Re: v8q warped rotors

[". ." <cobram@juno.com>]

BernieD1@aol.com writes:

>In researching the early history of my v8, I found through Audi's 
>records that the rotors were replaced 3 times under the new car 
>warranty (The original owner only put 30k on the car in its first 
>8 years) - but for some reason Audi never offered to convert them.
>I've toyed with the idea of pressing the issue with Audi - but 
>because of my personal inertia, the age of the car and the fact 
>that I can pretty much can take out the warp through my twice 
>weekly hi speed drives - I've not pursued it.

My V8Q had the new rotor setup/front end done way before I bought
it, and am very happy with the "new" style setup.

I would urge you, and any other UFO equiped V8Q and 200 owners to 
Bother the hell out of Audi to get them to fix your cars.  Age and 
mileage should not be taken into account for repairs that have to 
be done because of bad engineering and design.  I was thinking about
this all week, last week I gave my friend a ride to the Mercyless 
Benz dealer (Foreign Motors West) for a recurring problem he was 
having with his 1986 MB 300TD Wagon.  The dealer replaced the ENTIRE 
exhaust, trap converter (known problem on these cars), the exhaust 
manifold and the Turbocharger...FREE, yes, FREE. This is a 13 year 
old car with over 125K miles.  

Audi could also learn a thing or two from Mercedes when it comes to 
OEM parts, if an OEM Mercyless Benz part fails, Mercedes picks up 
the tab on the Labor too, even if they didn't install it.  

Audi won't even pick up the shipping for parts it doesn't stock....
they charged me $25 for "Red Label" shipping to get a V8Q part 
over from Germany, the only alternative they offered was a 
three month wait for the ship to arrive.

Audi didn't care about it's few loyal customers when it
really needed them in the recent past, now that they're 
riding high and selling record volume, I fear their 
attitude twords it's customers will get even worse...
if that's possible.  Complain, the squeeky hinge usally
gets the oil.

BCNU,

Cobram@Juno.Com
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Flats/1469/

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