Re: "consumer Audis" - Audi content this time

["Osman Parvez" <oparvez1@nycap.rr.com>]

Igor wrote:
> Don't be so radical in the decision to divorce your 200. I saw it: you've
got
> the early '89 200TQ with that big K-26 turbo to boot. It's gorgeous
outside (the
> real Pearl White, not my post-92 quasi-Pearl A4, which looks beige in
anything
> but direct sunlight and only within an hour after washing) and OK in the
engine
> bay. It could use some vacuum-cleaning in the cabin tho, but you already
know it
> :-).
> 
> Clutch pedal broke - big deal! Do you need my over-centre spring
compression
> tool?
> BTW, do you want me send you that Audi brochure back or will you pick it
up in
> August when you stop by my place?

Okay I'm not divorcing her in the near future. I've invested probably close
to $3,000 in the last year, including the Hakkas and new in dash CD, so
she's not going anywhere for a while. And yes, she'll have a nice vacuum
inside when I get a chance to do it. I also intend to do a full Meguir's 3
step on her as well. 
I mean at this point, for all I can tell anyway, all she needs to be 100%
is a new lower control arm and the clutch pedal. Okay..maybe a couple of
other minor things as well. 

I just needed to vent my frustration to a sympathetic group. I'm tired of
hearing friends and family say.. "Oh not your car again! Why don't you get
rid of that thing!!"  Thanks for the support. I guess Q-listers don't let
friends freak out and sell their Audis over broken pedals. 

:)

Osman Parvez
Albany, NY
89 200q, TAP Chip, 171K
85 Mr2, 77K
92 Miata, auto, 6K, For Sale (Mom's) 
91 Cannondale 3.0 (much more reliable)