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

["Gordon Bird" <gobird@vbe.com>]

Yup, I can relate.  My daughter who drives an 87 Accord with 105000 mi
barely even changes the oil while I continuously spend $ on my 86 4kcsq with
all of 72k miles.  Both cars were purchased from the original owner
accompanied by respectable service records.  Great car, lots of fun on the
track, but if I had to use it as a daily driver I couldn't afford it, and I
haven't even gotten to the trim parts yet!  Course, I won't sell it either!



> I hate to say this but in the short time I have owned a well-taken-care-of
> 4KQ, I've gone through several door handles, numerous interior and
exterior
> trim pieces, heater control cables, electrical problems, window and mirror
> switches, seatbelt retractors, and poor engineering/quality control
> difficulties too numerous to mention.  Neat car, fun to drive when it's
not
> at the shop, but a never-ending source of frustration.  Something is
always
> broken on this car, requiring yet another trip to the local VW/Audi
salvage
> yard where numerous examples reside.
>
> My boring Honda Accord (same year) has never required anything other than
> routine maintenance (oil changes, timing belt, brakes, tires) after
180,000
> miles.  Everything still works as new!  Looks good, drives good despite
years
> of abuse.
>
> What was Audi doing during the '85-'87 period?
>