Re: My '92 Quattro is a piece of #$$%^#@!!

[John Graham <jgraham1@erols.com>]

Steve Spurlock wrote:

> ** High Priority **
>
> Hi, all.  Just subscribed to this list to see if anyone can shed any
> light
> on my problem.  Bought the company car the President of the company
> had been driving (1 year ago).  It's a '92 100CS Quattro, V6,
> automatic.
> It had 83,000 miles and he had religiously taken it into the dealer
> for the
> suggested 7,500 mile service intervals.  They had stamped every
> service and checked all the stuff they did.  I thought (silly me),
> "how
> could this be a bad deal?"  It's a wonderful car, fantastic in the
> snow,
> comfortable, good looking, got all the gadgets, etc, etc.
>
> However, after putting a total of 3,000 miles on this piece of junk,
> my
> wife had the transmission go out!!  Yup, I was driving it at the time
> with
> an Audi mechanic beside me in the passenger seat.  They had to tow it
> to the dealership and now they tell me (verified by independent
> transmission shops) that Audi sells NO repair parts for the tranny and
>
> that I have to replace it with a NEW one for $6,000 !

Audi is not the only car maker that does that crap. And that one reasonI
only drive a manual.

> I've never owned
> an Audi before and assure you I never will again.  Is this indicative
> of
> the quality of these cars?

No. It's the risk of buying a used car. Just because the service book
had all the stamps does notmean it was done right or done at all. I've
seen cars go in for sevice and come out with  not so much
as the transmission pan droped.


>
>
> The dealer (who happens to be a friend) has so far gotten the factory
> to say they'll contribute $2,000 toward the cost of the transmission,
> since I had it in twice for suspected problems, and each time they
> plugged it into the computer and reported "no problem."
>
> Any ideas?

  That's better than what a lot of car makers will do for you.

John
1990 CQ