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re: What car is the best buy?

To: Ron Mruss <rmruss@pangea.ca>, "'quattro@coimbra.ans.net'" <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Subject: re: What car is the best buy?
From: Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.pl>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 15:55:17 +0200
In-Reply-To: <01BDDDC1.2AFB97C0@dock07-06.ner.pangea.ca>
Sender: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net

At 19:46 11.09.98 -0500, Ron Mruss wrote:

>I thought all type 44's had galvanized bodies.  My '84 certainly seems to.
 What little >rust there is is only where bodywork has been done, and cars
rust pretty quickly here in >Winnipeg with all the salt they put on the
roads in winter.  Or have I just been really >lucky?

On 83-86.5 models only selected parts of the body were galvanized. 86.5-
models were 100% galvanized. The excellect rust protection was number one
reason for which I bought an Audi.

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)

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- re: What car is the best buy?
  - From: Ron Mruss <rmruss@pangea.ca>

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