Re: Buying a 44 body (was: Buying an '89 200tq)

[DeWitt Harrison <de@aztek-eng.com>]

At 08:01 PM 10/29/98 -0500, you wrote:
>DeWitt Harrison <de@aztek-eng.com> writes:
>
>>cooling systems are not exactly bullet proof. The biggest mistake a 
>>man can make is to have this car be his wife's car. She will soon >feel
>very insecure about depending on the car or you.
>
>Agree with everything EXCEPT the above.  When I "graduated" to the
>V8Q I gave my wife my trusty ole '84 5KS.  I gave it to her with
>140K miles, it's got 180K+ on it now, and the only time it's ever had to
>be towed was when the clutch slave went south [ ... ]

Yeah, but we were talking about a type 44. Much different in my book.
Actually, I took the Audi plunge in the first place because of my brother's
good luck with his '84 5k.

DeWitt Harrison
Boulder, CO
88 5kcstq