Re: Why I do my own work .....

[Michael Burton <mpb@demon.net>]

> In message <01BDAF17.3E786C70@EAGLE_11> Anton writes:
> 
> >  Let this be a bit of wisdom for those who dream of owning a
> >  ur-quattro.  If you cannot do 90% of the work yourself get a second
> >  job, play lotto or wait before having kids. I have already spent
> >  $2700 the last three months and aside from the cost of
> >  sending parts out for repair that price tag was with me doing all the
> >  labor. Now I can tack on another $1500 ...
> 

I sold mine over 4 months ago....... and Im still paying for it, and will
be for some time to come.
In the space of a year I spent over 5,000 uklbs on keeping the car
running. This is what you get if you run such a car on a day to day basis
I guess. 

Even though it cost me so much money, it did give me a lot of pleasure and
I don't regret ever buying it but Im afraid there came a point where it
was no longer economic for me to keep it.

Now I have a house to buy, the first child is on its way so Im just going
to have to live off the memories for a few years, but happy ones they are.

--
Mike