Re: Follow up on my 4kq search. (painfully long)

[c a l i b a n <caliban@sharon.net>]

	what am i missing here?  why does 2wd/4wd matter for 
	a muffler job?

On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, Matt Daniels wrote:

:|In the mean time I call around to different exhaust places and get prices on
:|the rear tailpipe muffler. One place gives me the same $280 price, another
:|gives me a $165 price and then Midas tells me that all of their forign car
:|mufflers are on sale for $69! I tell them that it is a quattro and they
:|assured me that it was the correct price. I get their, and there reaction is
:|something like "oh, this is a 4wd car". Needless to day, the price was alot
:|higher and they couldn't get the parts for a week. I go to the $165 place,
:|again I tell them it's a quattro, you know, a 4wd car, again this place
:|tells me the price is correct. I take it to them, they get it in the air and
:|the reaction is the same "This is a all-wheel drive car". Isn't that what I
:|told you????? Their price now turns into $600 and they couldn't do it for a
:|week. I break down and take it back to the Audi/VW shop I had it at the day
:|before. They are able to do it in 4 hours for the quoted price.


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