paying for a '97 Audi A4 Quattro.  I could have 
bought almost anything I wanted - at any rate, I could have spent up 
to $45000 if I really cared.  I -know- the Audi is a better car.  
That's never been the point.  I just don't think the engine will wear 
out before enough other pieces do for me to think it worthwhile to 
get a new one again.

> > 
> > My philosophy is this: I want a highly reliable car.  If it's 
> > comfortable, fun, safe, and sporty, great, but mostly it has to not 
> > strand me, always be ready to go, and seldom need repairs.  So far, 
> > the Ford is better than the Audi - nothing broke on the Ford in the 
> > first six months.  Five months into the Audi, two light switches are 
> > unreliable (Sunset ordered new ones) and the damned thing rattles at 
> > 60mph (Sunset tried to fixed it, but missed.)  In three years, I 
> > expect I'll still want reliability first... and be willing to pay for 
> > it.  
> Take the Audi then.  Every car manufacturer makes warranties because they
> know there are defective parts out there.  Usually in 50K miles, all defective
> parts will make themselves known.  It almost breaks my heart for someone
> to think a ford is better than Audi.  In what aspect?  Looks, definitely not,
> interior, nope, handling, definitely not especially if you own a Q like you
> do.  Longevity of the car, dont even count on ford lasting 400K miles like
> some listers have on their Audis.  Why is it that you see Ford as better?
> Because it has less stuff to break?  The extra stuff Audi has on it makes
> it a luxury vehicle and it stands out as so.

I never said Ford was better.  In no way do I consider Ford better 
than Audi.  My Escort had fewer problems early on.  It also has fewer 
switches.  I consider simpler cars to have fewer things to break.  
Audi has a poor reliability reputation, and makes the most 
technologically advanced and complex cars out there.  I fully expect 
it to begin falling apart eventually.  It will still be faster, 
nicer, and have a better ride than the Escort, but it too will need 
replacing to me MY qualifications.

Your standards are lower.  More power to you.

Regards