Re: UFO brakes

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <85256732.00692718.00@aardvark.inso.com> "Richard Haroutunian" writes:

> I'm not being a wise-ass, these are serious questions:

> Why do people always complain about them so much?

I think the 20V 200TQ and the V8Q were in a new market for Audi - a
high-value car that wasn't explicitly a sports car - i.e., it wasn't a
20V ur-quattro or a Sport.  New owners demanded new standards - aiming
at the luxury market, you get people used to luxury cars and you also
build a quieter car in which some things are more noticeable.  I don't
worry abot small brake shimmies in the ur-quattro - if I'd bought a
V8Q, I might very well want a different standard.

The chief complaint about UFOs is disc prices.  The chief reason for
swapout was shimmy.  We _now_ know that you can largely cure this by
certain braking maneouvres.

> Why did European Engineering recommend that they be converted to normal
> discs?

They were having a lot of warranty replacement claims.  Audi wanted to
save money.

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