Back to the brake bomb story...

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <348EA7FB.F5E59F39@poboxes.com> Gerard writes:

> When I called I just asked for the price of the accumulator,
> and the guy on the phone, without looking at the pricelist, asked
> me if I was sitting down. The bomb is about US$500. I called one of
> the companies listed at the back of the CAR magazine who deal with
> hydraulic and brake systems, including boosted brakes. They told me
> to get hold of the dealer.

> I would like to know whether the brake bomb is specifically
> distributed by Audi or manufactured by them, I can't remember from
> the previous posts. Or is it made by Ate who are, as far as I know,
> the supplier of the brake system on the local 200T?

It's manufactured by Lemforder.  Pete Reeve (Quattro Corner) sells them in the 
UK for GBP180 - about $300.
 
-- 
 Phil Payne
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club