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

["Jouko Haapanen" <joukoh@vtoy.fi>]

Ok, the car is  seven years old and has almost 90 000 miles on it.  Audi is
willing to pop 1/3 of the cost?  And you are not the original owner?  The
deal does not sound so bad to me.  Yes, it sucks that the tranny gave up
the ghost but cars are mado of mechanical bits that will fail, some sooner,
some later.  In this case it was a little sooner than expected, but if the
projected transmission life is around 300-400 thousand km, getting 1/3 from
Audi seems like a decent proposition.  I know it still sucks having the car
break, but NOBODY has yet made a car that will not break. 


Jouko Haapanen
friendly Audi dealer (yes they too break sometimes)
ex GM employee (if i recall correctly, they.... )
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> From: Steve Spurlock <steves@bigdconst.com>
> To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject: My '92 Quattro is a piece of #$$%^#@!!
> Date: 7. lokakuuta 1997 01:47
> 
> ** 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 !  I've never owned
> an Audi before and assure you I never will again.  Is this indicative of
> the quality of these cars?
> 
> 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?