Re: New Addition to Family Needs Lister Help

[Brett Dikeman <brett@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net>]

>a 1983 ur-Q, Gobi Beige in color. While this car has numerous problems to
>keep me busy for who knows how long, I am primarily concerned with its
>brakes right now.
>
>The central hydraulic system is leaking somewhere, and I suppose I need to
>fill it so I can find the leak and fix it. But the seller disturbed me with a
>remark.
>
>The seller, who has been involved with quattros for many years, insisted
>that the central hydarulic system on this car uses ATF, not mineral oil,
>and insists it's so for every ur-Q he's seen.

RTFM.  The manual might say what should go in.  Either that or it says on
the bottle.  Both my 200 and the 5k had a bright green ring-shaped sticker
that specifies _exactly_ what should go in the fluid resevoir("ACHTUNG!"
"USE ONLY MINERAL OIL.  DO NOT USE ATF!")  In fact, all the containers have
little sticker-rings around the openings that have German on
them("ACHTUNG!"); the coolant tank is the exception; it has a plastic
do-not-disturb-sign that says to put in Audi phosphate-free coolant only.
Curious.  Perhaps Germans don't need to use phosphate free coolant(or know
better) and this little sign is installed for the benefit of dumb
american(or english speaking) drivers and their mechanics. :)

Almost all recent(10-12 yrs) Audi vehicles use mineral oil to my knowledge.

>Another, more general question, sort of a survey: I'd appreciate it if listers
>would write me back (I'm not sure the list as a whole cares about the answer
>to this question) as to whether the state the live in allows "open" or
>"bearer"
>titles to cars. Here in Indiana, and in Kentucky, the title must always be
>signed not only by the seller, but also by the buyer, and both signatures
>must be notarized. Looking at the Minneasota title to this car, it appears
>that MN allows open titles (that is, there is no wording on the title similar
>to the Indiana wording that requires the notary). I think the same is true
>of Florida, according a comment Mike Armen made to me the other day.

In MA, the seller and buyer must sign the title.  It is presented along
with a bill of sale(signed by both) to the Registry.  When transferring the
title, one also writes in the amount of the transfer.  I got a new title in
the mail about a month later.

None of it needs to be notarized.  Pissy banks(BankBoston) sometimes ask
for the bill of sale to be notarized if you're taking out a loan on the
car.  BTW, this was also a "federal" sale, ie, bought in NH, I'm in MA.  NH
apparently doesn't require notarization either, because their NH title
didn't have any wording on it requiring notarization.

Brett

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