Re: memories

[John Karasaki <johkar@teleport.com>]

At 09:15 AM 9/11/98 -0400, you wrote:
<snip>

>I drove it into work today, after replacing the heater core and
>radiator.  What a great car, even though it's "not a quattro."
>
>What's up next?  Dunno.  My wife is not as tolerant of my habit as
>say John Karaski's or Glen Powell's, so it's 2 cars at a time.
>My wife has the new car bug, probably a Passat sedan or maybe an
>A4 Avant ("only if we're going to have kids") so I'm not sure.
>Jeff Donnely's 380hp 91 200tqw sounds very tempting, as does a 
>nice used S4.  There's always something else.

Yeah, this is a reality check, isn't it? ;)  Dan, here's my secret:

1) Always make sure your wife drives the nicest car in the family.
2) Make sure that if something on it breaks, you fix it IMMEDIATELY.

Now I've strayed from #2, and have been greeted shortly there after with
the "No more cars speech."  But as long as I stay current on #2, all is well.

Whose car has always gotten new tires (where I have existed for years
buying used tires)?  Or the new CD changer?  Or is getting the Porsche
brake upgrade?

You get the idea.  My wife is not a "car person."  She does however, drive
faster than I on average.  She also LOVES her V8 quattro (her words).

Seriously though, the problem I have is seeing Audis scrapped at the
wrecking yards.  I can not tell you how many perfect leather interiors I've
seen trashed, how many good (and expensive) V8 parts mangled and destroyed
when the monkey lads take an engine or trans. out, or countless times
having perfectly good bodied Audis crushed for scrap.

I would love to make a business out of parting out Audis.  To AVS's credit,
they are one of the few dismantlers that I have seen that take the time to
get everything of value to the enthusiast out of their cars before they are
hauled away.  I don't agree with most of their behavior, but at least they
do something very well up there.

Thanks, Dan for the great forum and for your hard work over the years.  I
look forward to the list's evolution.



>
>Not sure why I decided to write this, but I guess after getting
>thanked yesterday by Bruce, I felt the need to thank you in 
>return and reminisce.  It's because of the list that I know so much
>about Audis (and cars in general), and although I enable the
>exchange of information, it is your information, your willingness
>to share with others, that makes the list what it is.
>
>I have grand visions of what I'd like the list/website to become,
>and I'll do some of that to the extent that a full time job,
>part time MBA program, and owning a house allow.  Again, without
>your help, we can't succeed.
>
>It's obvious that Audi doesn't give a rat's ass that we exist.
>We're trouble, we buy and fix old cars, perhaps buying new ones,
>but then we shun the overpriced dealers for parts and service,
>propagate information about new models and changes, etc.
>Sad, isn't it?  I hope this attitude will change one day,
>but I'm not holding my breath.
>
>Thanks again everyone.
>
>| Dan |
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>
Best Regards,


John Karasaki
"Alle Rowdies fahren Audis"

'82 urq (stops on a dime)
'86 4kq (boy, they total Audis for little reason)
'87 coupe gt ("crash me into a car" red - 4 sale $1000)
'87 5ktqw (daily beast of burden)
'87 5ktqw (parts car after tree incident - parts 'o plenty)
'90 V8 (wife's; soon to have 944T brakes!)