RE: Why I love my car...

["Livolsi, Stephane" <livols1@investorsgroup.com>]

Ole, Bravo, Right On!  I feel exactly the same way.  When I first told a
friend of mine that I was buying an 86 Audi he really gave me the gears,
but after one trip with me, he recanted and told me how impressed he was
by the car and how little I paid for it.  He had just recently bought a
99 adzaM 626 (I think it was about $24,000 Can by the time all the dust
settled) and he agrees that it isn't even half the car that mine is in
power, comfort and just plain convenience features.
The down side is that on a lot of Mondays, I undeniably have the
dirtiest fingernails in the office...
Stephane Livolsi
180 Yorston St
Williams Lake, BC, V2G 3Z1
ph 250-392-2637
fax 250-392-2693

'86 5KTQ stock (if you don't know what it means, you aren't in the club)

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>From: 	Cynic5KS@aol.com[SMTP:Cynic5KS@aol.com]
>Sent: 	October 24, 1999 11:41 AM
>To: 	Quattro@audifans.com
>Subject: 	Why I love my car...
>
>Forgive me while I vent:
>
>I purchased my 85 5KS in 93.  I paid 3 grand for it.  Within 30 days of 
>owning it, it required a water pump/timing belt (can't remember).
>Then came a full tune-up a 6 months later, cv joint replacement, and then 
>over the next 5 years: front shocks, transmission rebuild, new tires, brakes,
>antenna, battery, modifications for 'kicking' stero system, parking brake 
>cable, window regulator, blower motor (twice - dont buy used electrical), 
>wheel bearings, transmission shift cable (twice), transimission replacement, 
>shock (all 4) replacement, rotors, drums, rear brake cylinders, rear bumper 
>replacement (thank you California stops),  radiator replacement, distributor 
>replacement (broken hall sender),  2 starters, brake pressure equalizer, and 
>most recently, the conversion to manual tranny, exhaust manifold re-fitting, 
>sway bar upgrade with poly bushings, and an alternator (thank you Floyd).... 
>
>Going on 7 years with owning this car...  I hear all the time that "I should 
>get a new car"...  and quite sick of hearing it.  I like my car, it still 
>looks decent (few dings, minor rust over rear bumper), I enjoy driving it, I 
>even enjoy fixing it...  As far as I am concerned, the car paid for itself 
>within the first 2 years... 
>I never drop more than 1500$ a year into my car (with the exception of this 
>year... but I figured I at least owed the car that)...  compared to the 
>4-500$ payments all my friends are making for their new cars, who are in the 
>same situation I am in... a year or 2 or 3 fresh out of college, paying out 
>the gluteus maximus in student loan payments...
>However, I have found that doing my own work on the car is very rewarding... 
>it is a welcome diversion from the type of problem solving I have to deal 
>with on a daily basis at work (sitting in front of a computer mostly)... With
>my car, I get to use my hands,  work outside, listen to the radio, drinking a
>few brews... Why would I want to give that up?
>
>Thanks,
>Arden
>85 5KS
>