Re: quattro-digest V4 #2552

["Tomas Leveckis" <leveckis@ici.net>]

> Michael:
> Please consider:
> Turbo oil pressure hoses
Not in a 100Q
> Turbo cooling pump & injector cooling fan etc
ditto....
> Additional rear drive shafts, boots, bearings, CV's
never had one go.....
> Center drive shaft &  bearing, Universal joint
never had one go.....
> Center and rear differentials, locks, vacuum actuators, senders &
....never
> harness, etc...
all cars have one of these
> Vacuum lines trobleshooting & repair
and these
> Rear Trapezoidal arms, tie rods, bushings.
If you hit something to break these, you deserve the incurred cost
> Rear sub-frame & bushings
Same
> Four wheel alignment
......never had one
> I estimate the difference in maintenace costs between a FWD and the AWD
> Quattro to be around $ 5000
WHAT DO YOU BASE THIS ON????? 3 Q's and 120K later, the only thing
that's cost me any substantial $$ because the car was a quatrro was
ummmmm...
NOTHING......all 3 cars, the entire quattro systems had zero problems.......

> of possible failure/repair costs, over the life of two comparable usage
> vehicles.
> Regards,
> Pablo
> 87 5KCSTQ(150Kmiles)
> 85 5000s (300Kmiles)
> 90 100   (60Kmiles)