Re: Which Quattro to buy?

[rjandrew@post.cis.smu.edu (R Justin Andrews)]

Well... I have driven my 4kq through over 30,000 miles in less than a year..
Don't ask how... I drive EVERYWHERE... At least 1000 miles per weak of city/
hwy driving... Done several oil changes this year (over 20) I didi it once
every week when I first got the car for the first 4 months... Cleaned the
motor real well... Now when I drain the oil it looks brown.. clean enough
that most people wouldn't even dream of changing it but hey... it's
the cheapest thing to keep a motor running a long time... 
I also have put a new suspension in my 4kq strut bearings, wheel bearings,
control arm bushings, motor mounts, tranny mounts, springs (eibach tqc springs)
, boge struts, 15" rims, cam belt, belts, odo repair, alignment, tires,
clutch, headlight work (relay and 9007 conversion (xenon)), windows regulators,
door handles, speedo cable, tie rod ends, ball joints, muffler, headlight sw.
cruise control fix, Climate control cables, basic tuneups, diff lock actuator,
and probably a bunch of other things I choose not to remember at this point..

All I know that if I had not done all of this work by myself I would never
have been able to afford to have such a nice vehicle as I own NOW....

Pretty good for a 19 year old adolescent huh??

Sorry for the rant and BW just had to,

Rich Andrews
rjandrew@post.cis.smu.edu
'86 4kq
> 
> >My car is driven _hard_, and is maintained in as close as possible to
> >'new' condition mechanically.
> 
> >Ur-quattro MB - 75,360 miles to 163,100 miles in 5 1/2 years:
> 
>     Hmmm.  Try an 4kq.  132,000 miles to 166,000 miles in 1 year, 4
> months.  Not bad.  Would be more except for that dan Down Time where I
> have to fix stuff.. :-)  Oh, and the Odo was broken for a few months so
> probably more like One year.  Dirt roads at least a couple times a
> week.  Curvy mountain road to my house that loves to smoke stock brake
> bads when driven "spiredly".   I dont even want to look at Main Cost but
> its no fair as that includes an entire new suspension, windshield, dash
> upgrade, etc.
> L8R
>     Todd
> 
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