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Audi in wrecking yards



I was thinking it's maybe due to the frequent brake failures. I hope that's
not the case.


-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Phenneger <phen9461@uidaho.edu>
To: Hien Pham <hienpham@mindless.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: Sister Totalled Jetta


>I would say its because of their low resale value and high cost to fix
>insurance totalls them out much sooner than a car worth more and easier to
>fix like a honda.
> Bet youmont see many newer Audi's in the yards for a while.
>L8R
>
> Todd Phenneger
> 1985 4000 quattro / silver / daily driver
> 1983 ur-q / black / fixing it up
> 1984 4000 quattro / modified/ awaiting Turbo Transplant.
> 1987 4000 quattro / Saphire Metallic Blue/ Girlfriend's
> 1996 A6q / Volcano / Dads Car
>   *****1985 5kt / PARTING OUT!
>
>On Tue, 18 May 1999, Hien Pham wrote:
>
>> I rolled over in a 5KT once, and came out unscratched. And became a
faithful
>> fan of Audi ever since.
>>
>> However, i noticed there are quite a few AUDI in the salvage yards. Why ?
>> Brake failure ? or speed ?
>>
>> > Oh, andd luckily the cage held up great and she only suffers from
>> >a little whiplash.  Dirt road rollover in a ditch so it wasnt to bad.
>> > Thanks
>> >
>>
>