Re: Silly gas pedal question, almost trivia...

[Robert Myers <rmyers@inetone.net>]

Sean,

Gee, Sean, ain'tchu larnt nuthin' bout Audis yit?  Dew Ah gotta 'splain
everthang tew yew?  Now yew jist pay tenshun an' Ah'll go threw this one
more tahm.  :-)

The function of that "different" pedal arrangement is so that after a
specified designed life-time the plastic hinge will break off and then you
either drive with the broken pedal, improvise a "fix", or (Audi's
preference) pay them big bucks to replace the whole assembly.

Now wuzn't thet simple, Sean?  :-)


At 08:43 AM 6/16/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Helloooooooooo Q-listers,
>   Hope all the fathers had a good Father's Day yesterday. My Father's Day
>gift was to be left alone so I could clean my car from top to bottom/inside
>and out, but whilst doing so I noticed something funny about the gas pedal
>and for the life of me I can't fathom the purpose. Has anyone the slightest
>clue as to why the gas pedal is a two piece hinged affair? I've never seen
>such a gas pedal before. This, of course, cements the notion that Audi's
>are just plain *different*, ergo, so am I as an Audi owner.
>
>Sean Ford
>sean@nwh.org                       '92 Audi 100CS 5spd 22K mi
>Newton-Wellesley Hospital      '89 Suzuki Katana 600 14K mi
>Newton, MA  02162 (USA)      http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/5528
>
>
>
>
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   Bob
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