RE: '86 4KQ vs. "86 Honda Accord

["Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com>]

> 
> What was Audi doing during the '85-'87 period?
> 
Making some damn fine cars if you asked me!  I'll put my '85 4kSQ
(approaching 220K miles quickly) up against any Honda you want to toss this
way.  Funny, I was just talking to a guy here at work that just picked
himself up a brand new Crapura Integra to replace his Accord from the same
vintage.  He told me that he was tired of having to drive around with a
gallon of water between his knees so that he could top up the radiator every
so often.  I forgot the laundry list, but it would put many of the big Audi
whiners here to shame.  

While I'm not so sure about some of the cars that came after the mid-80's, I
for one consider the early-mid '80s to be a good time for Audis.  I bought
my '83 QTC in '86, and it has required little to no maintenance after I got
it sorted out from the state it was in when I bought it.  I would tend to
say though that an Audi will be likely to age better when it has proper
maintenance, and I'd say that having to replace multiple door handles is a
sign that the car you have may not have been.  

Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)