Re: quattro-digest V4 #2552

[Pcarselle <pcarselle@worldnet.att.net>]

Tomas Leveckis wrote:
> 
> > 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)
Thomas:
I agree with you. My ESTIMATE is too high. It was based on Andrei
(original sender) buying a 100/200 with 100k miles and holding it for a
number of years. You have not had any problems in the areas I stated as
POSSIBLE sources of failure & repair . Thanks for your input. The
harness that I was considering refers to the senders in the Quattro
differentials of models with locking capability.

Regards,
Pablo