RE: 100LS

[Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>]

steveb@falcon.kla-tencor.com (Steven Buchholz) wrote:

>Why must we be so condescending upon the history that led up to the
>vaunted quattro?  Vorsprung durch Technik has been the motto for many
>years, and I see this as a definite statement in that direction.  How
>many other cars of that vintage can claim inboard disk brakes ...
>especially on the front wheels?  It's funny, I know of a guy that is
>hesitant to join in any Audi groups because of this "quattro" oriented
>superiority complex.  He's got a Super 90 that I'm as interested to see
>as some of the newer cars.

I second that. Reading the tests in 'R&T on Audi & Auto Union 1952-'80',
they weren't that bad. There were different bombs, steering racks, master
cylinders and doorhandles back then, but let's not pretend we're driving
perfect cars now... An owners survey in aforementioned book said that most
of the 100LS owners would buy another one. Does that sound familiar?

>BTW, I was talking to a contractor at work some time back; when he
>found out I was an Audi fan, he told me of this 100LS that he got to
>work on for a friend every once in a while.  He said that other than
>getting parts they really aren't that bad to work on ... which just
>so happens to be one of the reasons I got Audi fever after buying
>that Audi Fox 20 years ago.  Who'd have thought of putting fuel
>injection in that kind of car ...

I spoke to a few 100LS owners at a Dutch Audi Club meeting in Amsterdam,
about a year and a half ago. Most seemed to agree that they were
over-engineered and sturdy cars. One had bought a US-spec '73 100LS from a
scrapyard, which was driveable when he got some wheels for it and put the
gas in. The only thing he needed to replace was the exhaust, and it'd been
reliable since then.

Even when they do not have AWD or a turbo, Audis are good cars. I'd buy
almost any '80s Audi for sale here without hesitation... in fact, I've
often considered selling my car and buying an older (pre-'85) FWD 80-
they're reliable, economical and it's a nice thing not to have too much
money tied up in your car.

Tom

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 Tom Nas                                          Zeist, The Netherlands
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 1988 Audi 80 1.8S, mostly Tizianrot metallic, 215,000km

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