RE: Audi of America, are you listening?

[Eaton Dave <dave.eaton@minedu.govt.nz>]

ok, my audi ownership experience.

'93 s2. owned 3 years.  no unscheduled maintenance over 3 years.  all annual
maintenance covered under audi advantage.

'90 20v ur-q.  owned 2.5 years.  no unscheduled maintenance.  replaced
bushes, cambelt, shocks, blueprinted brakes.  all normal for a 60k miles
vehicle.

'95 rs2. owned 2 years. faulty fuel sender gauge (last week).  will be
replaced under warranty.  no other unscheduled expenditure.

sum total of unscheduled maintenance for 3 vehicles over 9.5 vehicle years
is a faulty fuel sender.

the wr was a very different story, with 1 brake-down and an engine and,
exhaust rebuild over 2 years.  however, it also had 100k miles.

also all due respect and with regard to the subaru ownership experience, i
know a great many hi-po subaru owners from legacy rs's to wrx's.  the
quality of those cars has traditionally been poor (dash, switches etc).
they are getting better though.  the facelight wrx actually has a reasonably
good interior for a change.

dave
'95 rs2
'90 ur-q


		-----Original Message-----

		Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 08:24:32 -0500 (EST)
		From: Andrew Duane USG <duane@hunch.zk3.dec.com>
		Subject: Re: Audi of America, are you listening?

		OK, I have a few things to say about this topic, too. :-)
		[snip]
		Come on. Do you think Lexus or Mercedes, or even Subaru
		makes dashboard lights, gas pedals, and switches that fail
		like this? Never. Audi could have bought more goodwill than
		they could imagine by fixing my stupid gas pedal and
mirrors.
		They chose to spend just as much time and money convincing
		me they should have to.


		I will likely never buy another Audi again.