Re: Rear muffler for 82-82 qtC

[Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>]

Elliott Potter <epotter@abraxis.com> wrote:

>That's some nasty depreciation there!  Surely 4k's are running at least
>four digits these days?  Or maybe it's hard to install?

>"Yep, my car needed a new muffler, but I decided it would be easier to
>just buy a new car."

OK, so this is an old thread, too- but in the '70s there was this
Golf-sized Citroen called the GS. Like all Citroens it looked very radical,
and apart from being underpowered I believe that it was pretty good overall.
The problem came when the cars got older and it was time for exhaust
replacement. The car had been developed with the rotary engine Citroen
(like NSU and Mazda) was working on at the time. When they decided to put a
conventional I4 in production models, it turned out that due to room
constraints, exhaust replacement was an engine-out job.
Many of the surviving GSes ended their days in a scrapyard with nothing
else wrong than an exhaust needing replacing...

Audi content: I know that Audi have been testing the rotary engine in the
C2-type body after NSU had folded, in the late '70s- early '80s. Does
anyone have any info on this? I'm still somewhat enamoured with the NSU
Ro80, its great style and wonderful engine (it was, after the problems had
been solved!)

Tom

PS It's amazing how much difference in interior noise you can get by
replacing a damaged door seal. A 5-minute job and the car is as quiet as it
used to be- which is to say extremely quiet. The build quality of these
cars is simply superb. (And a used as-new door seal cost me $5!)

 _______________________________________________________________________
 Tom Nas                                          Zeist, The Netherlands
 tnas@euronet.nl
 1988 Audi 80 1.8S, mostly Tizianrot metallic, 215,000km

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