Re: Not ashamed to be cheap!

[harrison <hsapir@multiverse.com>]

Well, I knew that would send someone off...but I thought it would be an actual
100E owner. One thing that I have found about A/C systems is that nobody cools
like the Japanese. It really makes no sense when you consider that we have
Nippondeso compressors on many of our cars. The climate controller system was
absolutely an insult. This was the same system as my friend's 82 Seville which
never worked either. My 89 90q that I just picked up has it. I'm a little afraid
of it when I look at it too long.

harrison

Mike Arman wrote:

> >
> >Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 14:45:31 -0400
> >From: harrison <hsapir@multiverse.com>
> >Subject: Re: 100E model
> >
> >It was the "el cheapo" Audi 100. I makes a bold statement that said (about
> the
> >original owner), " I am cheap! Hear me roar!"
> >
> >harrison
> >
> >Brett Dikeman wrote:
> >
> >> While perusing through my Bently(89-91, 100+200), I noticed that there is a
> >> "100E" model.  From what I can see, main differences are a manual
> >> sunroof(w/handcrank!) and a manual climate control(ie, 3 dials, not
> >> digital.)  I hence assume "E" means "economy" or something similar.
> >>
>
> Tell ya what, guys, the parts mentioned are among the most trouble-prone of
> all on our much-beloved but not terrifically reliable type 44s.
>
> If I had the option, I'd gladly order the manual crank sunroof and the
> three-dial manual climate control instead of the GM abortion that I have
> spent probably $700 on over the past year and it still isn't worth a damn.
> Why is it that every crummy Toyota Corolla and even my wife's Mazda 323
> (the personification of "cheap car") has a better air conditioner than my
> fine German high priced, high quality sports sedan????? The Mazda cost
> $7,000 in 1991, the Audi cost $33,500 in 1986 - what's wrong with this
> picture?
>
> Ask me about climate controller boxes, chintzy little motors with plastic
> gears, leaky seals on compressors, broken flap actuators you simply cannot
> get to, and once it is all done, it isn't very cold and makes the car run
> like an absolute SLUG. I am NOT impressed by this, and I am NOT amused by
> it either. Summer is almost over, thank God.
>
> What you don't have, you can't break. What you can't break, you don't have
> to replace.
>
> P.O.ed this morning, so don't take it personally . . .
>
> Mike Arman